Kilmarnock 2, Hamilton 0: Killie run out comfortable winners against Accies

Toothless Hamilton fell to a fifth straight defeat to Kilmarnock this season as the Ayrshire side kept pace with Arbroath at the top of the Championship.

The hosts were comfortably the better team throughout in the Ayrshire sunshine, while Accies barely landed a meaningful blow, and they've tumbled down to eighth in the table as a result.

Goals in each half by Fraser Murray and Blair Alston sent Killie on their way, and they never really looked in danger of conceding throughout the 90 minutes.

Killie dominated the first half and forced some good saves from Ryan Fulton in Hamilton's goal before taking the lead through Fraser Murray on the stroke of half-time.

Having just witnessed Oli Shaw cannoning a shot off the left post, Killie tried again and played it out wide to Chris Burke, and his cross was bundled over the line by the chest of Murray.

Hamilton had created a few flurries of their own, but of the narrowly failing to connect to crosses persuasion, rather than forcing Zach Hemming into anything approaching a save.

They did show a bit of menace though, with Kai Kennedy's cross just too far ahead of David Moyo and Andy Ryan, and on another occasion Moyo's cross evaded Ryan when a touch might have done.

The second half was much the same, with Killie attacking from the start and scoring a second through Alston 10 minutes in.

Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes made six changes to the side that lost to Raith Rovers in the Challenge Cup semi-final. Goalkeeper Zach Hemmings replaced Sam Walker, while Lee Hodson, Jack Sanders, Stephen McGinn, Burke and Rory McKenzie came in for Jason Naismith, Chris Stokes, Declan Glass, Daniel MacKay and Danny Armstrong.

Hamilton head coach Stuart Taylor made one change to the side that drew