It’s the battle of the Saints tonight as St Mirren make the trip to Perth to face St Johnstone on matchday 30 of the Ladbrokes Premiership.

The Buddies were due to play St Johnstone on Saturday 16th March, but unplayable conditions saw the match postponed.

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The Paisley Saints go into tonight's match undefeated in our last two away matches.

A 2-2 draw with Aberdeen last month was followed up by a 1-1 draw at Tynecastle. Since those away matches there has been a 1-0 win over Livingston and a 1-0 loss to Kilmarnock at the Simple Digital Arena.

St Johnstone, meanwhile, have only picked up a solitary point in their last seven Premiership matches. That came in a 0-0 draw with Rangers at Ibrox in February.

Since their last win - a 1-0 triumph over Livingston in January - the Perth Saints have lost to Livingston, Hibernian, Aberdeen, Hamilton Academical, Celtic (twice) and Hearts in the league.

They come into tonight's match having lost 3-1 to Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena over two weeks ago.

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This will be the third meeting of the sides this season.

Our first visit to Perth this season saw the home side win 2-0 thanks to second half goals from David Wotherspoon and Matty Kennedy back in October.

St Johnstone visited Paisley on Boxing Day and left with all the points after an 89th minute goal from Tony Watt gave them a 1-0 win.

Indeed, St Johnstone have won the last four meetings between the two sides with the Buddies last victory over St Johnstone coming at McDiarmid Park in October 2014 when goals from Jason Naismith and Adam Drury gave us a 2-1 win.

WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN

A win would see the Buddies move into 11th place, two points clear of Dundee who we face at the Simple Digital Arena on Saturday.

Even a draw for Saints would see us move into 11th ahead of Dundee on goal difference.

St Johnstone are looking for three points to keep their top six hopes alive.

The Perth side are currently ninth in the table - seven points behind sixth place Hibernian with four games to go until the split.

TEAM NEWS

The manager told press yesterday the squad is still as is which means Kyle Magennis and Lee Hodson are still out.

Stephen McGinn is getting closer, but the gaffer expects this week will come too soon for the skipper.

St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright says Niall Keown, Drey Wright, Callum Hendry and Blair Alston will miss tonight's game and David Wotherspoon is a doubt with an ankle knock. 

Zander Clark will return in goal for the hosts having missed their last four matches due to a hamstring problem.

* - Under 13s will gain access free of charge when accompanied by a paying adult (max 2 per adult). Entry via gate 5, 6 or 7. 

** - Wheelchair users and ambulant disabled must purchase tickets in advance from the St Mirren Ticket Office. Carers will gain access free of charge.

St Johnstone will be offering a £16 family deal in their Main Stand via gate 5 as it was for our match back on October 27th with the following prices:

One adult and max 2 x U13s - £16 (family deal)
Additional adult within the family group - £16
Additional child under 13 - £6
Additional child aged 13-16 - £9
Additional over 65 - £13

There are a limited number of accessible parking bays which can be booked in advance of the game – £5 per car.

There are also a limited number of ADC receivers for blind/partially sighted supporters. These can be booked in advance through Beverley Mayer on 01738 459 090 and collected from the St Johnstone Ticket Office on the match day.

St Mirren Ticket Office Phone No: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com.

Additional Information for Travelling Fans
St Mirren make the trip to Perth for a Ladbrokes Premiership match-up with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.

The referee tonight is Steven McLean and he will be assisted by Ralph Gordon and Michael Banks. The Fourth Official will be Alan Muir.

Tomorrow night (Wednesday 27th March) St Mirren head to Perth for a Ladbrokes Premiership match-up with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.

The info on Travel Clubs heading to McDiarmid Park for the match is as follows:

North End Travel Club

The bus to Perth will leave the Sneddon at 5:15pm.

Tile Bar Supporters Bus

The bus will leave at 6:00pm.

The bus for this match is now sold out.

Chivas Travel Club

The bus for Perth will leave the Court Bar at 6:00pm.

Bus tickets are on sale now from behind the bar.

Cockles Wilson Supporters Bus

If you would like to travel on the bus please contact Fraser Burns on Facebook or twitter.

Following the success of our family entertainment initiatives on match days at the Simple Digital Arena, we would like to give families the opportunity to travel to an away game on an official family supporters bus for our upcoming match away to Hamilton Academical.

The game takes place on Saturday 6th April and the bus will leave the Simple Digital Arena at 13:45pm.

The cost is just £5 per person with a packet of crisps and a drink included in the price.

Tickets can be purchased from the stadium reception or by emailing colin.bright@stmirren.com. 

