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Scottish Premiership · Matchweek 17

Motherwell

MOT

Kilmarnock

KIL

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

Motherwell54%
Draw23%
Kilmarnock23%

Expected goals

2.01 – 1.29

Over 2.5

63%

Both to score

63%

Fair handicap

-0.75

Most likely scorelines

  • 1–19.7%
  • 2–19.7%
  • 1–08.0%
  • 2–07.4%
  • 3–16.3%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

50%Possession54%
33%Territory37%
21%From set plays26%
0.14Chance quality0.12
5.1%Directness6.7%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Motherwell, 4 for Kilmarnock.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 21 of 69 matches, not the full season.