It's Scottish Cup weekend as Saints travel to Dumfries on Saturday to face Queen of the South in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup Fourth Round.

It's a reversal of last season's Fourth Round where Stephen Robinson's men hosted the Doonhamers at The SMiSA Stadium at the same stage in January 2024.

The Buddies have reached the Fifth Round in the previous two seasons before exiting to Celtic on both occasions. 

Match Details

Queen of the South v St Mirren 
Competition: Scottish Gas Scottish Cup
Date: Saturday 18th January 2025
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: Palmerston Park

The Opposition

Queen of the South come in to Saturday's match on the back of a 1-1 draw away to Alloa Athletic in league action last weekend. The Doonhamers currently sit in sixth place in William Hill League One with 26 points from 20 matches. 

Peter Murphy's side are unbeaten in their last six matches at Palmerston stretching back to early October when they lost 5-1 to Kelty Hearts. 

Saints last faced Queen of the South a year ago at the same stage of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup. Alex Gogic's second-half goal was enough to secure a 1-0 victory for the Buddies and progression to the Fifth Round.

Our last visit to Palmerston Park came during the 2020/21 season where no fans could attend due to covid restrictions. Marcus Fraser's 89th minute goal saw St Mirren grab a late draw in the Premier Sports Cup, coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-2. 

Saints' last win in Dumfries came in March 2018 where goals from Danny Mullen, Lewis Morgan and Kyle Magennis saw us run out 3-1 winners at Palmerston as we closed in on the Championship title. 

Alex Gogic's header gave us a win over Queen of the South at the Fourth Round stage last season

The Officials

The referee on Saturday is Ryan Lee and he'll be assisted by Ross Macleod and Scott Anderson.

There is no VAR in place at this match. 

Saints are at home for the first time in 2025 as we host Dundee United at The SMiSA Stadium. 

After a run of three wins on the bounce during the festive period, where we defeated Rangers, Ross County and St Johnstone, the Buddies have lost their last three - losing to Celtic, Kilmarnock and Dundee. 

Stephen Robinson's men sit in sixth place in the William Hill Premiership with 27 points, four points off fifth place Motherwell and seven points behind Saturday's opponents who sit in third.

Match Details

St Mirren v Dundee United
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 11th January 2025
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium 

The Opposition

Dundee United have made an impressive return to the William Hill Premiership with Jim Goodwin's men sitting in third place after 22 matches.

The Terrors have, however, lost their last two league matches after a 2-0 defeat to Celtic on Wednesday night followed a 1-0 loss at home to Hearts on Sunday. 

There has already been three meetings between the two sides this season and while there hasn't been much in the matches, United have managed to win all three. The first came in August where United edged Saints out of the Premier Sports Cup with a 1-0 victory at Tannadice. It was the same scoreline on the Terrors' visit to Paisley in October with a late Emmanuel Adegboyega goal giving Jim Goodwin's side the points. Adgeboyega was on the scoresheet again when two late goals saw United win 2-0 at Tannadice in November. 

Our last victory against United came in October 2022 when Alex Greive scored a late winner in a 2-1 triumph for the Saints at The SMiSA Stadium. 

Our last win against Dundee United came at The SMiSA Stadium in October 2022 (Image: Allan Picken)

The Officials

David Dickinson takes charge of Saturday's match and he'll be assisted Daniel McFarlane and Gordon Crawford.

Alan Muir is the video assistant referee (VAR). 

St Mirren travel to Celtic Park on Sunday for our second away match of 2025. 

Saints were beaten by Kilmarnock at Rugby Park in our first game of the new year. A double from Bruce Anderson saw the hosts win 2-0. Despite the loss, St Mirren remain in fifth place in the William Hill Premiership on 27 points. 

Stephen Robinson's men have won two of their last three away matches, beating Ross County (2-1) and St Johnstone (3-2) and have won three in their last five matches overall. 

Match Details

Celtic v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Sunday 5th January 2025
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: Celtic Park

The Opposition

Celtic suffered their first league defeat of the season on Thursday as they lost 3-0 against rivals Rangers at Ibrox. It was a first domestic defeat for Brendan Rodgers' men since March last year and saw their lead at the top of the William Hill Premiership cut to 11 points. 

The Glasgow side have won their last five home league matches with the last two before 2025 seeing them defeat both St Johnstone and Motherwell by 4-0 scorelines. 

