St Mirren return to Hampden Park on Sunday afternoon for the Final of the Premier Sports Cup.
Stephen Robinson's men take on holders Celtic at the National Stadium in our first major Cup Final since 2013.
Match Details
St Mirren v Celtic
Competition: Premier Sports Cup
Date: Sunday 14th December 2025
Kick-off: 3:30pm
Venue: Hampden Park
Road to the Final
St Mirren's Premier Sports Cup journey began in July with Saints drawn in Group D with Annan Athletic, Arbroath, Ayr United and Forfar Athletic. The group started with a 0-0 draw against Championship side Arbroath at Gayfield with the Red Lichties taking the bonus point after winning 5-3 on penalties.
The Buddies bounced back with a 2-1 victory away to Forfar Athletic thanks to goals from Jayden Richardson and Mikael Mandron before a resounding 8-2 win over Annan Athletic at The SMiSA Stadium. That victory set up a table topping clash with Ayr United in our final match where a Killian Phillips brace helped us to a 2-1 win and progression to the round of 16 as group winners.
After topping Group D, Saints were paired with Premiership league leaders Hearts at The SMiSA Stadium. Alex Gogic gave the Buddies a deserved first-half lead with an outstanding scissor kick. Oisin McEntee levelled for the Jambos to take the match to extra-time. Neither side could be separated after 120 minutes meaning a penalty shoot-out would be required. Saints were perfect from the spot with Richard King, Marcus Fraser, Evan Mooney and Roland Idowu all netting. Shamal George's save from Claudio Braga's penalty allowed Malik Dijksteel to score the winner on his debut to send us through to the last eight.
A visit to Rugby Park awaited at the quarter-final stage where we faced Kilmarnock. Terrific goals from Mandron and Richardson would twice have us in front, but once against Saints would have to go the distance. The Buddies were once again flawless from the spot with King, Idowu, Liam Donnelly, Dan Nlundulu and Dijksteel all scoring. George saved from Kyle Magennis to send the Saints marching on to Hampden.
Saints had made it back to the National Stadium for the first time in almost five years and what stood between us and a place in the final was a tussle with Motherwell. The Buddies were brilliant on the day, racing into a 2-0 lead at half-time thanks to goals from Mandron and Nlundulu. Callum Hendry pulled a late goal back for Motherwell, but King quickly restored our two goal advantage before Mandron put the seal on a famous afternoon to secure our place in the Final.
Celtic entered the Premier Sports Cup at the Round of 16 where they faced Falkirk at Celtic Park in August. The Hoops ran out 4-1 winners with goals from Daizen Maeda, Alastair Johnston, Dane Murray and an own goal from Falkirk's Liam Henderson securing safe passage through.
The holders then faced a trip to Firhill in September to face Championship side Partick Thistle. Goals from Hyunjun Yang, Liam Scales, Sebastian Tounekti and Luke McCowan saw Celtic win 4-0 in Glasgow.
Celtic were paired with their rivals Rangers at Hampden Park in the semi-final. Johnny Kenny put the Hoops ahead in the first-half, but Rangers levelled from the penalty spot through James Tavernier despite being down to 10 men. Callum McGregor and Callum Osmand scored in extra-time to send Celtic through.
The Officials
The referee for Sunday's showpiece event is Kevin Clancy. Don Robertson is the VAR.
Watch Live
Premier Sports are bringing exclusive live coverage of the Premier Sports Cup Final on Sunday, with Saints looking to win the Cup for the second time in club history.
Coverage gets underway from Hampden Park at 3pm on Premier Sports, as Emma Dodds presents alongside guests Charlie Mulgrew, Jim Goodwin and Alan Hutton, with Connie McLaughlin as pitchside reporter, and match commentary from Michael Stewart and Rory Hamilton.
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