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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"St Johnstone Survive Kilmarnock in Seven-Goal McDiarmid Thriller","st-johnstone-edge-kilmarnock-seven-goal-thriller-mcdiarmid-park","football","Match Report","Marcus Wright","St Johnstone and Kilmarnock produced the Scottish Premiership's.goal of the season contender in a chaotic 4-3 classic at McDiarmid Park.","2026-08-03 07:21:36","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fst-johnstone-edge-kilmarnock-seven-goal-thriller-mcdiarmid-park.webp",[93,94,95],"Scottish Premiership","St Johnstone","Kilmarnock","## Seven Goals at McDiarmid Park\n\nSt Johnstone beat Kilmarnock 4-3 at McDiarmy Park, taking three Scottish Premiership points from a match that produced seven goals and almost no defensive control from either side.\n\nThe lead changed hands repeatedly across ninety minutes. Both teams created chances through direct attacking rather than sustained possession, exposing backlines that buckled under straightforward pressure.\n\n## Decided at Both Ends\n\nSeven-goal matches reward the side that lands the final punch. St Johnstone held up under sustained Kilmarnock pressure and converted enough chances to finish on the right side of a result that could have gone either way.\n\nKilmarnock scored three times away from home and left Perth with nothing. Derek McInnes will have identified the defensive breakdowns that turned a possible point into a defeat. The attacking output was there. The resistance was not.\n\n## Three Points for Levein, Questions for McInnes\n\nA four-goal performance at home gives Craig Levein an attacking reference point for the winter months, when St Johnstone have spent stretches of the season scraping together narrow wins. The side climbs the table with a result that suggests more creative capacity than their broader season numbers indicate.\n\nKilmarnock face the harder reckoning. Conceding four goals after scoring three creates frustration that will carry through the training week. 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