Saints boss Jim Goodwin hopes his side can bounce back against tough opposition this weekend.
The Buddies go into Saturday's match against St Johnstone on the back of a loss at home to Dundee last weekend.
Despite defeat against the Dens Park outfit, the manager wasn't too disheartened by how his side performed but stressed the importance of getting the first goal at McDiarmid Park on Saturday.
We are looking to bounce back this weekend against a very good St Johnstone team," the manager said when speaking to the press.
"St Johnstone are quite similar to Dundee really, if they get their noses in front they are very good at shutting up shop and getting bodies behind the ball and making life difficult for you.
"Dundee, once they got that goal advantage, were able to sit off the game and they sat there with 10/11 behind the ball for the majority of it.
"You see some of the best teams in the world struggle to break down teams like that. It isn’t always easy to find that killer pass or creative spark and we couldn’t do it on Saturday, it is as simple as that.
"There is not a great deal we need to change, we don’t need to make wholesale changes, we have been playing very well of late.
"That is the first game in a long time we have failed to score and hopefully in Perth we will get back to scoring goals and back to winning ways."
Jim Goodwin watches over training (Image: Jeff Holmes)
Jamie McGrath and Ethan Erhahon have missed Saints last two matches after both picking up injuries against Rangers.
Both will be looked at ahead of Saturday's fixture, but the manager doesn't expect either to be available this weekend.
Matt Millar is also a doubt for the Buddies after a calf problem picked up in training earlier this week.
We're in a similar situation to last weekend. Jamie McGrath and Ethan Erhahon are probably not going to make it and Matt Millar dropped out of training earlier in the week. All three of those will be assessed but the game will probably come too soon for them.
"He [Matt] felt his calf a little in training so it's nothing major, but he will be assessed tomorrow and hopefully with the right treatment things might settle down. We will have to wait until later on to make a decision on him but the other two don't look like they will make it."
Jamie McGrath was stretchered off in St Mirren's cinch Premiership match against Rangers after a hip injury (Image: Jeff Holmes)
