St Mirren play host to Hamilton Academical on match day 25 of the Ladbrokes Premiership.
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The Buddies come into tonight's match on the back of draws with Hibernian and Aberdeen over the last 10 days.
Saints side picked up a point at Easter Road following a 2-2 draw with Jack Ross' Hibernian on Saturday. Conor McCarthy and Tony Andreu had the Buddies 2-0 ahead inside the opening 20 minutes, but goals from Scott Allan and Christian Doidge before half-time meant Saints had to settle for just a point.
That point came off the back of a 0-0 draw with Aberdeen at the Simple Digital Arena on Sunday 25th January.
St Mirren have only lost two of their last nine matches in all competitions - a 1-0 defeat at Ibrox two weeks ago today and a 2-1 loss to league leaders Celtic on Boxing Day.
Hamilton have lost their last three league matches, losing to Celtic on Sunday (1-4) whilst there were also defeats at home to Livingston (2-4) and an away loss against Hibernian (1-2).
Both sides' last league win came on 29th December 2019 when Saints defeated Kilmarnock 1-0 at the Simple Digital Arena while Accies defeated Motherwell 2-1 at Fir Park in the Lanarkshire derby.
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St Mirren are unbeaten in their last four against Hamilton Accies having won two and drawn two of their last four league meetings.
The Buddies were 1-0 winners at the Foys Stadium in December with Cammy MacPherson's first goal of the season giving Saints their first away win of the season and their first win at Hamilton since 2012.
Saints were held to a 0-0 draw in Paisley earlier in the season despite Accies being reduced to 10 men when George Oakley was given his marching orders.
Hamilton's last win over Saints was at the Simple Digital Arena in December 2018 as they won 3-1 thanks to goals from Dougie Imrie, Ziggy Gordon and James Keatings.
TEAM NEWS
Seifedin Chabbi could make his St Mirren debut after signing for the Saints on deadline day.
Gary MacKenzie, Kyle Magennis and Stephen McGinn remain out for St Mirren.
Jamie Hamilton will miss out for the visitors after picking up a red card in their loss to Celtic.
"I think it's the most significant game we've had for a long time. It's an out-and-out six pointer.
"If we go and win it we open up a six point gap over Hamilton. If they win it's game on again as they level up with us on points.
"There's no need for me to remind the players or anyone else how important this game is.
"It's going to be one of those occasions where you are going to have roll your sleeves up and get stuck in and I have certainly got players in my ranks that are more than capable of doing that."
