Dundee United 5-1 Kilmarnock: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 23 January 2016

Result

Dundee United 5-1 Kilmarnock

Premiership · Saturday 23 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Dundee United 5-1 Kilmarnock: match report

Dundee United defeated Kilmarnock 5-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 23 January 2016. The half-time score was 4-0.

Blair Spittal opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Dundee United's goals came from Blair Spittal (8'), M. Durnan (32'), Blair Spittal (39'), J. Rankin (44') and S. Dillon (78'). Kilmarnock scored through Josh Magennis (82').

Discipline: Dundee United received no yellow cards; Kilmarnock received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Dundee United were 12th on 10 points from 22 and Kilmarnock 11th on 24 points from 23. Dundee United went on to finish that season 12th with 30 points, and Kilmarnock 11th with 36.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Dundee United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Kilmarnock.

Going into the match Dundee United's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Kilmarnock's W-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Blair SpittalDundee United · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · M. DurnanDundee United · 2-0
  • 39'Goal · Blair SpittalDundee United · 3-0
  • 44'Goal · J. RankinDundee United · 4-0
  • 45+3'Yellow card · D. SymeKilmarnock
  • 78'Goal · S. DillonDundee United · 5-0
  • 82'Goal · Josh MagennisKilmarnock · 5-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Dundee United 4, draws 1, Kilmarnock 3.

Team news

Dundee United line-up

Eiji Kawashima, Sean Dillon, Paul Paton, Gavin Gunning, Coll Donaldson, Guy Demel, John Rankin, Blair Spittal, Billy McKay, Ryan Dow, Simon Murray

Kilmarnock line-up

Jamie MacDonald, Steven Smith, Stuart Findlay, Lee Ashcroft, David Syme, Conrad Balatoni, Jamie Hamill, Kallum Higginbotham, Craig Slater, Greg Kiltie, Josh Magennis