Celtic were victorious in the only meeting of the two sides this season, with the Hoops winning 3-0 at The SMiSA Stadium back in August. 

Saints' last victory at Celtic Park came in January 2021 when goals from Kristian Dennis and Ilkay Durmus saw us win 2-1 in Glasgow. 

Saints players celebrate with Ilkay Durmus after he scored the winner in our last victory at Celtic Park (Image: Jeff Holmes)

The Officials

Grant Irvine is the referee for this one and his assistants are Jonathan Bell and Graham McNeillie.

The video assistant referee (VAR) is Andrew Dallas.

St Mirren begin 2025 with an away trip to Rugby Park as we take on Kilmarnock in the William Hill Premiership.

The Buddies' winning run came to a halt on Sunday as Saints lost 2-1 to Dundee at The SMiSA Stadium in our final match of 2024.

Despite that defeat, the Saints have picked up six wins from the last 10 and sit in fifth place in the William Hill Premiership - six points ahead of Thursday's opponents. 

Match Details

Kilmarnock v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Thursday 2nd January 2025
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: The BBSP Stadium, Rugby Park

The Opposition

Kilmarnock come into Thursday's match in mixed form having won two, drawn two and lost two of their last six matches in the William Hill Premiership.  

Derek McInnes' side sit in ninth place after closing out 2024 with a narrow defeat away to Hibernian, losing 1-0 at Easter Road on Sunday. However, Killie have won their last two matches at the BBSP Stadium, Rugby Park, beating Aberdeen 4-0 and Hearts 1-0. 

It was a share of the spoils in the only meeting between the two so far this season with the sides drawing 2-2 at The SMiSA Stadium in September. Goals from Toyosi Olusanya and Mark O'Hara twice had Saints in front, but a Marley Watkins strike and an own goal from Jonah Ayunga saw Kilmarnock take a point. 

Toyosi Olusanya opened the scoring the last time the two sides met (Image: Craig Brown)

The Officials

Colin Steven is the referee on Thursday and his assistants are David McGeachie and Gordon McCabe.

The video assistant referee (VAR) is John Beaton.

St Mirren close out 2024 at home with Dundee the visitors to The SMiSA Stadium in our final match of the year.

Saints go into Sunday's match on the back of a Boxing Day win at home to Rangers. Caolan Boyd-Munce's injury-time goal saw the Buddies defeat Rangers 2-1 to secure our first league over the Ibrox side in 13 years and make it three wins from three.

Stephen Robinson's men are on a good run of form having picked up six wins from our last nine. Thursday's victory over Rangers moved Saints up to fifth place in the William Hill Premiership.

Match Details

St Mirren v Dundee
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Sunday 29th December 2024
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

The Opposition

Dundee are coming into the match on the back of three defeats in a row. Tony Docherty's men were beaten 3-0 at home to Ross County on Boxing Day, a result that followed losses away to Rangers (0-1) and Hearts (0-2). Thursday's loss to County saw the Dees drop down to ninth place in the William Hill Premiership.

The Dark Blues' last victory came at the start of the month when they defeated Motherwell in impressive fashion, winning 4-1 at Dens Park.

The two sides couldn't be separated in the only meeting between the two so far this season. Toyosi Olusanya and Mikael Mandron twice had St Mirren ahead at Dens, but goals from Curtis Main and Ziyad Larkeche saw Dundee grab a share of the spoils in a 2-2 draw.

Saints were victorious in the two meetings between the sides at The SMiSA Stadium last season, winning 2-1 and 2-0 in Paisley in August 2023 and February 2024 respectively. 

Toyosi Olusanya celebrates after giving us the lead against Dundee earlier in the season (Image: Craig Brown)

The Officials

The referee on Sunday is Nick Walsh. He'll be assisted by Sean Carr and Brian Christie.

The video assistant referee (VAR) is Alan Muir.

It's Saints' penultimate match of 2024 as we play host to Rangers in the William Hill Premiership on Boxing Day.

Stephen Robinson's men go into Thursday's fixture on the back of two away wins on the bounce following victories away to Ross County and St Johnstone. A late winner from Oisin Smyth in Dingwall saw the Saints solidify their place in sixth place in the William Hill Premiership, moving five points ahead of Dundee. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Rangers
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Thursday 26th December 2024
Kick-off: 5:45pm 
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
Live on Premier Sports

The Opposition

Rangers moved into second place in the William Hill Premiership after defeating Dundee 1-0 at Ibrox on Saturday. Vaclav Cerny's early second-half goal was enough to give the Light Blues their fourth league victory on the bounce to move above Aberdeen. 

