The points were shared at The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park following a contentious penalty and
goal line clearance decision as Kilmarnock break six game losing streak, drawing 1-1 with Dundee United.

Stuart Kettlewell made three changes to his Kilmarnock side which lost to Motherwell last
week as Ethan Brown, Bradley Lyons and Marley Watkins were brought into the side.

Meanwhile, Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin made six changes to the side which was
blown away by Falkirk last Saturday. Dave Richards replaced Kucherenko following the
latter’s howler at Tannadice, whilst captain Ross Graham, Panutche Camara, Ryan Strain,
and Max Watters all returned to the starting eleven.

Following early pressure by both teams, the first key decision for referee Matthew
MacDermid came 14 minutes into the match as, after a VAR check, Ethan Brown was judged
to have fouled Krisztian Keresztes in the box and Dundee United were awarded the penalty.

Tobi Oluwayemi would emerge as the hero for Kilmarnock in this instance, as the Celtic
loanee would save Max Watters effort onto the post and deny the striker his fifth goal of the
season since joining the Dundee side in the summer.

Kilmarnock would look to take advantage of Watters’ miss as 20 minutes later Keretzes’
challenge on Marley Watkins would send the Englishmen onto the deck, and despite calls
that Watkins went down too easy Kilmarnock were awarded a penalty of their own.

Dave Richards almost emulated Oluwayemi as he saved Bruce Anderson’s attempt with his
feet, however the ball would roll back to Anderson to follow into the back of the net and
give Kilmarnock the lead. This was Anderson’s third goal in all competitions since the start of
the season.

Kilmarnock thought they had a quickfire second when Dundee United failed to deal with
Dominic Thompson’s freekick and Scott Tiffoney’s header was cleared off the line.

Replays showed that the ball had in fact crossed the line, however the referee would
instead bring play back for a supposed foul against Dave Richards, much to the disapproval
of the home crowd, as Kilmarnock possessed the one goal advantage going into halftime.

Dundee United needed a response for the second half, and less than 20 minutes into play
they would find it, as Ryan Strain and Luca Stephenson would link up well to find the
onrushing Craig Sibbald, who would slot home his finish into the bottom corner to give
United their equaliser and get his third goal in five matches.

In the final 30 minutes of the match, both teams would see spells of possession but a lack of
clear-cut chances and a busy MacDermid would blow his whistle for full time to see the final
score as 1-1.

This result would see Kilmarnock break their run of six straight losses and sit just above the
relegation playoffs in tenth place. They face a midweek trip to the capital to play current
league leaders Hearts, who are winless in their last three matches.

Dundee United are four points off the top six with this result, and only one point above
eighth placed Aberdeen. They host Rangers in their Wednesday night match, with the
travellers having won all four of their league games under new manager Danny Röhl.

Kilmarnock: Oluwayemi, Deas, Mayo, Brown, Thompson, Lyons (c), Watson, Brown,
Tiffoney, Watkins, Anderson
Subs: Lowery, Kiltie, Thomson, John-Jules, Dackers

Dundee United: Richards, Keresztes, Graham, Iovu, Ferry, Sibbald, Stephenson, Camara,
Strain, Watters, Sapsford
Subs: Fatah, Möller, Dolček

Attendance: 4,263