
TIME LINE FROM RUGBY PARK
26th July 2016
90 + 4 mins - It's all over! A great three points for Saints. They were well worth this win. Killie had the best of the 15 minutes either side of half-time but other than that Saints were the better side and two great finishes provded decisive.
90 + 3 mins - It's Killie in possession but Saints dig deep to clear.
90 + 2 mins - Corner to Killie but Gros heads over.
There will be four additional minutes.
90 mins - Killie looking for a leveller but Saints defending well.
87 mins - Jody Morris is off getting a head knock seen to. he returns just as Kroca hits an effort wide.
85 mins - Marcus Haber is on for Fran Sandaza. Great turn in the box by Sheridan but he can't get the shot away.
84 mins - Enckelman to the rescue as he holds a deflect ball confidently. At the other end, Chris Millar sees a shot deflected just wide.
80 mins - Sandaza denied by Bell as Saints push.
78 mins - Saints replace Davids Robertson with Willie Gibson. The home fans don't appear to be a fan of their former winger.
74 mins - GOAL SAINTS! A Sandaza through ball looks like it will be cut out by Sissoko but he allows it to run through and Sheridan is on it and although he doesn't look favourite he gets ahead of ther onrushing Bell and he takes it round him and scores from a tight angle. Great finish. KILLIE 1 SAINTS 2
71 mins - Fran Sandaza wins a free kick 22 yards out. Liam Craig's effort is blocked.
70 mins - Saints are knocking it about better again.
67 mins - Great chance for Saints as a Sheridan cross from the left is met by Sandaza but his header is pushed away by Bell.
60 mins - Kevin Moon is replaced by Chris Millar.
60 mins - Chances for Saints in a scramble but it just won't sit and Robertson eventually slices wide.
58 mins - Great save from Enckelman to stop a deflected Killie effort. We are under the cosh at the moment.
56 mins - Fowler hits it just over the bar as the ball falls kindly for him after a defensive challenge.
Chris Millar is going to be coming on. It needs to change as Killie have the bit between their teeth at the moment.
Today's attendance is 4,059.
46 mins - We are off and running again. The first moment of note is Kevin Moon catching Killie player McKeown in the follow through to a challenge. No intent but it has certainly left the home player floored.
It appears that the Killie goal is going to go down as a Steven Anderson own goal. He certainly rose with Pascali as the corner came in.
45 mins - Enckelman saves from Kroca as the half time whistle goes.
45 mins - Enckelman is rooted to the spot as a shot comes in but thankfully it goes wide. It looked like he was unsighted. Saints could do with half-time at the moment.
43 mins - a 30 yard free kick from Dean Shiels rises over the bar.
36 mins - GOAL KILMARNOCK. A Pascali header from a corner kick drops right into the top right hand corner of the goal despite Liam Craig's presence - he can't jump high enough to stop the effort. KILLIE 1 SAINTS 1
34 mins - A good Heffernan effort is deflected for a corner. He looks useful. The corner is overhit and wasted.
32 mins - Killie's Gary Fisher booked for a late tackle on David Robertson.
28 mins - Great chance for Killie as McKeown lets fly from 22 yards and rattles the crossbar.
25 mins - Liam Craig to the rescue as he clears off the line after Enckelman had dropped a high ball and Kroca shoots.
22 mins - GOAL SAINTS!! David Robertson, 30 yards out, slips in Fran Sandaza and the Spaniard turns his marker and slips it under Cammy Bell - great goal. KILLIE 0 SAINTS 1
21 mins - Steven Anderson is booked for a foul as KIllie break forward. Iain Brines played good advantage and then caught up with the Perthd defender.
18 mins - Cillian Sheridan bursts forward and his fierece shot is stopped by Ball in the Killie goal and Liam Craig is quick to reach the loose ball but his effort is deflected away for a corner.
16 mins - Four successive corners for Saints from alternate sides each time has Liam Craig busy as he takes them all. None prove fruitful.
14 mins - Great interception from Kroca to prevent Sheridan latching onto a great pass from Steven Anderson.
12 mins - Free kick to Killie 25 yards out. It hits the wall but is eventually played to Heffernan but Enckelman is equal to the task.
11 mins - A poor Robertson effort after build up by Sheridan and Sandaza. He had Callum wide and available.
7 mins - Two shots in a matter of seconds for Killie - Enckelman holds a Heffernan effort and then Pursehouse drives the ball just wide moments later.
4 mins - Corner to Saints won by Cillian Sheridan after good build up play. Killie clear danger.
3 mins - Cagey stuff. David Robertson puts in a cross for Liam Craig but the defender clear.
3.00pm - The teams take to the field. Saints are in their change kit of yellow and blue.
2.53pm - Welcome to Rugby Park for this afternoon's game against Kilmarnock. It's real dreich - heavy rain.
Derek McInnes has made a couple of changes to the team for this afternoon’s game at Rugby Park. David McCracken has dropped out of the squad altogether while Chris Millar drops to the bench. In come Callum Davidson and David Robertson so it looks like a centre-half pairing of Steven Anderson and Dave Mackay.
SAINTS: Enckelman, Maybury, Davidson, Mackay, Anderson, Morris, Sheridan, Moon, Robertson, Craig, Sandaza. Subs: Mannus, Caddis, Durnan, Millar, Gibson, Haber, May
KILMARNOCK: Bell, Fowler, Dayton, Kroca, Heffernan, Shiels, McKeown, Pursehouse, Fisher, Pascalli, Sissoko. Subs: Jaakola, Hay, Harkins, Galan, Hutchinson, Gros, Racchie Referee: Iain Brines