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Kilmarnock 2-1 Falkirk - May 17, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 38

Rugby Park - Kilmarnock - Scotland

May 17, 2008

5 475

Kilmarnock

2 - 1

Falkirk

Mehdi Taouil

24'

Paul Di Giacomo

81'

11'

Pedro Moutinho

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11' - Goal Pedro Moutinho

24' - Goal Mehdi Taouil24

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58' - Substitution Patrick Creggis substituted by Russell Latapy

61' - Substitution Paul Dalglishis substituted by Paul Di Giacomo61

76' - Substitution Carl Finniganis substituted by Graham Barrett

81' - Goal Paul Di Giacomo81

84' - Substitution Pedro Moutinhois substituted by Mark Stewart

88' - Substitution Davidis substituted by David Cox88

89' - Substitution Mehdi Taouilis substituted by Allan Johnston89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Kilmarnock

2 - 1

Falkirk

Kilmarnock Falkirk

Team line-ups

Kilmarnock

Combe

Alan Combe

Scotland

B.date03/04/1974

Age34 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Murray

Grant Murray

Scotland

B.date29/08/1975

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Lilley

David Lilley

Scotland

B.date31/10/1977

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Ford

Simon Ford

Jamaica

B.date17/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Hay

Garry Hay

Scotland

B.date07/09/1977

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Hamill

Jamie Hamill

Scotland

B.date29/07/1986

Age21 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Taouil2489

Mehdi Taouil

Morocco

B.date20/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Fowler

James Fowler

Scotland

B.date26/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Invincibile

Daniele Invincibile

Australia

B.date31/03/1979

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Dalglish61

Paul Dalglish

Scotland

B.date18/02/1977

Age31 years

H1m75

positionStriker

David88

David

Spain

B.date20/01/1976

Age32 years

H1m72

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Combe		34	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Grant Murray		32	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Lilley		30	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Ford		26	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Hay		30	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Hamill		21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehdi Taouil	2489	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Fowler		27	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniele Invincibile		29	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Dalglish	61	31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David	88	32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Falkirk

Olejnik

Robert Olejnik

Austria

B.date26/11/1986

Age21 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Allison

Brian Allison

Scotland

B.date23/06/1988

Age19 years

positionDefender

Aafjes

Gerard Aafjes

Netherlands

B.date27/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Scobbie

Thomas Scobbie

Scotland

B.date31/03/1988

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Cregg58

Patrick Cregg

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

McBride

Kevin McBride

Scotland

B.date14/06/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Mitchell

Chris Mitchell

Scotland

B.date21/07/1988

Age19 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Riera

Arnau Riera

Spain

B.date01/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Moutinho1184

Pedro Moutinho

Portugal

B.date09/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

Finnigan76

Carl Finnigan

England

B.date01/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Higdon

Michael Higdon

England

B.date02/09/1983

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Olejnik		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Allison		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerard Aafjes		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Scobbie		20	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Cregg	58	22	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin McBride		26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Mitchell		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnau Riera		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pedro Moutinho	1184	28	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Finnigan	76	21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Higdon		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Allan Johnston	89	34	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Di Giacomo	8161	25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cox	88	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Graham Barrett	76	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Russell Latapy	58	39	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Stewart	84	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniele Invincibile

Allan Johnston

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robert Olejnik

Shane Supple

OUT

Arnau Riera

Scott Arfield

OUT

Brian Allison

Darren Barr

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Jefferies

260

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Jefferies vs Falkirk

11 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 2008

Jefferies vs Hughes

7 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 17, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

John Hughes

229

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Hughes vs Kilmarnock

1 victory

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 2008

Hughes vs Jefferies

1 victory

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 2008

Referee

Alan Freeland

4 victories	3 draws	6 losses	Kilmarnock13 matches	General total	Falkirk5 matches	1 victory	1 draw	3 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Kilmarnock3 matches	Season total	Falkirk2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 17, 2008					Latest figure on May 17, 2008

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Paul Di Giacomo scores a goal vs Kilmarnock in Premiership since the 19/08/2006 (with vs )

Russell Latapy played his game number 10 vs Kilmarnock in Premiership with

James Fowler played his game number 10 vs in Premiership

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LKilmarnock 0-2 Glasgow Rangers17/02/2008

