St Mirren are back at the SMiSA Stadium on Wednesday night as we host Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Premiership.

Saints made it three unbeaten on the road on Saturday with a 0-0 draw away to Aberdeen. Following the draw, the Buddies have taken seven points from nine in their last three away matches. 

Despite the point, Saints dropped to seventh in the Premiership but would return to sixth place with a win or a draw on Wednesday.

Hamilton hauled themselves off the foot of the table on Saturday with an emphatic 4-1 win away to Motherwell. That followed up on a 1-1 draw with Rangers the previous weekend.

Match Details

St Mirren v Hamilton Academical
Competition: Scottish Premiership
Date: Wednesday 17th February 2021
Kick-off: 6pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

How to watch the match

St Mirren season ticket holders and international subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com.

The match is also available on PPV (ppv.stmirren.com) to supporters inside the UK and Ireland for £12.50. Click here to buy now. 

David Van Zanten will join matchday host Ali De Foy on St Mirren TV. 

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This is just the second meeting between the two clubs this season. 

Saints were victorious when Jim Goodwin's side visited Hamilton in August. Jon Obika's first-half goal was enough to secure a 1-0 win in Lanarkshire.

The Buddies are unbeaten in their last six against Accies - winning three and drawing three.  

The officials

The referee on Wednesday night is Steven McLean. His linesmen are Daniel McFarlane and Stuart Stevenson. Steven Reid is the fourth official.

Neither side could be separated at a blustery Pittodrie this afternoon as Saints drew 0-0 with Aberdeen. 

The windy conditions in the Granite City made it tough for each side with very few real opportunities throughout the 90 minutes as it ended in stalemate.

It was Saints who had the best chance of the match and it came early doors with Ryan Flynn going close to scoring his first goal in almost two years on eight minutes. The midfielder was in the right place inside the box to meet Ilkay Durmus' cross from the left. He got his foot to it only for Aberdeen goalkeeper Joe Lewis to instinctively block the side-footed effort at the near post. 

The wind was wreaking havoc at Pittodrie but it almost came to St Mirren's benefit on 21 minutes. It caught Durmus' free-kick from the right and forced Lewis to tip over the bar as it looked like it might sneak in. 

Chances were limited for both sides with a low Florian Kamberi strike from 30 yards, which was well held by Jak Alnwick, the best the home side had to show in the first-half. 

Saints were forced into a change at the break when Cammy MacPherson was introduced in place of the injured Jake Doyle-Hayes who is expected to have an x-ray later this evening to reveal the extent of the damage. 

The second-half followed the same sort of rhythm as the first with the wind not allowing either side to create many chances. Fraser Hornby curled a free-kick wide from 25 yards on 54 minutes, while substitute Jon Obika volleyed over from the edge of the box with 12 minutes remaining.

The Buddies were probing in the difficult conditions and did look the more likely as they searched for a winner in the last 10 minutes. Kyle McAllister's free-kick centrally from distance was straight down the throat of Lewis before the goalkeeper made tremendous stop to deny Obika at the far post after the Saints forward had met a MacPherson free-kick. It wouldn't have counted however as referee Euan Anderson deemed the ball came off the hand of the striker.

In the end a point was probably a fair result for both sides with Saints still in the hunt for a top six place.

Full-Time: Aberdeen 0-0 St Mirren

JIM GOODWIN REACTION

St Mirren: Alnwick, Fraser, McCarthy, Shaughnessy (c), Tait, Flynn, Doyle-Hayes (MacPherson 46), Erhahon, Durmus, Connolly (McAllister 76), Erwin (Obika 59)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Urminsky, Finlayson, Mason, Henderson, Jamieson

Aberdeen: Lewis, McCrorie, Hoban, Considine, Hayes, McGinn (McLennan 77), Campbell, Ferguson, Kennedy (Ross 85), Kamberi, Hornby (Hendry 77)
Subs Not Used: Woods, Logan, Taylor, McGeouch, Virtanen, MacKenzie

Referee: Euan Anderson
Assistant Referee: Drew Kirkland
Assistant Referee: Joseph Lawson
Fourth Official: William Collum

St Mirren get set for their fourth match of eight in February as the Buddies travel to Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership.

Jim Goodwin's side go into the match having won three of their last five - two of which came on the road. The Buddies have been victorious in their last two away matches defeating Dundee United (5-1) and Celtic (2-1) at the end of January. 

