The young Saints were in action today against a strong Aberdeen side, who sit third in the SPFL Development League.
It was a fairly slow start to the game, with the first real chance falling to Matthew Reilly, who found himself in plenty of space in the six yard box, but was unable to finish. A good save from Dons' keeper Joe Lewis was enough to push the ball past the post for a corner.
It was then Aberdeen's chance to go ahead, when forward Dangana was running at the young Buddies defence and managed to get a shot across David Wilson's goal from just inside the penalty area, but the big striker dragged the ball wide. Much to the relief of Allan McManus, a let off for Saints.
The deadlock was broken on 15 minutes though, with a nice bit of play down the left wing by Matthew Reilly, the ball was put into the box and eventually broke to Conor O'Keefe who volleyed the ball assertively past Lewis in the Aberdeen goal. The midfielder, currently on loan at Annan, put the Saints in the driver seat.
However, It didn't last long, as Dangana equalised for Aberdeen. The centre forward had been causing problems, and found himself again tearing down on the St Mirren defence, but this time made no mistake as he rifled the ball past Wilson to tie the score at 1-1.
Half Time: St Mirren 1-1 Aberdeen
The second half wasn't quite as eventful as the first, but the young Saints did plug away at Aberdeen's defence. They were mostly reduced to long range efforts and set pieces though.
Aberdeen started to come into the game more and more though and on the 59 minute mark they managed to take the lead. A good cross from the right wing found Seb Ross who rose above the Saints defence and nodded past Wilson in the St Mirren goal to give Aberdeen the lead for the first time in the game.
St Mirren strived to get back in the game. Headers from McBrearty and Glover tested Lewis, but they were unable to break down the Dons' defence and create anything clear cut.
Full Time: St Mirren 1-2 Aberdeen
St Mirren: Wilson, Horne, Reid, McBrearty, Miller, McKendry, O'Keefe, MacPherson, Jamieson, Glover, Reilly
Subs: Henry, Lavelle, McDonald, Breadner, Leitch
Referee: Ross Hardie
Assistant Referee: George King
Assistant Referee: Gary Hanvidge
