The SPFL has today published the post-split fixture list for the 2021/22 cinch Premiership season.

The schedule for the final five fixture rounds has now been confirmed with the games starting on Saturday 23rd April.

Saints will kick-off the split at home to Hibernian on Saturday 23rd April. The Buddies will then travel to McDiarmid Park to face St Johnstone the following week. 

Stephen Robinson's men will host Dundee on Saturday 7th May, with our final home match against Livingston on Wednesday 11th May. 

Saints then travel to Aberdeen on the final day of the cinch Premiership season on Sunday 15th May. 

Post-Split fixtures

We have to regroup and get going again because we know we are better than what we've shown.""

The manager gives his thoughts after defeat to Rangers.

St Mirren suffered a disappointing loss as Rangers ran out 4-0 winners at the SMiSA Stadium.

Kemar Roofe scored a hat-trick for the visitors before Joe Aribo curled home a really good finish from 20 yards on a day to forget for Saints.

With yesterday's results meaning top six was no longer a possibility for the Buddies, focus turned to aiming to finish the best of bottom six and Stephen Robinson made two changes from the side that lost at Motherwell last week with Charles Dunne and Alex Gogic coming in for Conor McCarthy and Ethan Erhahon. 

But Saints got off to the worst possible start when Roofe put the visitors in front after just two minutes. The Rangers forward met a Ryan Kent cross from the right and headed into the far corner leaving Dean Lyness with no chance. 

The Buddies reacted well though and were playing some decent stuff as the first-half progress though they couldn't create anything to break down the Rangers defence. 

It looked like the Saints would head into the break still very much in the match, but the manager's half-time team talk would have to change when Rangers doubled their advantage right at the end of the first-half when Roofe headed home his second of the afternoon. It was almost a carbon copy of his opening goal with the striker unchallenged as he nodded into the corner of the net and came just moments after Aaron Ramsey had cracked the bar for the visitors. 

An uphill task would be made even more difficult just five minutes into the second-half when Roofe completed his hat-trick. Fashion Sakala was able to waltz through the Saints defence via the aid of a one-two with Aribo and Roofe was the quickest to react to the break of the ball - slamming home from inside the six yard box.

Alex Gogic almost pulled one back straight after Rangers' third with the Cypriot midfielder almost catching out goalkeeper Allan McGregor, but the veteran stopper managed to get down to claw away.

Alex Gogic almost pulled a goal back early in the second-half (Image: Allan Picken)

In truth though it was Rangers who were looking the more likely to add to their lead and substitute Amad Diallo should have punished a Saints error with 20 minutes remaining. McCarthy slipped on the halfway line under pressure from Aribo who slid the ball through to Sakala. The Zambian forward burst forward and found Manchester United loanee Diallo who somehow put wide. 

Rangers would add a fourth with less than 15 minutes remaining. There was nothing Lyness could do to keep it out as Aribo curled into top corner from 20 yards. 

Alex Greive forced a brilliant save from McGregor in the dying embers as Saints looked for a consolation, but it would be a day to forget for the Buddies. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-4 Rangers

St Mirren: Lyness, Fraser, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne (McCarthy 45), Tait, Ronan, Power, Gogic, Henderson (Greive 63), Jones (Erhahon 79), Brophy (Main 63)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Smyth, Thomson, Gallagher, Gilmartin

Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Helander (King 45), Barisic, Lundstram (Davis 26), Ramsey (Sands 45), Aribo, Kent (Wright 45), Roofe (Amad 63), Sakala
Subs Not Used: McLaughlin, Balogun, Kamara, Arfield

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Calum Spence
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod
Fourth Official: Euan Anderson

Attendance: 6,583

The St Mirren Ticket Office will be closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week (11/12/13th April). 

Any urgent enquiries can be made via email to tickets@stmirren.com or info@stmirren.com, while the reception remains open as normal.

The Ticket Office will reopen on Thursday 14th April at 10am. 

