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Falkirk travel to take on Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bairns will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 38 and win only 9 of the 68 games.
The last time the two teams met at Kilmarnock was back in April 1996, over five years ago, the Killie carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1995/1996 | Sat 13 Apr | Kilmarnock | 1 - 0 | Falkirk | SPL |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 03 Feb | Falkirk | 4 - 2 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 09 Dec | Kilmarnock | 4 - 0 | Falkirk | SPL |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 14 Oct | Falkirk | 0 - 2 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 25 Mar | Falkirk | 2 - 0 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 21 Jan | Kilmarnock | 2 - 1 | Falkirk | SPL |
| 1994/1995 | Tue 08 Nov | Falkirk | 3 - 3 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Kilmarnock are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 19 goals for the Killie, with 12 goals against.
The away form of Falkirk is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Bairns have hit 4 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Kilmarnock's 13 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Falkirk are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 4 points from 7 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Bairns are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Kilmarnock. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Kilmarnock | 21 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Falkirk | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |