St Mirren welcome bottom side Brechin City to the Paisley 2021 Stadium tomorrow aiming to make it eight home wins in a row.
The Buddies' record breaking winning run at the Paisley 2021 Stadium continued with last weekend's 3-1 triumph over Queen of the South.
That win saw St Mirren move back up to second place, a point behind league leaders Dunfermline and a point above third placed Dundee United.
It's been a tough start to the season for newly promoted Brechin who came up via the promotion play-offs. After seeing off Raith Rovers on penalties in the play-off semi-final last season, they defeated Jim Goodwin's Alloa in the final - also on penalties - to join the first division for the first time since 2006.
Darren Dods' side began the season with an opening day loss away to Queen of the South. However, a week later, they gained a creditable point against Livingston as they came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2. Ex-St Mirren U20s player Kalvin Orsi, a summer signing for City, was on the scoresheet before Finn Graham levelled.
Since then they have only picked up a point over their next five league matches - a 1-1 home draw with Falkirk. Again they came from behind with Graham's second half goal cancelling out Alex Harris' opener. Despite only one point from those five games they did run promotion candidates Dundee United close at Tannadice in August, with the Tangerines needing an 80th minute strike from Scott McDonald to secure three points.
St Mirren have a strong record against Brechin with 25 wins in 33 games and six wins from the last six. Brechin's only win against Saints in competitive football came at Glebe Park in January 2004 as they won 2-0.
Saints last match against Brechin in any competition came in the Scottish Cup in December 2012. The Buddies overcame the Angus side at the Paisley 2021 Stadium with goals from Kenny McLean and a stunning volley from Jon Robertson giving St Mirren a 2-0 win.
The last time the two squared off in league action was in 2006 with Saints well on their way to securing promotion to the then Premier League. John Sutton was the hat-trick hero as the Buddies ran out 3-0 winners at Glebe Park to extend their lead at the top of the table by 11 points.
Saints are still without Adam Eckersley who serves the final game of his two-match ban, while Josh Todd is out after dislocating his shoulder in last weekend's match against Queen of the South. Long term absentees Kyle Magennis, Harry Davis and Gary MacKenzie remain out.
Tomorrow's match gives St Mirren the chance to further extend the winning run at home and results elsewhere could see Saints return to the summit of the Ladbrokes Championship. Meanwhile, Brechin will be desperate to take a major scalp and pick up their first league win of the campaign in a bid to climb off the bottom spot.