The Ticket Office hours for the remainder of this week are as follows: 

There's a really good core of players here and we've still got a great opportunity. Everyone is 100% committed to finishing as high as we possibly can in this league."

Stephen Robinson looks ahead to Sunday's match against Rangers.

Our final match before the cinch Premiership split takes place on Sunday as we host Rangers at the SMiSA Stadium.

Saints could still make the top six with a win against the Ibrox side - but it would require taking all three points as well as a number of results in the Saturday matches to go our way. 

The Buddies have lost their last two league games against Motherwell (2-4) and Dundee United (1-2), but a 1-0 win over Dundee at the Kilmac Stadium in March means Saints could still be in contention for a top six place when Sunday's match comes around. 

Rangers head to Paisley on the back of their Europa League Quarter-Final against Braga on Thursday night. Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side travel to Portugal for their first leg tie before returning to Scotland for Sunday's match.

The Ibrox side will be looking to bounce back from their 2-1 defeat to Celtic on Sunday and avoid losing more ground in their hopes of retaining the cinch Premiership title.

Match Details

St Mirren v Rangers
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Sunday 10th April 2022
Kick-off: 12pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Ticket Info

Tickets for Sunday's match are on-sale to registered home supporters at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. 

As the match is being shown live on Sky Sports, PPV is not available on Sunday. 

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can still watch live on St Mirren TV as part of their subscription. 

Previous

St Mirren have faced Rangers twice this season.

The Buddies were narrowly edged out when the Gers visited Paisley back in October. Connor Ronan scored a wonder goal early on to put Saints in front, but a Kemar Roofe penalty and Alfredo Morelos goal gave Rangers the points.

Rangers were also victorious when St Mirren made the short journey to Ibrox on Boxing Day with Scott Wright and Morelos scoring in a 2-0 defeat for Saints.

Our last win against Rangers came at the SMiSA Stadium in December 2020 when Conor McCarthy's last minute goal gave us a dramatic 3-2 win in the league cup and saw us become the first side to beat Rangers domestically in 2020/21. 

Connor Ronan scored after only four minutes to put us ahead the last time we faced Rangers at the SMiSA Stadium (Image: Allan Picken)

The officials

John Beaton is the referee on Sunday. The linesmen are Calum Spence and Ross Macleod with Euan Anderson the fourth official.

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match against Rangers are on sale at St Mirren Ticket Office to anyone pre-registered on our ticketing platform. 

Saints host Rangers at the SMiSA Stadium on Sunday in our final match before the league split. 

As is always the case for matches against Celtic and Rangers, tickets are only available to those who are pre-registered on our ticketing platform with registration now closed. Away end tickets are being sold by Rangers directly. 

Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand season ticket holders can still get a seat in the Main or West Stand for the reduced price of £10 for adults and £5 for concessions until Friday 8th April. Any Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand season ticket holders who miss the Friday 8th April deadline will have to pay full price of £27 for adults and £17 for concessions.

St Mirren vs Rangers
cinch Premiership
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
Date: Sunday 10th April 2022
Kick-off: 12pm

Ticket Prices

Adults - £27
Concessions - £17

Ticket Prices (Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand season ticket holders until Friday 8th April)

Adults - £10
Concessions/13-17 - £5

*Children with under 12 season tickets will be moved free of charge with a paying adult/concession season ticket holder.
**Wheelchair users free of charge.

Please note these cannot be purchased online. They can only be purchased by visiting the ticket office or over the phone.

The Ticket Office hours for the remainder of the week are as follows: 

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com

We can't keep making excuses. We need to pick up some wins very quickly."

The manager gives his thoughts on a disappointing defeat away to Motherwell.

St Mirren's top six hopes have been left hanging by a thread after Saints were beaten 4-2 by Motherwell at Fir Park.

