Kilmarnock vs Motherwell Prediction: Expect a close outcome with host winning

Kilmarnock will play host to Motherwell on Saturday for just one of the three matches that will take place in the Scottish Premiership. Following extremely disheartening performances in the league matches that took place over the previous week, both teams are aiming to get back on track. In the following, we will delve more into the match's specifics. 

Kilmarnock's midweek woe was the result of a loss that occurred away against St. Johnstone. As a result, Kilmarnock became the first team to suffer a defeat at the hands of the team that is now positioned last in the league this season. The Derek McInnes-led team had the chance to strengthen their position in the top six and move five points ahead of the group that is currently in danger of relegation, but they wasted it by putting on a poor performance at McDiarmid Park. Killie fell behind 2-0 within the first seven minutes of the match due to a terrible start, and despite Kyle Vassell's goal and a red card for St. Johnstone, they were unable to make a comeback. It was a disappointing follow-up to two outstanding performances that saw Kilmarnock beat both Aberdeen and Livingston handily on home soil. McInnes will be happy to be back at Rugby Park since his team has performed very well here so far this season, and only Celtic and Rangers have collected more points at home than they have. Killie had not defeated Motherwell in any of their previous four head-to-head matchups, but three of those contests took place away from Killie's stadium, so the home team is holding out hope that they may finally break their losing streak.

Motherwell continued the good form that they closed the previous season with, and as a result, although they were in the group of teams that were in danger of being relegated, they finished a significant distance above the bottom of the table. Despite this, Motherwell has only managed to pick up a single point in the subsequent six games, which is a remarkable feat considering they started the season by winning 10 points over their first four games. They miraculously recovered a point against Ross County despite being down 3-1 with two minutes and ninety seconds left to play in the game. The first three games in that run of six were played against the teams that are currently ranked first through third in the league. However, losses to Celtic, Rangers, and St. Mirren appear to have completely thrown them off track. Motherwell suffered another embarrassing loss in the middle of the week, this time falling behind 4-0 against Aberdeen, a team that had begun the round in last place. They were able to cut the deficit to two goals, which made the result a little more reasonable; nonetheless, manager Stuart Kettlewell still has a lot of problems to deal with. Due to their recent struggles, Motherwell have dropped to eighth place, and they are currently only one point above the position for the relegation playoffs.

Kilmarnock possible starting lineup:

Dennis; Mayo, Wright, Findlay; Armstrong, Watson, Lyons, Polworth, Kennedy; Watkins, Vassell

Motherwell possible starting lineup:

Kelly; McGinn, Mugabi, Casey; O'Donnell, Miller, Slattery, Spencer; Paton, Wilkinson, Spittal

Kilmarnock will go into this match feeling optimistic that they can get back on track because they have only suffered one loss in the league when playing at home so far, and they have famous victories over both Celtic and Rangers. Motherwell are in a state of turmoil as a result of their terrible recent run of play, and their performance against Aberdeen in the middle of the week reveals that they are continuing to regress.