Kilmarnock tightened the st. mirren vs kilmarnock f.c. standings with a 3-0 away win at The SMiSA Stadium, and Findlay Curtis did the damage with two goals. The result moved Kilmarnock four points clear of St Mirren with two matches remaining.
Curtis and Freckleton Swing It
Miguel Freckleton put St Mirren behind in the ninth minute when he inadvertently redirected Tom Lowery's cross into his own net. Curtis then doubled Kilmarnock's lead 28 seconds into the second half, turning a one-goal cushion into a control point St Mirren never recovered from.
That sequence gave Kilmarnock their first away win since September. It also left St Mirren with a third post-split match without scoring, a run that has pushed them closer to the relegation play-off berth that now looks likelier with only two matches left.
McLeish Changes, McCann Response
Craig McLeish made three changes from the side that lost to Dundee, while Kilmarnock made one change after beating Dundee United. The setup mattered because Kilmarnock carried more stability into the match and used it to take control early at a stadium where 7,619 watched the game.
Neil McCann's side did not need a long spell of pressure to separate itself. Once Freckleton's own goal opened the scoring, Kilmarnock kept the margin and then widened it straight after the interval, leaving St Mirren with a problem the home side never solved.
The points gap now sits at four with two matches left, which gives Kilmarnock a stronger cushion and leaves St Mirren chasing a way out of the relegation play-off zone. For St Mirren, the scoreline adds to the weight of three straight post-split blanks; for Kilmarnock, it turns an away drought that lasted since September into a result that changes the table shape immediately.
