Dundee travel to Ayrshire on Saturday to take on Kilmarnock in the Ladbrokes Premiership and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Kilmarnock v Dundee
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Premiership
DATE: Saturday 15th December 2018
KICK-OFF: 3.00pm
VENUE: Rugby Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1869
STADIUM: Rugby Park
CAPACITY: 17,889
PITCH SIZE: 100m x 64m
MANAGER: Steve Clarke
NICKNAME: Killie
MASCOTS: Nutz the Squirrel
CLUB COLOURS: Blue and White
SHIRT SPONSOR: QTS
HONOURS: Scottish League Division One (1st tier) champions: 1964/65
Scottish League Division Two (2nd tier) champions: 1897/98, 1898/99
Scottish Cup winners: 1920, 1929, 1997
Scottish League Cup winners: 2011/12
Scottish Qualifying Cup winners: 1896/97
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi-finalists: 1966/67
RECORD WIN: 13-2 v Saltcoats Victoria, Scottish Qualifying Cup, 12/9/1896
CLUB WEBSITE: www.kilmarnockfc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Rugby Park for Sat-Nav is Kilmarnock Football Club, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, KA1 2DP
By Car / Coach:
Use KA1 1UR as the postcode if you are travelling to Rugby Park, this will take you to Dundonald Place and the south entrance to Rugby Park.
Please note that there is restricted access on match days. There is also no access to Rugby Park by way of Rugby Road (KA1 2DP) on match days.
By Rail:
Rugby Park is less than 1 mile from Kilmarnock train station. Travelling from Dundee, you need to get a train to Glasgow Queen Street, change and walk down to Glasgow Central and get train to Kilmarnock from there
Match Officials
REFEREE: Kevin Clancy
ASSISTANT REFEREE: David Roome
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Brian Templeton
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Colin Steven
Head to Head v Kilmarnock
LEAGUE: Won 68, Drawn 52, Lost 66
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 3, Drawn 2, Lost 4
LEAGUE CUP: Won 5, Drawn 7, Lost 4
CHALLENGE CUP: Won 1, Drawn 0, Lost 0
ANGLO-SCOTTISH CUP: Won 0, Drawn 2, Lost 0
TOTALS: Won 77, Drawn 63, Lost 74
Last Five Dundee v Kilmarnock Games
- 6/10/2018 | Home | Premiership | Lost 2-1 | 5,158 | Nabi
- 13/2/2018 | Away | Premiership | Lost 3-2 | 3,768 | Moussa, Caulker
- 18/11/2017 | Home | Premiership | Drew 0-0 | 5,873
- 23/9/2017 | Away | Premiership | Drew 1-1 | 3,452 | El Bahktaoui
- 6/5/2017 | Away | Premiership | Won 1-0 | 4,040 | Haber
Last Meeting
Dundee went down 2-1 to Kilmarnock in unfortunate circumstances at the Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park in Neil McCann’s last game in charge last October. After taking an early lead through Adil Nabi’s first goal for the club, The Dee conceded a freakishly unlucky own goal by Andy Boyle. Killie’s winner came from a hugely controversial penalty scored by Eamonn Brophy following what looked like a dive by Joran Jones who was retrospectively punished. Elliott Parish couldn’t save that one, but he brilliantly parried a later spot kick by Greg Stewart.
Dundee FC: Parish, Kerr (Curran 75), Inniss, Boyle, Calvin Miller, Madianga, Spence (Källman 66), Kamara (c), Ngwatala, Nabi, Kenny Miller
Unused subs: Hamilton (gk), O’Dea, Mendy, Rice, Dow.
Goal: Nabi (9).
Booked: Kerr (foul on Jones), Boyle (foul on Stewart).
Kilmarnock FC: MacDonald, O’Donnell, Findlay, Scott Boyd, Taylor, Burke, Tshibola (Byrne 75), Power (c), Jones (Enobakhare), Brophy (Dicker 71), Stewart
Unused subs: Bachmann (gk), Kris Boyd, Ndjoli, Wilson.
Goals: Boyle og (16), Brophy pen (53).
Booked: Stewart (timewasting).
Attendance: 5,158.
Referee: Steven McLean. Assistants: Alastair Mather, Andy Milne. Fourth Official: David Lowe.
Kilmarnock’s Season So Far
Kilmarnock’s season started with a Betfred Cup penalty defeat to Premiership newcomers St Mirren but they still topped their group after defeating Dumbarton, Spartans and Queens Park.
However those dropped points in the opening game cost Killie a seeding in the draw and when they were paired with Rangers, they were knocked after a 3-1 defeat at Rugby Park.
Killie opened their Premiership campaign with a 2-0 home win over St Johnstone but followed that up with a draw away at Livingston and a defeat to Hearts.
Kilmarnock bounced back with an excellent 2-0 win at Pittodrie before being unlucky to lose 3-2 at Easter Road but when they returned to Rugby Park they continued their recent good record against Celtic with a last minute 2-1 win and then a 3-1 victory over Motherwell.
Killie were unbeaten in October with two 2-1 wins over Dundee and St Mirren and two 1-1 draws with Hamilton and Rangers but that sequence was ended when Aberdeen left Rugby Park with a 2-1 win.
Kilmarnock bounced back from that defeat with a superb 1-0 win over league leaders Hearts at Tynecastle and remained in contention at the top of the table with a 0-0 draw in Perth and a 3-0 win against Hibernian when the floodlights twice failed during the match at Easter Road.
Then in their next game Killie hit the top of the Premiership after a 2-0 win home win over Livi when both Rangers and Celtic dropped points but came back down to earth and off the top of the table after their next game when they lost 5-1 at Celtic Park. However it doesn’t take away from the fact that Steve Clarke has done a tremendous job at Rugby Park and enabled Killie to dare to dream.
Top Scorers
KILMARNOCK: Brophy 8; Stewart 6; Kris Boyd 5; Ndjoli 4; Burke 2
DUNDEE: K. Miller 6; Moussa, Mendy, Madianga, McGowan 2
Ticketing Information
This match is pay at the gate and the prices are as follows:
ADULTS: £22
CONCESSIONS (Over 65, Under 21 and Students): £17
CHILD (Under 16): £5
Dundee fans will be housed in the Chadwick Stand
Matchday Programme
Kilmarnock’s 2018/19 match programme is a 48 page full colour edition. Priced £3 it will be available in the Kilmarnock club shop outside the main stand and in and around Rugby Park from 1.30pm.
How To Watch
This match will be available to watch live to fans outside of the UK who are virtual season ticket holders or alternatively for a one off payment of £5.
Fans in the UK can sign up to DeeTV for a monthly fee of £5.99 or an annual fee of £59.99 which will give them access to live audio of most Ladbrokes Premiership games, full match replays and highlights, behind the scenes content and exclusive interviews.
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to every subscriber of DeeTV on Saturday while a shorter highlights package will be available to on Sunday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DeeTV from Thursday.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game
