Scottish Premiership

Kilmarnock 2–2 ST Johnstone

Final score · Half-time 2–1 · Latest results

When the value flag on ST Johnstone was recorded live, the sharp market made Kilmarnock the most likely outcome at 44% (fair odds 2.29). On ST Johnstone, Tipico offered 3.30, +2.2% above its fair price of 3.23 (Value flag). Recent form — Kilmarnock: LLWLD; ST Johnstone: DLDWD.

After the whistle

Goals and cards

  1. 13' Toby Steward · red card · ST Johnstone
  2. 14' 1–0 Cathal McCarthy · goal · assist Djenairo Daniels · Kilmarnock
  3. 35' Jason Holt · yellow card · ST Johnstone
  4. 35' Matty Todd · yellow card · ST Johnstone
  5. 37' Aaron Tshibola · yellow card · Kilmarnock
  6. 40' 1–1 Danny schmidt · goal · assist Enes Alic · ST Johnstone
  7. 41' 2–1 Djenairo Daniels · goal · assist Joe Hugill · Kilmarnock
  8. 56' Jamie Brandon · yellow card · Kilmarnock
  9. 65' 2–2 Joel Cotterill · goal · ST Johnstone
  10. 83' Nicky Clescenco · yellow card · Kilmarnock

Match stats

Match statsKilmarnockST Johnstone
Possession %6337
Expected goals (xG)3.390.80
Shots226
Shots on target63
Corners102
Yellow cards32
Red cards01
Fouls1210
Offsides31
Goalkeeper saves14

What the market said before kick-off

  • Kilmarnock win 45% did not happen
  • Draw 26% happened
  • ST Johnstone win 28% did not happen
  • Over 2.5 goals 57% happened
  • Value flag before kick-off: 2 · ST Johnstone @ 3.30 (Tipico) Lost

CLV -6.2% vs the fair close. One flag on its own says little; the rule is judged on all of them.

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Venue: The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

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Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Kilmarnock 4-2-3-1

  1. 58 N. Mantl GK
  2. 2 J. Brandon DF
  3. 4 C. McCarthy DF
  4. 6 R. Deas DF
  5. 14 G. Stanger DF
  6. 36 A. Tshibola MF
  7. 18 T. Lowery MF
  8. 8 E. Ring MF
  9. 29 D. Daniels MF
  10. 11 G. Kiltie MF
  11. 9 J. Hugill FW

Bench: Michael-John Kamson-Kamara, Roshaun Mathurin, R. McKenzie, J. Meier, M. Schjønning-Larsen, N. Cleșcenco, I. Owen, T. John-Jules, C. Ferrie

Coach: N. McCann

Regular starters not in the XI

  • M. Schjønning-Larsen — on the bench (started 5 of the last 5)
  • T. John-Jules — on the bench (started 5 of the last 5)
  • C. Ferrie — on the bench (started 4 of the last 5)

ST Johnstone 3-4-2-1

  1. 1 T. Steward GK
  2. 3 C. Diabate DF
  3. 2 E. Alıç DF
  4. 6 B. Mikulić DF
  5. 26 M. Todd MF
  6. 42 R. McAlear MF
  7. 30 J. Cotterill MF
  8. 8 J. Holt MF
  9. 22 D. Schmidt MF
  10. 7 T. Steven MF
  11. 9 J. Fowler FW

Bench: L. Chalmers, J. Campbell, M. Foulds, J. Gullan, R. Paton, R. Sinclair, M. Tait, A. Brookfield, D. Finlayson

Coach: S. Valakari

Regular starters not in the XI

  • D. Finlayson — on the bench (started 4 of the last 5)
  • L. Smith — not in the squad (started 4 of the last 5)

Not in the XI does not mean injured: it can be rotation, a suspension or a knock. We only compare with the team's last 5 line-ups.

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 46 / 25 / 28% when the line-ups came out, 45 / 26 / 28% at kick-off. The price barely moved after the line-ups.

In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value opportunity before kick-off Value flag

2 ST Johnstone @ 3.30
Bookmaker Tipico
Price observed
Flag recorded @ 3.30 (Tipico) · recorded live, before kick-off
Market 1X2 (match result)
Availability and exact price varied by country and over time.
Fair price 3.23
Tipico 3.30
Market Gap +2.2%
Confidence Low
Model agreement Medium

Confidence reflects only the sharp probability of the selection: high from 50%, medium from 40%, low below. It says how likely the result is, not how big the price gap is. Model agreement shows how close our own model is to the sharp market on this selection — when it is Low, the market and our model disagree, so treat the flag with more caution.

Value flag result Lost · 2 -1.00u

Market discrepancy: before kick-off, ST Johnstone (2) was priced at 3.30 by a soft bookmaker, above the fair price of 3.23 — a +2.2% gap. An observation about the price, not an instruction to bet.

A single result where a bookmaker pays above the fair price — separate from the main prediction below.

The market's two most likely results

1/2 Home or away 73% · as recorded

No single result was 55% likely or more when we logged the match, so this line adds up the two most likely outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Sharp, recorded36%27%37%
Other estimates
Our model39%30%31%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds (as recorded) 1.37
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 2.67 / 3.48 / 2.60
Result in our track record Lost · X

Match context

Kilmarnock averaged 1.2 goals scored and 2.4 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; ST Johnstone averaged 1.0 and 1.6 over 5.

Since opening around 2.60, the sharp market price on ST Johnstone has drifted to 3.52 — the market has moved against this outcome.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Market-relevant trends

Kilmarnock has lost its last 2 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on Kilmarnock here.

We show the trend and whether it is already in the price. Most sites show the streak and let you assume you should bet it.

Why this price?

Kilmarnock
L L W L D
avg 1.2 scored · 2.4 conceded (last 5)
ST Johnstone
D L D W D
avg 1 scored · 1.6 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head
02 Aug 2026 ST Johnstone 4–3 Kilmarnock
03 May 2025 ST Johnstone 0–2 Kilmarnock
15 Feb 2025 Kilmarnock 3–1 ST Johnstone
23 Nov 2024 ST Johnstone 1–0 Kilmarnock
11 Aug 2024 Kilmarnock 0–3 ST Johnstone

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Proof & methodology

The timestamped record of this prediction, and how the fair price is made.

Value lifecycle Settled

Detected ·
2 ST Johnstone · soft 3.30 (Tipico) · fair 3.23 · edge +2.2%
Opening sharp
2.60
At close
3.52 · CLV -6.2%
Result
Lost -1.00u 🔒 Recorded live before kick-off

“Detected” is the moment the flag was first shown on the site and written to our ledger (recorded live since 26 September 2026). For earlier matches the flag was reconstructed afterwards from the prices we had stored, and the time shown is when the rule would have fired: a backtest, not a live record. When the gap closes, we say so instead of pretending the value is still there.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1/2 · Home or away
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.32
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.32
Prediction CLV +0.1%
Result Lost
Value-bet record

Recorded when the site showed it, before kick-off. Its seal is in our public export once this match’s row is published, and in the next daily external snapshot (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter); for flags recorded on match day that snapshot comes after kick-off, so the pre-kick-off proof is our own timestamp.

Value selection 2 · ST Johnstone
Odds when flagged 3.30
Fair odds 3.23
Fair closing odds (Pinnacle, margin removed) 3.52
Value CLV -6.2%
Profit (units) -1.00
Result Lost
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint f7e4d5a3f5696faf

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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