Saints return to cinch Premiership action on Saturday with a trip to Kilmarnock. 

It's a quick turnaround for Stephen Robinson's men following Wednesday night's Viaplay Cup Quarter-Final defeat to Hibernian at Easter Road. Scott Tanser and Keanu Baccus netted for Saints, but it wasn't enough as we fell to a 4-2 defeat that saw our 10 match unbeaten run come to an end. 

The Buddies are, however, still unbeaten after six league matches and sit second in the cinch Premiership following four wins and two draws from our opening six. 

Kilmarnock also exited the Viaplay Cup with a 2-1 loss to Hearts at the BBSP Stadium, Rugby Park on Tuesday night. Ex-Saint Brad Lyons brought Killie level after falling behind to the Jambos in the first-half, but an injury-time goal saw the Ayrshire side eliminated from the competition. 

Derek McInnes' side sit in eighth place in the cinch Premiership on six points after one win, three draws and two losses from their first six matches. Killie defeated Rangers 1-0 on the opening day of the season and have followed that up with draws against Hearts (0-0), Hibernian (2-2) and Dundee (2-2) and defeats to Motherwell (1-2) and Ross County (0-1).

Match Details

Kilmarnock v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 30th September 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: BBSP Stadium, Rugby Park

Ticket Info

Tickets for Saturday's match are on sale online. Full ticket info is available HERE.

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. UK subscribers can listen to live audio commentary. 

Previous 

Saints were held twice and lost once in our three meetings with Kilmarnock last season. 

The first two matches - one at The SMiSA Stadium and one at Rugby Park - both finished 0-0. Kilmarnock came out on top in the last meeting, winning 2-0 at The SMiSA Stadium in April. 

Saints drew on both league visits to Kilmarnock in season 2020/21 - drawing 1-1 in January 2021 and 3-3 in May 2021. There was another 3-3 draw after extra-time in the Scottish Cup in April 2021 with the Buddies coming out on top after a penalty shoot-out. Our last league win over Kilmarnock came in the same season with Saints winning 2-0 at The SMiSA Stadium thanks to goals from Kyle McAllister and Jon Obika. 

The officials

The referee on Saturday is Chris Graham. The linesmen are Gordon Crawford and Stuart Stevenson. Chris Fordyce is Fourth Official. 

Alan Muir is the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and he'll be assisted by Graeme Leslie. 

An opportunity missed. We won't let the disappointment linger too long."

Stephen Robinson admits defeat to Hibernian in the Viaplay Cup was a missed opportunity, but says players will be picked up ahead of Saturday's cinch Premiership match away to Kilmarnock. 

St Mirren exited the Viaplay Cup at the Quarter-Final stage after a 4-2 defeat to Hibernian at Easter Road. 

Scott Tanser and Keanu Baccus both scored terrific efforts for Saints, but it wasn't enough to see us book a place at Hampden in the last four of the competition. 

Caolan Boyd-Munce - whose goal against Motherwell in the last round saw Saints progress - came into the starting eleven along with Mikael Mandron as the pair replaced Keanu Baccus and Conor McMenamin in the only changes from the win against Hearts on Saturday. 

The two sides were still feeling the game out in the opening stages, though it was Saints who created the best opportunities in the opening 45 with two half-chances coming in the first 15 minutes, both of which fell to Greg Kiltie. The midfielder first headed an effort at David Marshall before cutting in on his left foot and curling well over a few minutes later. 

Toyosi Olusanya - who scored at Easter Road last month - came close to grabbing the opener for the Buddies on 32 minutes. The forward got himself on the end of a ball over the top and lifted it over Marshall but it went just wide of the target. 

Saints took the lead two minutes before the interval when Tanser slammed home a half-volley to score his second goal in three games. It was a brilliant hit from the Saints left-wing back who was on the end of Mandron's nod down to smash beyond Marshall and put us ahead just before the break.

