St Mirren took another huge step towards the Championship title this week, as they breezed past Dumbarton on Tuesday night to take them to within eights points of winning the league.
Jack Ross' side moved up to 66 points in the Scottish Championship on Tuesday, after putting five past the Sons at the Paisley 2021 Stadium, with goals from Cammy Smith, Danny Mullen, Gavin Reilly and a double from Lewis Morgan.
Captain Stephen McGinn spoke to Buddievision about the team's biggest win of the season and how they wanted to avoid a similar outcome from when the two teams last met in Paisley.
Back in December, Dumbarton beat Saints 1-0 and as a result have been the only team to defeat St Mirren in the league at home for over a year.
He said: "First and foremost we were really excited about the game, we love playing here, especially under the lights. We fancy ourselves against anyone here under the lights, so we were really looking forward to the game and I think it showed in the performance.
"It was one that has bugged us, it's really bugged us. That day we were miles off it as a team and really frustrated. Aside from that really poor performance, looking back we were undefeated (at home). So it was a sore one for us and one we were looking to rectify to make sure it didn't happen again tonight.
"We were after them right from the start. We appreciate that they had the cup final and the last minute heartbreak; we never had a game, we were the fresh team coming into it and we wanted to really get after them from the start. I think we did and really set the tone for the rest of the night."
St Mirren have now won eight of their last nine games in the league, but just getting over the line isn't good enough for the Saints skipper.
He believes this stage of the season is where the best teams show their worth.
He continued: "I tend to disagree, I think sometimes when you see the real good teams coming into the home stretch, that's when they start to flex. I mean, last year some of our best performances were at this stage of the season.
"I think we've ground out the tough months, the three months over the winter period is really tough and there were some hard fought wins. Now we're looking to show why we're top of the league and why we think we're the best team in this division."
As the team's chances of grasping the league title get closer and closer McGinn is reluctant for the team to let up in the run-in, and he knows this week's game away to Inverness will be a a stiff challenge for the team.
He added: "You wouldn't be human if you didn't start to look at it and think about when and where you can win it. We go up to Inverness and we're thankful to be in the position we are, to go into such a tough game that we actually have got that lead, because I think it's the toughest and trickiest venue in the league.
"I don't know how they're still in the position they are in Inverness, when you see with result they got tonight. In my opinion it's the hardest game, so we'll go up there to go and win again, but we know it's going to be a really tough afternoon."
McGinn also had a special message for the fans as the team close in on their target. Due to three away games in a row, the next time the side play at the Paisley 2021 Stadium they could be champions.
He said: "I can't speak highly enough of the fans. It wasn't easy tonight, because you start to look in the distance and we have three away games that people will be wanting to go to and the turnout tonight with Scotland playing at the same time is really, really good.
"I heard the announcement of the crowd tonight - just under 4000 - that's phenomenal in this league. I thank them again and ask them for one last push. Let's do it together.
"It would be a lot nicer than having to come here and still not be champions. I hope that's the case, but we have three really tough away games coming up - would much prefer them to be three home games with our form here - but as I said, when ever we can do it and as soon as we can do it. I will take that all day."