Saints have since won one and lost two of their three matches in February. A 2-0 win over Kilmarnock last Saturday was sandwiched between midweek losses to Hibernian (1-2) and Celtic (0-4). 

Aberdeen come into Saturday's match having won just one of their last five matches.

The Dons defeated Motherwell 2-0 at Pittodrie on 23rd January, before going on to draw 0-0 with St Johnstone & Livingston and lose to Livingston (0-2) & Hibernian (0-2).

Match Details

Aberdeen v St Mirren
Competition: Scottish Premiership
Date: Saturday 13th February 2021
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Pittodrie Stadium

How to watch the match

Aberdeen are offering pay-per-view for Saturday's match at a price of £12.99. Click here to buy now.

St Mirren TV international subscribers can watch on St Mirren TV as part of their subscription.  

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Saints and Aberdeen have faced off three times this season with very little to separate the two.

There has been one win each and a draw in the three meetings this season.

The first saw St Mirren narrowly edged at Pittodrie in October. Ethan Erhahon had given Saints a second-half lead, but Marley Watkins levelled 17 minutes later. The Buddies were left empty-handed when Lewis Ferguson struck in injury time to seal a 2-1 victory for the Dons.

Saints would come out on top when the two sides met at the SMiSA Stadium in the last 16 of the Betfred Cup a month later. Ilkay Durmus put the Buddies in front with an early free-kick before Niall McGinn equalised just before half-time. With the game heading to extra-time, Jamie McGrath scored a late winner for Saints to put us through to the quarter-finals.

Jim Goodwin's side hosted Aberdeen the following week in the Scottish Premiership. The sides couldn't be separated with McGrath equalising from the penalty spot after Jonny Hayes had put the visitors in front. 

Who are the officials?

The referee on Saturday is Euan Anderson. He is assisted by Drew Kirkland and Joseph Lawson, while William Collum is the fourth official. 

St Mirren couldn't do the double over Celtic as the Buddies were beaten 4-0 at the SMiSA Stadium. 

Tom Rogic gave Celtic a first-half lead, before three goals in four minutes late in the second-half wrapped up the win for the visitors.

Jim Goodwin's side had started brightly with Jamie McGrath having the first opportunity of the game on four minutes when he flashed a 20-yard volley over. 

But despite the good start Saints were an early double blow when McGrath injured his shoulder and had to be substituted on 14 minutes before Rogic gave the away side the lead a minute later. McGrath looked to have dislocated his shoulder and when play resumed after he left the park, Rogic was afforded too much room to break into the St Mirren box and fire an effort into the low left-hand corner.  

Callum McGregor and Scott Brown could both count themselves lucky to have avoided bookings after rash challenges on Ethan Erhahon and Ryan Flynn. 

Saints best chance of the first-half came two minutes before the break. A great Kyle McAllister through ball found Dylan Connolly whose touch was brilliant to bring it under control but he slid the shot wide under pressure from Celtic defender Jonjoe Kenny. 

Ilkay Durmus was presented with a good opportunity on 49 minutes when Jon Obika was fouled on the edge of the Celtic box. The Turkish winger stepped up to take the free-kick but cannoned off the Celtic wall.

And in truth the Buddies never really got themselves going in the second-half. In a five minute spell before the hour-mark, McGregor dragged a strike wide for Celtic while Odsonne Edouard sent a shot wide from close range before David Turnbull was twice denied by Saints goalkeeper Jak Alnwick. 

With 13 minutes remaining, Celtic were awarded a penalty-kick. It looked very soft as Greg Taylor went down with Ryan Flynn in close proximity. Referee Don Robertson had no hesitation and booked the St Mirren midfielder for the perceived challenge. Edouard fired home to double Celtic's advantage.

The visitors then scored two goals in two minutes through substitute Ryan Christie and Turnbull to put the seal on a disappointing night for the Buddies.

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-4 Celtic

St Mirren: Alnwick, Fraser, McCarthy, Shaughnessy (c), Connolly (MacPherson 72), Flynn (Erwin 81), Doyle-Hayes, Erhahon, Durmus, McGrath (McAllister 15), Obika
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Tait, Mason, Finlayson, Henderson, Jamieson

Celtic: Bain, Kenny, Ajer, Welsh (Duffy 68), Taylor, Brown, Rogic (Griffiths 85), McGregor, Turnbull (Elyounoussi 85), Ajeti (Christie 68), Edouard (Klimala 80)
Subs Not Used: Barkas, Duffy, Laxalt, Soro, Johnston

Referee: Don Robertson
Assistant Referee: David McGeachie
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod
Fourth Official: David Dickinson

Saints are back in action on Wednesday evening when we host Celtic at the SMiSA Stadium for a Scottish Premiership match-up.

We have a limited edition run of programmes, published in partnership with Curtis Sport, for the behind closed doors Scottish Premiership fixture played on Wednesday 10th February.

This issue is a 32 pager with a £3 cover price.

This latest edition includes the following:

Front Cover – Eamonn Brophy.
Jim Goodwin - St Mirren gaffer looks back on the win against Kilmarnock and looks ahead to Wednesday's match against Celtic.
The Opposition – A look over Neil Lennon's Celtic squad.
St Mirren Programme Archive - Derek Drennan's programme review for the Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic on 31st March 1962.
Centre Page Poster – Brandon Mason.
Player Kit Sponsors 2020/21 – Check in to see who is sponsoring your favourite player's shirt for the season.
Marketing Matters – Campbell Kennedy updates on the latest events and happenings at the club's Commercial Department.
Yesterday's Saints – David Cochran looks back on the St Mirren career of Willie Summers.
Football Bloody Hell - Alan Gallacher picks out five sports themed movies to watch during lockdown.
St Mirren Fixtures & Results 2020/21 – A handy reference page of all the fixtures and results for this season.
Team Lines – The two squads and match officials for Wednesday's match.

To buy this issue or to place your programme subscription for the 2020/21 season click HERE.

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce that Dean Lyness has signed a contract extension which ties him to the club until summer 2023.

The 29-year-old initially joined St Mirren on a short-term deal in September 2018 and made four starts for Saints – keeping a clean sheet in a win over Motherwell at Fir Park.

Following Jak Alnwick’s red card against Hibernian last midweek, Dean made his first start for the Buddies this season and kept a clean sheet as Saints defeated Kilmarnock 2-0 on Saturday.

Speaking about Dean, Jim Goodwin said: "Since I’ve been here, he’s been absolutely outstanding in training. Any time we’ve had to call upon him he’s never let us down. I’m very fortunate to have that option."

St Mirren face Celtic for the second time in 11 days as Saints get set to host the Glasgow side at the SMiSA Stadium.

The Buddies defeated Celtic at Celtic Park for the first time in over 30 years at the end of January with Kristian Dennis and Ilkay Durmus netting in a 2-1 win for Jim Goodwin's side.

Saints sit in sixth place in the Scottish Premiership having won three of their last four league matches. A 2-0 win over Kilmarnock on Saturday followed a narrow loss at home to Hibernian last week. There were also wins in the aforementioned match at Celtic and a 5-1 victory over Dundee United. 

Celtic have won both their matches since losing to Saints. They defeated Kilmarnock 4-0 at Rugby Park before a 2-1 win over Motherwell at Celtic Park on Saturday.

Match Details

St Mirren v Celtic
Competition: Scottish Premiership
Date: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Kick-off: 8pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

How to watch the match

St Mirren season ticket holders and international subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com.

As the match is live on Sky Sports there will be no option for pay-per-view.

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As previously mentioned, Saints defeated Celtic 2-1 at Celtic Park at the end of January.

The only other meeting between the two was in September when Celtic were 2-1 winners at the SMiSA Stadium.

Who are the officials?

Don Robertson is the referee on Wednesday night. The linesmen are David McGeachie and Ross Macleod. David Dickinson is the fourth official.

St Mirren manager Jim Goodwin hailed his side's "complete performance" following this afternoon's 2-0 win over Kilmarnock.

Kyle McAllister's first-goal of the season gave Saints a half-time lead, before Jon Obika netted his 20th St Mirren goal just after the hour mark. 

Dean Lyness, deputising for the suspended Jak Alnwick, also kept a clean sheet in his first Saints start in over two years to cap off a good day's work for the Buddies.

Speaking after the match, Jim Goodwin said: "I'm delighted with the result and another three points on the board, but I thought today was the most complete performance we've had for a number of weeks. 

We've had glimpses of performances of late where we've had a good opening 45 and maybe sat off the second-half or sometimes the other way around. Today, I thought the players put in a really good professional performance from start to finish. There wasn't one below par performance.

"Dean Lyness was excellent in goal - not that he had too many saves to make because of how well the boys in front of him defended. But what he had to do he did it really well. Every single department in the team all contributed hugely today and I thought we got our deserved win."