Saints players celebrate Scott Tanser's opening goal at Easter Road (Image: Craig Brown)

The hosts fired back in the early part of the second-half, scoring two goals in two minutes to take the lead. Elie Youan levelled the game on 52 minutes when he knocked home after getting being quickest to react to Will Fish's header with suggestions it may have unfortunately come off Ryan Strain. And the Hibees would go in-front less than two minutes later when Dylan Vente found time and space in the Saints box to turn and finish beyond Zach Hemming. It was a bitter blow for the Buddies after taking a deserved lead in at half-time.

Saints made a triple substitution a few minutes after the hour mark when he introduced Baccus, McMenamin and Alex Greive in place of Boyd-Munce, Mandron and Kiltie. It would be one of the changes that drew us level with just under 15 minutes remaining when Baccus equalised. The Australian drove forward and it opened up nicely for him to drill into the far corner of the net to make it 2-2. 

But the hosts would re-take the lead just four minutes later. Boyle was the fortunate recipient of a ricochet off Gogic which allowed the Hibs forward to knock home with an effort that went in off the bar. Boyle had a chance to wrap the game up on 87 minutes, but Hemming made a brilliant save to keep it at three. The Hibees forward would, however, seal his side's place at Hampden in injury-time as he raced clear again and made no mistake to make it 4-2. 

Full-Time: Hibernian 4-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic (Small 82), Taylor, Strain, Kiltie (Greive 64), Boyd-Munce (Baccus 64), O'Hara (c), Tanser, Olusanya (Nahmani 82), Mandron (McMenamin 64)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Dunne, Small, Flynn

Hibernian: Marshall, Miller, Fish, Bushiri (Hanlon 74), Obita, Boyle (Delferrière 90), Jeggo, Newell, Youan (Whittaker 75), Vente (Campbell 75), Doidge (LeFondre 56)
Subs Not Used: Boruc, Stevenson, Levitt, Tavares

Referee: David Munro
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official: Colin Steven

Attendance: 9,982

St Mirren take on Hibernian at Easter Road with a place in the semi-finals of the Viaplay Cup up for grabs. 

Hibernian vs St Mirren
Viaplay Cup
Venue: Easter Road
Date: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Kick-off: 7:45pm

Tickets

Tickets for Wednesday night's match are only available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. Tickets must be collected from the St Mirren Ticket Office by 2pm this afternoon (Wednesday 27th Sep). There will be no sale of tickets at Easter Road. 

Full ticket info is available here.

Entry info

• Please arrive early to the stadium due to numerous roadworks around the stadium and down Leith Walk!
• Coach parking in Regent Road.
• Roadworks on M8 as well as at junction of Easter Road and London Road. Montrose Terrace remains closed. 10-15mins delays at Leith Street and Picardy Place.
• Trams now running every 7mins to and from Leith Walk.
• Turnstiles will open at 6.45pm. Turnstile Numbers 5-6. There will be search lanes at Easter Road for queue management and safety and to prevent any congestion at the turnstiles. Please comply with stewards instructions.
• Kiosks will be card only.
• Please sit in your allocated seats. 
• Flags should be within regulations (2m x 1m) and must have a fire certificate. No offensive or political flags will be allowed. Please display all flags/banners to the CCTV cameras before entering the stadium. Please be guided by the stewards on placement of any flags/banners. 
• No balaclavas or face coverings will be allowed on entering or within the stadium. Refusal of entry/ejection will occur if face coverings are seen. No umbrellas permitted. 
• No pyro! No smoke cannisters! No Megaphones!
• No bags bigger than 30cm x 30cm allowed. Any bags bigger needed into the stadium for medical purposes please email slo@stmirren.com before the game. 
• No surfing banners or telescopic poles allowed.
• Drum will be allowed inside stadium and will be required to be searched prior to entry. 
• Searching will be in place.
• Any inebriated fans will not be allowed to enter the stadium.
• No smoking anywhere inside the stadium and no pass out is allowed.
• Please be mindful when parking on the streets and not to block any driveways.