Like Saints, Philippe Clement's men have won their last two away matches in the William Hill Premiership with both ironically also coming against Ross County (3-0) and St Johnstone (1-0). 

Saints were edged out in the only meeting between the two sides this season. Alex Gogic scored at Ibrox to draw the Buddies level after Mohamed Diomande had given Rangers the lead. But Vaclav Cerny scored a winner with just over 20 minutes remaining as Rangers won 2-1. The Gers also won 2-1 on their last visit to The SMiSA Stadium back in April with Cyriel Dessers scoring in the closing stages after Mikael Mandron had put Saints level in the first-half.

Alex Gogic celebrates his goal against Rangers at Ibrox in October (Image: Allan Picken)

Our last league victory against the Ibrox side came on Christmas Eve 2011 when goals from Aaron Mooy and Paul McGowan saw the Buddies triumph 2-1 at The SMiSA Stadium. 

The Officials

David Dickinson is the referee on Thursday and he'll be assisted by Chris Rae and Paul O'Neill. 

The video assistant referee (VAR) is Gavin Duncan.

Ahead of St Mirren's final away match of 2024, manager Stephen Robinson has praised his side's start to the season given the challenges that have faced the club.

Saints head to Ross County sitting in sixth place in the William Hill Premiership and have won four and drawn one of their last seven league matches. That run includes two wins from our last three away games, the latest of which came last weekend following a dramatic 3-2 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.

"We're actually in good form in general," the manager said at his pre-match press conference this morning.

"Everybody said it was the best start to a season for St Mirren in 35 years last year, we're actually only four points behind that and we've scored a goal more. If you consider everything we've faced, to be sitting where we are, puts into perspective how well this group of players have done. 

With the challenges we've faced, we have to be pleased. A lot of players could have used excuses in everything that has been challenging, but they haven't. They've knuckled down, they've improved as we've gone. We've got the system we like and we're getting better with each game."

Ross County challenge

"Ross County are a good side. I watched their game against Hibs and I feel they were very unfortunate. I thought they were excellent in the first-half.

"Like ourselves, Ross County have got good players, they’ve got a good manager as well. And no one goes to Dingwall and has an easy game. You see even the top sides go and struggle there so we know what we will be up against.

It's forecast not to be a nice day either so we have to go there with a mentality that we win at all costs."

Squad Update

Alex Gogic returns to the fold after his suspension caused him to miss last Saturday's win over St Johnstone.

Saints, however, will be without Toyosi Olusanya whose yellow card last week means he is suspended, while a thigh strain sustained last week also sees captain Mark O'Hara ruled out. The manager also confirmed there are doubts over Ellery Balcombe, Scott Tanser, Richard Taylor, Conor McMenamin and Evan Mooney.

"It's been a challenging week." the manager told the media this morning.

Ellery [Balcombe] hasn't trained all week with a knee injury so we'll have to assess him today. Scott Tanser hasn't trained all week. Richard Taylor got stretchered off last week. He isn't quite as bad as we first feared, but again, he hasn't trained, so we need to look at Richard today as well.

"Evan Mooney took a knock to his ankle yesterday in training which we're hoping that he'll be okay with. Conor McMenamin looks like he could be struggling with a kick from the game last week that has really been playing up.

Mark [O'Hara] is going to be four to six weeks we believe after having a scan on him which again isn't quite as bad as we first feared, but it's been a reoccuring injury for Mark which is really frustrating."

Watch in full

The manager's full press conference is available to view now on St Mirren TV. 

Saints are on the road for one last time in 2024 as Stephen Robinson's men head to Dingwall on Saturday to face Ross County in our final away match of the year.

The Buddies head into the match following a dramatic 3-2 win away to St Johnstone last weekend. Killian Phillips' early goal gave Saints a well-earned lead, but second-half strikes from Makenzie Kirk and Benji Kimpioka put the Perth side ahead. 17-year-old Evan Mooney scored his first senior goal with two minutes of normal time remaining to draw Saints level before Roland Idowu's penalty in the ninth minute of stoppage time saw the points return to Paisley. 