VKilmarnock 3-1 Aberdeen24/02/2008

VKilmarnock 1-0 St. Mirren01/03/2008

VKilmarnock 4-1 Inverness22/03/2008

DKilmarnock 0-0 Heart of Midlothian05/04/2008

DKilmarnock 1-1 Gretna FC26/04/2008

Overall

DFalkirk 0-0 Kilmarnock29/03/2008

DKilmarnock 0-0 Heart of Midlothian05/04/2008

LInverness 3-0 Kilmarnock19/04/2008

DKilmarnock 1-1 Gretna FC26/04/2008

LSt. Mirren 1-0 Kilmarnock03/05/2008

VHeart of Midlothian 0-2 Kilmarnock10/05/2008

Current form

Away

LGlasgow Rangers 2-0 Falkirk09/02/2008

DDundee United 0-0 Falkirk23/02/2008

VInverness 0-1 Falkirk15/03/2008

DHeart of Midlothian 0-0 Falkirk22/03/2008

LAberdeen 2-1 Falkirk07/04/2008

LSt. Mirren 1-0 Falkirk26/04/2008

Overall

DFalkirk 0-0 Kilmarnock29/03/2008

LAberdeen 2-1 Falkirk07/04/2008

DFalkirk 0-0 Gretna FC19/04/2008

LSt. Mirren 1-0 Falkirk26/04/2008

VFalkirk 2-1 Heart of Midlothian05/05/2008

VFalkirk 2-1 Inverness10/05/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	5	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

276	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	179
11	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
9	Victories (Competition total)	13
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
10	Draws (Competition total)	10
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
18	Losses (Competition total)	14
7	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	47
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	31
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.28
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.27
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.72

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
16	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	14
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 times)

Bookings

65	Yellow cards (Competition total)	44
32	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
4	Red cards (Competition total)	7
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Colin Nish	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Michael Higdon
Colin Nish	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Graham Barrett
Colin Nish	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Colin Nish	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Paul Di Giacomo	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Carl Finnigan

Historical head to head

Home

72 matches

40 v

21 d

11 l

138 gf

83 ga

Away

71 matches

15 v

23 d

33 l

84 gf

140 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Total

145 matches

57 v

44 d

44 l

226 gf

223 ga

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

33 v

23 d

15 l

140 gf

84 ga

Away

72 matches

11 v

21 d

40 l

83 gf

138 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

145 matches

44 v

44 d

57 l

223 gf

226 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 2	February 08, 1964
Home	9 - 2	February 08, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 05, 1927
Away	6 - 1	October 26, 1907

Latest head to head

March 29, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Falkirk

0 - 0

Kilmarnock logo Kilmarnock

January 02, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Kilmarnock

0 - 1

Falkirk

October 20, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Falkirk

1 - 1

Kilmarnock logo Kilmarnock

January 30, 2007 - Scottish League Cup 2006/2007

Kilmarnock

3 - 0

Falkirk

January 27, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Falkirk

0 - 2

Kilmarnock logo Kilmarnock

Best historical scorers against Falkirk

Steven Naismith	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Kris Boyd	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Paul Wright	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Gary Wales	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Frazer Wright	1 goal	2007 - 2007
James Fowler	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/05/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Kilmarnock

Carl Finnigan	2 goals	2007 - 2008
Russell Latapy	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Anthony Stokes	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Alan Gow	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Daniel McBreen	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Kenny Milne	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/05/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Falkirk

James Fowler	9 matches	2005 - 2008
Frazer Wright	8 matches	2005 - 2008
Daniele Invincibile	8 matches	2005 - 2008
Garry Hay	8 matches	2005 - 2008
Allan Johnston	8 matches	2005 - 2008
Gary Wales	8 matches	2005 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/05/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Kilmarnock

Russell Latapy	9 matches	2005 - 2008
Kenny Milne	7 matches	2005 - 2008
Patrick Cregg	7 matches	2006 - 2008
Darren Barr	6 matches	2006 - 2008
Alan Gow	6 matches	2005 - 2007
Steven Thomson	6 matches	2005 - 2008