Follow the action

If you can't make it to the match you can follow the action on our Twitter page @saintmirrenfc. 

St Mirren TV international subscribers can watch live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. International subscriptions start at £14.99 per month or £149.99 per year for access to all of our cinch Premiership matches. 

UK subscribers to St Mirren TV can listen to live audio commentary as part of their subscription.

Tickets for Saturday's cinch Premiership match away to Kilmarnock are on sale online. 

Saints travel to The BBSP Stadium on Saturday 30th September to face Derek McInnes' side in league action. 

Tickets for the match are only on sale online HERE.

Kilmarnock v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 30th September 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: The BBSP Stadium, Rugby Park

Kilmarnock Ticket Info

Adults - £25
Concessions* - £20
Under 18 - £15
Under 16 - £8
Under 5 - FREE**

*65+, U21s and full-time students with a valid matriculation card
**Free with any full paying over 18. MUST contact the Kilmarnock Ticket Office to arrange.

Ambulant and Carer - £15 (Carer free of charge)

To purchase ambulant and carer tickets please contact the Kilmarnock ticketing team. Email tickets@kilmarnockfc.co.uk or call 01563 545 311. 

Wheelchair and carer tickets can be purchased through Kilmarnock's disabled supporters' representatives, Peter and Mae Orr. 

Peter Orr - 07759 616 945, peterorr45@yahoo.co.uk 

Mae Orr - 07909 713 098

*Away End tickets will be available in the Chadwick Stand only. If an away supporter purchases a home end ticket they will be denied entry. Tickets are non-refundable, non-transferable and T&Cs apply.

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

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

It's Viaplay Cup action for St Mirren on Wednesday night with Saints travelling to Easter Road to face Hibernian in the quarter-finals. 

The Buddies are aiming for a semi-final place and a visit to Hampden for the first time since the 2020/21 season.

Saints reached the quarter-finals after finishing top of Group H before defeating Motherwell 1-0 at The SMiSA Stadium in the second round.  

Stephen Robinson's men head to Easter Road on the back of their best start to a top-flight season in 75 years after a 1-0 win over Hearts on Saturday saw Saints continue their unbeaten start in the cinch Premiership. 

Hibernian picked up their first win under new manager Nick Montgomery on Saturday following a 2-0 victory against St Johnstone at Easter Road.  

The Hibees made it through to the last eight with a 2-1 win over Championship side Raith Rovers at Easter Road. 

Match Details

Hibernian v St Mirren
Competition: Viaplay Cup
Date: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: Easter Road

Ticket Info

Tickets for Wednesday night's match are on sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office. All tickets must be collected from the St Mirren Ticket Office by 2pm on Wednesday 27th September. There will be no sale of tickets at Easter Road. 

Tickets are priced at £20 for adults, £15 for concessions and £10 for full-time students & U18s. Full ticket info is available HERE.

There is no PPV available at this stage in the Viaplay Cup. However, international subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. UK subscribers can listen to live audio commentary. 

Previous 

The two sides have already met at Easter Road this season with Saints coming away with a 3-2 victory on the opening day of the cinch Premiership.  

Two goals in two minutes from Mark O'Hara and Toyosi Olusanya had us 2-0 ahead in the first-half. But Hibs hit back in the second-half and got level thanks to strikes from Adam LeFondre and Christian Doidge. There was still time for more drama with Alex Greive scoring in the final minute of normal time to give Saints all three points and get our league season off to a winning start. 

Alex Greive scored a late winner for Saints when we visited Easter Road last month (Image: Craig Brown)

The officials

David Munro is the referee on Wednesday night. He'll be assisted by Ross Macleod and Gordon Crawford with Colin Steven the fourth official.

There is no VAR in place for Wednesday night's match. 

Tickets for our Viaplay Cup Quarter-Final away to Hibernian are now on sale.

I think we deserved to win. I'm delighted for the players."