Today's victory made it three wins from four for Saints and the manager hopes that another three wins before the split will help the Buddies achieve a first-ever top six finish in the SPFL.

The boys are in a real good place mentally and there's lot of positivity around the club and we just have to try and maintain that.

"We've got eight games [until the split] and I still think we need at least three wins. I think if we get those three wins it puts us on 41 points and I hope that number will be enough to guarantee sixth place."

Kyle McAlister’s first goal of the season helped the Buddies return to winning ways as they recorded a comfortable 2-0 victory against Kilmarnock at the SMiSA Stadium. McAlister’s first-half header was followed up by an opportunistic Jon Obika strike as the Paisley Saints inflicted a fifth-straight league defeat on Kilmarnock.

The visitors had the first real chance of the game in seven minutes when Greg Kiltie slipped the ball through the Buddies defence for Danny Whitehall but he dragged his shot wide of Dean Lyness’s goal.

Deputising for the suspended Jak Alnwick, Lyness was rarely troubled throughout with a well-timed header from the keeper denying Colin Doyle what would have been the definition of a route one goal.

Saints grew more into the game as the half wore on as McAllister and Jamie McGrath both saw efforts from 25 yards saved by Doyle.

After McAllister fired wide from 10 yards on 25 minutes, he made sure he wouldn’t miss second time round rising perfectly to head home from a similar range 13 minutes later to break the deadlock.

It could have been two just before half time when Jamie McGrath was played through but Doyle was quick off the mark to close him down and make the save.

Killie started the second half well, winning the first corner of the match before Alan Power’s effort from the edge of the box was blocked.

On the hour mark – and moments after he thought he’d been fouled in the box – Jon Obika made a nuisance of himself, leaving Power with egg on his face, as he robbed the midfielder in the box and coolly slotted the ball home for 2-0.

If anything summed up that it just wasn’t to be Kilmarnock’s day, it was a corner on 70 minutes. The initial ball in was headed only as far clear as Power on the edge of the box where he twice and Gary Dicker once had shots blocked with the Buddies prepared to put their bodies on the line to protect the clean sheet.

As Saints looked to see the game out, captain Joe Shaughnessy almost put the cherry on top of the cake from a corner on 88 minutes but he put the ball over the bar.

Full-Time: St Mirren 2-0 Kilmarnock

St Mirren: Lyness, Fraser, McCarthy, Shaughnessy (c), Tait, McAllister (Connolly 68), McGrath, Doyle-Hayes, Erhahon, Durmus (Flynn 84), Obika
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Finlayson, Mason, Henderson, MacPherson, Erwin, Jamieson

Kilmarnock: Doyle, McKenzie, Medley, Ibsen Rossi, Haunstrup, Power, Dicker (c), Tshibola (Mulumbu 61), Pierrick (Burke 61), Kiltie (Kabamba 78), Whitehall (Pinnock 78)
Subs Not Used: Lyle, McGowan, Millen, Brindley, Dabo

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: John McCrossan
Assistant Referee: Jonathan Bell
Fourth Official: Peter Stuart

Saints are back in action on Saturday afternoon when we host Kilmarnock at the SMiSA Stadium for a Scottish Premiership match-up.

We have a limited edition run of programmes, published in partnership with Curtis Sport, for the behind closed doors Scottish Premiership fixture played on Saturday 6th February.

This issue is a 32 pager with a £3 cover price.

This latest edition includes the following:

Front Cover – Marcus Fraser.
Jim Goodwin - The St Mirren gaffer looks back on recent matches and gives his thoughts on Saturday's fixture against Killie.
The Opposition – We run the rule over the Kilmarnock squad.
St Mirren Programme Archive - Programme review by Derek Drennan from the match against Kilmarnock on 24th April 1993.
Centre Page Poster – Kristian Dennis.
Player Kit Sponsors 2020/21 – Check in to see who is sponsoring your favourite player's shirt for the season.
Marketing Matters – Campbell Kennedy updates on the latest events and happenings at the club's Commercial Department.
Yesterday's Saints – David Cochran highlights the St Mirren career of Steven McGarry.
Football Bloody Hell - Alan Gallacher reckons Scottish football isn't that far behind the game in England as some pundits would suggest.
St Mirren Fixtures & Results 2020/21 – A handy reference page of all the fixtures and results for this season.
Team Lines – The two squads and match officials for Saturday's match.

To buy this issue or to place your programme subscription for the 2020/21 season click HERE.