Saturday's win means Saints have won two of their last three away matches, having beaten Hibernian 2-1 at Easter Road last month. 

Match Details

Ross County v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 21st December 2024
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: Global Energy Stadium

The Opposition

Ross County sit in ninth place in the William Hill Premiership - six points behind Saints who moved back into sixth after Saturday's win at St Johnstone.

Despite taking the lead through Eli Campbell, Don Cowie's side were beaten 3-1 at Easter Road against Hibernian last time out. That result came off the back of defeats at home to Rangers (0-3) and away to Celtic (0-5). Prior to that, County picked up an important three points when they won 2-1 at home to Motherwell in November. 

It was stalemate when the sides met at The SMiSA Stadium last month in what has been the only meeting between the two so far this season. Greg Kiltie's first-half penalty was saved by County 'keeper Ross Laidlaw and neither side could make a breakthrough as it ended 0-0. 

Toyosi Olusanya's late leveller saw Saints pick up a point on our last trip to the Global Energy Stadium. Jordan White had given the Staggies an early lead, but Olusanya came off the bench to rescue a point in a 1-1 draw in February.

Toyosi Olusanya celebrates after scoring against Ross County (Image: Ken MacPherson)

The Officials

The referee on Saturday is Iain Snedden and he's assisted by Gordon Crawford and David Dunne.

Greg Aitken is the video assistant referee (VAR). 

It's a battle of the Saints as St Mirren head to Perth on Saturday to face St Johnstone. 

Stephen Robinson's side are looking to bounce back after a frustrating 1-0 defeat at home to Motherwell last weekend. 

The Buddies sit in seventh place in the William Hill Premiership - four points ahead of Saturday's opponents. 

Match Details

St Johnstone v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 14th December 2024
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: McDiarmid Park

The Opposition

St Johnstone picked up a point last time out after a 1-1 draw away to Aberdeen last weekend. Makenzie Kirk opened the scoring for the Perth side before they were pegged back in the second-half.

The Perth Saints were edged out in their last match at McDiarmid Park with Jason Holt's own goal seeing Simo Valakari's side lose 1-0 to Rangers. 

St Mirren defeated St Johnstone in the only meeting between the two this season. Taking place at The SMiSA Stadium, St Johnstone took an early lead through Benji Kimpioka. Scott Tanser's sensational effort, which won William Hill SPFL Goal of the Month for October, drew Saints level before second-half goals from Mark O'Hara and Jonah Ayunga saw us run out 3-1 winners. 

Scott Tanser celebrates goal against St Johnstone (Image: Allan Picken)

The Officials

Euan Anderson is the referee on Saturday. His assistants are David Roome and Gordon McCabe.

Steven McLean is the video assistant referee (VAR). 

St Mirren return to The SMiSA Stadium on Saturday as the Buddies play host to Motherwell in the William Hill Premiership. 

Stephen Robinson's men will be looking to bounce back from last weekend's 2-0 loss against Dundee United at Tannadice. Despite that setback, Saints have been in good form and are unbeaten in their last three home matches. 

A win on Saturday would see Saints leapfrog Motherwell and move back into the top six, with the 'Well currently one point ahead of the Buddies.

Match Details

St Mirren v Motherwell
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 7th December 2024
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

The Opposition

Motherwell go into Saturday's match on the back off a defeat away to Dundee in the William Hill Premiership on Wednesday night. 

The 4-1 loss at Dens saw the Steelmen slip to sixth and made it three defeats on the bounce for Stuart Kettlewell's side, having lost to Hibernian (0-3) and Ross County (1-2) in their previous two. 

Motherwell came out on top in the only meeting between the two sides this season. Killian Phillips had given Saints the lead at Fir Park in September, but a Lennon Miller double put the hosts 2-1 up. Mark O'Hara missed a penalty to put the Buddies level before Scott Tanser was sent off on what was a frustrating afternoon. 

Saints' last win against Motherwell came in the William Hill Premiership last season with Tanser scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win at Fir Park back in September 2023.

Killian Phillips celebrates after opening the scoring at Fir Park in September (Image: John Millar)

The Officials

The referee on Saturday is Dan McFarlane. He'll be assisted by David McGeachie and Craig Ferguson. 

Don Robertson is the video assistant referee (VAR).