There is limited availability on our special ticket offer as we host Dundee on Saturday at the Simple Digital Arena.  

It's St Mirren's final Saturday home match before the Ladbrokes Premiership split as we play host to Jim McIntyre's side.

We are doing a special ticket offer for that big match with two adults and up to 20 Under-12s able to attend the match for just £24. This can be redeemed by filling out this application form and returning it to the St Mirren Ticket Office or sending by email to tickets@stmirren.com. 

Please note this offer is only available in the Family Stand and subject to availability.

This offer must be redeemed by Friday 29th March at 2pm. They will NOT be available on match day. 

Pre-ordered tickets can be collected in advance of the game or from ticket uplift window in the Main Stand on match day. 

Any youth clubs who wish to be notified when more offers like this are available should email info@stmirren.com to be added to our mailing list.

St Mirren supporters are organising a foodbank collection on Saturday 30th March at the Simple Digital Arena prior to our match against Dundee. 

Buddies supporters last held a foodbank collection in August in which they provided an incredible 961.44kg of food - enough for 2,290 meals for people in need in Renfrewshire. 

Prior to the match we would ask that you bring any of the listed items below that the Renfrewshire food bank so desperately needs and deposit them in the bins provided at each stand.

Boxed cereal
Tinned soup
Tinned tomatoes
Pasta sauce
Dried rice/noodles
Tinned fruit
Tinned meat
Tinned fish
Tinned potatoes
Tinned vegetables
Tinned rice/custard
Tea bags/coffee (small)
Long-life juice (1 litre)
UHT milk
jam/peanut butter/other spread
Biscuits
Chocolate/sweeties/crisps

All the donated items will be uplifted and distributed to those most in need. We thank you for your support in helping with this appeal.

To learn more about the Renfrewshire Foodbank and the work that they do please visit www.renfrewshire.foodbank.org.uk.

The St Mirren Reserves' next two matches will take place at the St Mirren training ground at Ralston.

The Buddies will first face Motherwell Reserves in the SPFL Reserve League at Ralston on Monday 25th March with a 2pm kick-off.

A little over a week later, they will play host to Celtic on Tuesday 2nd April at the training ground with a 2pm kick-off.

Entry to both matches will be FREE so get along and show your support.

To find out more about the SPFL Reserve League please click here.

St Mirren's final match before the league split takes place on Saturday 6th April when we face Hamilton Academical at the Hope CBD Stadium.

Tickets for this big match will go on sale this morning from 10am at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. 

The match and tickets info is as follows:

Hamilton vs St Mirren
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: Hope CBD Stadium, Hamilton
Date: Saturday 6th April 2019
Kick-off: 3:00pm

Prices

Adult - £22
Concessions (over 65 and under 18) - £12
Wheelchair - £10

Ambulant disabled supporters are charged at the appropriate age price with a free carer if required.

The St Mirren Ticket Office opening hours for the remainder of this week are as follows:

Fri, Mar 22nd - 10:00am - 2:00pm

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com.

Please note that Football Centres at Gryffe High School on Friday evening and centres at the St Mirren Airdome on Saturday morning are off.

Centres will resume next week at the normal times.

St Mirren in the Community apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

The launch of the St Mirren Business Club at The Simple Digital Arena has been rescheduled for Wednesday 10th April due to a clash with the St Johnstone v St Mirren match.

The launch was due to take place on Wednesday 27th March, but St Mirren will now face St Johnstone in a Ladbrokes Premiership match on this date following its postponement last weekend.

We are very sorry for the inconvenience and hope that those interested are able to attend the new date.

The Business Club offers the chance for our sponsors and business partners the opportunity to network in unique surroundings.

Events will be held frequently, taking different formats and with a selection of quality guest speakers covering a wide range of themes.

The Business Club is completely free to join with members receiving invites to a series of exclusive events throughout the year - the first of which has already been confirmed:

Wednesday 10th April 5:30pm
With guest speaker, Vincent Moore, Chairman of The Simple Group

5.30pm–6pm Tea, coffee and refreshments served
6.30pm–7pm Presentation by Vincent Moore, Chairman The Simple Group
7pm–8pm Whisky tasting & networking

St Mirren Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy said: "The St.Mirren Business Club is a unique and exciting opportunity to get like-minded local and national businesses together and gives our sponsors & business partners the opportunity to promote their businesses & services to each other.

"We are also delighted to announce that our partners, Chivas Brothers’ Ambassador Tristan Campbell will also conduct a whisky tasting on the night."

Anyone interested in attending the event or looking for more details should forward their full name and company details to commercial@stmirren.com or phone Commercial Manager Campbell Kennedy (direct) on 0141-840-1337.