Kilmarnock 5-1 Partick Thistle: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 9 December 2017
Result
Kilmarnock 5-1 Partick Thistle
Premiership · Saturday 9 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Kilmarnock 5-1 Partick Thistle: match report
Kilmarnock won against Partick Thistle 5-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 9 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.
Kris Boyd opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Kilmarnock's goals came from Kris Boyd (12'), E. Brophy (20'), an own goal by Niall Keown (60'), E. Brophy (65') and Kris Boyd (79', penalty). Partick Thistle scored through Chris Erskine (16').
Discipline: Kilmarnock received no yellow cards; Partick Thistle received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Kilmarnock were 9th on 15 points from 16 and Partick Thistle 12th on 11 points from 15. Kilmarnock went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and Partick Thistle 11th with 33.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Kilmarnock win, 2 draws and 0 for Partick Thistle.
Going into the match Kilmarnock's last five read W-L-D-W-L and Partick Thistle's L-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Kris Boyd
- 16'Goal · Chris Erskine
- 20'Goal · E. Brophy
- 60'Own goal · Niall Keown
- 65'Yellow card · Ryan Edwards
- 65'Goal · E. Brophy
- 79'Yellow card · Jordan Turnbull
- 79'Penalty goal · Kris Boyd
- 89'Yellow card · Paul McGinn
Head-to-head
Team news
Kilmarnock expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jamie MacDonald, Stephen O'Donnell, Greg Taylor, Stuart Findlay, Gordon Greer, Calum Waters, Jordan Jones, Adam Frizzell, Rory McKenzie, Lee Erwin
Partick Thistle line-up
Tomas Cerny, Jordan Turnbull, Niall Keown, Daniel Devine, Paul McGinn, Chris Erskine, Steven Lawless, Adam Barton, Ryan Edwards, Blair Spittal, Kris Doolan