St Mirren couldn't break down a stubborn Kilmarnock side as our final home match of 2025 finished goalless. Saints showed plenty of endeavour and intent, but were left frustrated by Kris Doolan's side who took a share of the spoils back to Ayrshire.
Stephen Robinson named the same 11 that defeated Livingston 1-0 at The SMiSA Stadium the previous week.
It was the visitors who threatened early with Tyreece John-Jules seeing a shot blocked just five minutes into the game. Lewis Mayo forced a terrific save from Shamal George on 17 minutes with the Saints stopper getting two strong hands behind the 20 yard strike.
The Buddies' best opportunity to that point came on 23 minutes when Jonah Ayunga met Declan John's corner at the near post. Kilmarnock goalkeeper Tobi Oluwayemi punched away to stop it crossing the line. Roland Idowu wasn't too far away 10 minutes later with a shot from 20 yards drifting just wide of the near post. As the game headed to its interval, John swung a decent ball into the centre of the box where Alex Gogic rose to meet it. But the Cypriot couldn't get enough purchase on the ball which allowed Oluwayemi to gather with ease.
Dan Nlundulu was agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock on the hour mark. Substitute Jayden Richardson found the striker a few yards from goal. The connection wasn't what he would have hoped for even though Oluwayemi was forced into a brilliant save to keep it scoreless. Mikael Mandron headed over from the resulting corner.
Saints huffed and puffed in the final stages as they searched for a breakthrough, but came up against a resolute Kilmarnock side that refused to be beaten as the game ended goalless.
Full-Time: St Mirren 0-0 Kilmarnock
St Mirren: George, Fraser (c), King, Freckleton, McMenamin (Taylor 90), Phillips (O'Hara 90), Gogic, Idowu (Richardson 46), John, Ayunga (Mandron 56), Nlundulu (Mooney 77)
Subs Not Used: Mullen, Tanser, Donnelly, Dijksteel
Kilmarnock: Oluwayemi, Brown, Schilte-Brown, Mayo, Thompson, Lowery (Thomson 62), Lyons (c), Watson, Kiltie (Polworth 80), John-Jules (Brannan 67), Anderson (Dackers 80)
Subs Not Used: Beach, Williams, Stanger, Thomson, Leslie
Referee: Don Robertson
AR1: Chris Rae
AR2: Liam Duncan
Fourth Official: Daniel Graves
VAR: Kevin Clancy
Attendance: 7,531