The manager was pleased for his players as they extended the unbeaten run to 10 matches and stayed second in the cinch Premiership.

St Mirren extended the unbeaten run to 10 matches with a 1-0 win over Hearts at The SMiSA Stadium.

Ryan Strain's early goal was enough to secure the points and it could have been even more comfortable if strikes from Greg Kiltie, Mikael Mandron and Alex Greive hadn't been disallowed.

Stephen Robinson made two changes from the side that defeated Motherwell last Saturday at Fir Park. Keanu Baccus and Toyosi Olusanya came into the starting eleven in place of Caolan Boyd-Munce and Mandron. 

Saints got off to a flying start with Strain putting us in front on just seven minutes. After providing for Scott Tanser's winner against Motherwell, Strain was the recipient as Tanser returned the favour with a low ball across the face of the box that was tapped home by the Australian. It was his third goal against the Jambos at the SMiSA Stadium having scored in the two previous encounters with Steven Naismith's side last season. 

Ryan Strain scores winner against Hearts (Image: Allan Picken)

The Buddies went close to a second just after the 20 minute mark when Olusanya raced on to a ball over the top. The forward probably took one touch too many which narrowed the angle and saw his effort saved by Zander Clark. The ball came back out to Kiltie whose shot was blocked on the line. 

Kiltie thought he had doubled Saints' advantage when he had the ball in the net on 31 minutes but it had been ruled out for a foul. 

Hearts started the second-half brighter and almost equalised just before the hour mark when Kye Rowles met Stephen Kingsley's corner kick. But his header crashed off the bar and was cleared off the line. 

Stephen Robinson responded by making three changes with Boyd-Munce, Greive and Mandron on to replace Baccus, Olusanya and Conor McMenamin. 

It was Mandron who thought he'd made it 2-0 within seven minutes of coming on to the park when he stole the ball off Kent and slotted beyond Clark. But referee Nick Walsh pulled it back for a foul which - despite looking soft - a VAR check confirmed. 

Zach Hemming made a wonderful save with 15 minutes remaining to keep Saints ahead. The goalkeeper was down at full-stretch to tip Cammy Devlin's low strike by the post after the Australian had got in behind the Saints defence. 

Greive looked like he had settled it in the final minutes of normal time when he met a Kiltie nod down and headed home from close range. But a lengthy VAR check eventually ruled the goal out for offside much to the frustration of the Saints crowd.

In the final moments of the match, Hemming made another huge save to deny Lawrence Shankland an equaliser to ensure his own clean sheet and all three points for the Saints. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 1-0 Hearts 

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor (Dunne 76), Strain, Baccus (Boyd-Munce 60), O'Hara (c), Tanser, Kiltie, Olusanya (Mandron 60), McMenamin (Greive 60)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Small, Flynn, Nahmani

Hearts: Clark, Atkinson (Sibbick 45), Kent, Rowles (Offiah 64), Kingsley, Baningime (Forrest 65), Nieuwenhof, Devlin (Grant 76), Boyce, Vargas, Shankland (c)
Subs Not Used: McGovern, Haring, Denholm, Tait, Lowry

Referee: Nick Walsh
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: Ross Nelson
Fourth Official: Alastair Grieve
VAR: David Dickinson

Attendance: 7,537 

We are pleased to say our new scoreboard and LED pitchside advertising boards have been installed at The SMiSA Stadium ahead of tomorrow’s cinch Premiership match against Hearts.

The new scoreboard will be operational at tomorrow’s match, however, it will run on the software used for the previous scoreboard for this match only. Software upgrades will be made following the match and will be in place for our next home match against Rangers on Sunday 8th October.

LED perimeter advertising boards have been fitted in front of the Main Stand but won’t be operational at tomorrow’s match as we await fibre cable installation.

The new scoreboard and LED boards will enhance the current matchday experience at The SMiSA Stadium and afford the club more commercial opportunities going forward.