Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock are almost exactly mid-table as an attacking side but near the bottom as a defensive one, which explains why their season has felt so unstable. Only Rangers are scoring at a truly elite rate and St Mirren sit well below the rest, so Kilmarnock's output places them in the league's broad middle ground alongside the sides who can hurt you without dominating. The larger issue is at the other end: only Livingston concede more overall, and away from home nobody in the Premiership gives up goals more readily than Kilmarnock. In effect, they have enough threat to punish mistakes, but not enough control to protect themselves for long spells.

Kilmarnock's discipline looks more like steady Premiership physicality than anything extreme. They collect slightly more cards away from home than at Rugby Park, which fits a team that spends more time defending and losing territory on its travels, but the split is not dramatic enough to define them. This is a side that will compete and foul when needed, rather than one that lives on the edge of losing control.

The biggest scorelines show a team with a respectable ceiling against the right opposition but a very low floor once games get away from them. A 4-1 away win and a 3-0 home win prove Kilmarnock can look decisive when they get on top, yet the 5-1 loss away and 3-0 defeat at home show the defensive structure can collapse badly. In short, they are capable of emphatic results at both ends, which fits a side stronger in moments than in control.

The corner numbers reinforce the home-away contrast. Kilmarnock win a fair amount at Rugby Park and keep the concession rate under reasonable control there, but away from home they give up 6.1 corners per match, a sign that opponents are able to pin them back for sustained periods. That does not make them a major set-piece force in their own right; it mainly underlines how often they end up defending their box on the road.