A breathless opening 45 saw Motherwell go into the break 3-2 ahead. Eamonn Brophy put St Mirren ahead, but two goals in a minute from Sean Goss and Connor Shields put the Steelmen in front. The returning Conor McCarthy levelled on 38 minutes, only for Motherwell to re-take the lead in the final minute of the half through Dean Cornelius. 

A Richard Tait own-goal 12 minutes from time saw the Fir Park side add a fourth to secure their first league win since Boxing Day.

Despite a slow start Saints struck first when Brophy scored his eighth goal of the season from close-range. Stephen O'Donnell's attempted clearance from a cross on the left clattered off Sondre Solholm Johansen and fell to Brophy who turned and slotted into the corner of the net. 

Eamonn Brophy puts St Mirren in front (Image: David Henderson)

The home side levelled on 20 minutes when Goss squeezed beyond Dean Lyness - deputising for the suspended Jak Alnwick - at the near post. And within a minute Motherwell were ahead when Shields ran on to a ball over the top and lifted over the Saints goalkeeper.

The St Mirren reaction to going behind was good with Brophy almost equalising on 28 minutes. The striker went one-on-one with Liam Kelly but smacked the post with the rebound evading Jordan Jones.

O'Donnell was gifted a huge opportunity to add a third for the home side when Erhahon's clearance fell to the Scotland internationalists feet. Lyness denied with a save from his feet. 

Saints made it 2-2 seven minutes before half-time when McCarthy scored his second goal of the season. The Irish defender bundled home at the back post after Kelly in the Motherwell goal failed to gather a corner. 

Just when it looked like the Buddies would go into the interval level, Motherwell took the lead again. Joe Efford's ball from the left found Cornelius who took a touch to control before guiding into corner of the net. 

Lyness made a wonderful save to push away a sweet Callum Slattery strike from 20 yards 10 minutes into the second-half. Efford should have scored the rebound but took a touch which allowed the St Mirren defence to crowd out and clear. 

Saints were controlling possession in the second 45 but were failing to create anything that would trouble Kelly. Marcus Fraser was inches away from making it 3-3 just after the hour mark. Jones' corner was flicked on at the near post by Brophy and Fraser was agonisingly close to connecting with a touch that would have almost certainly found the net. 

But that lack of cutting edge would cost St Mirren as Motherwell sealed their win 12 minutes from time. Kevin Van Veen did brilliantly down the left with his low ball across turned into the net by Richard Tait. 

St Mirren now must beat Rangers next Sunday at the SMiSA Stadium and hope that results on Saturday go our way to have any chance of taking a top six place. 

Full-Time: Motherwell 4-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Lyness, Fraser, Shaughnessy (c), McCarthy, Tait (Main 79), Power, Erhahon (Greive 72), Henderson, Ronan, Jones, Brophy
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Dunne, Gogic, Main

Motherwell: Kelly, O'Donnell, Mugabi, Solholm Johansen, Lamie, Cornelius, Slattery, Goss (Donnelly 75), Shields, Efford (Tierney 74), Van Veen (Shaw 90)
Subs Not Used: Fox, Carroll, Woolery, O'Hara, Shaw, Ojala, Grimshaw

Referee: Craig Napier
Assistant Referee: Daniel McFarlane
Assistant Referee: Graham McNeille
Fourth Official: Bobby Madden

Attendance: 4,441 (838 St Mirren fans)

The St Mirren Charitable Foundation will be hosting a 'Saints Sleep Out' at the SMiSA Stadium on Friday 8th April 2022.

Participants will sleep pitch side overnight at the SMiSA Stadium to raise money for the St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation and the charity Shelter Scotland. 

Spaces are limited so if you wish to get involved please email foundation@stmirren.com and you'll be sent a registration form which contains all the relevant information about the sleep out.

Once this form has been filled out and a £20 deposit is paid via the St Mirren Charitable Foundation's GoFundMe page available at this link you will be registered.

To find out more about Shelter Scotland please visit scotland.shelter.org.uk