St Mirren travel through to Falkirk tomorrow afternoon in search of their first three points of the season.
Jack Ross' side come into the match following Tuesday night's 5-1 win over Lowland League side Spartans in the third round of the Scottish Cup.
The Buddies have already faced the Bairns this season with Tom Walsh's 87th equaliser rescuing a point in a 1-1 draw at the Paisley 2021 Stadium at the start of October. Craig Sibbald had given Falkirk an early lead when his 9th minute free kick deflected off the Saints wall and beyond Jamie Langfield. With the clock running out loanee Walsh picked up the ball from deep in the Falkirk half before driving toward goal and rifled in an effort from outside the box.
Saints failed to beat Falkirk in four league meetings last season, with the Bairns winning three and the other ending in a 0-0 draw. The first contest between the two looked to be heading for a Buddies win when goals from Scott Agnew and Stephen Mallan had the Buddies 2-0 ahead at half time. But Falkirk completed a second half fightback when John Baird scored in the 92th minute to steal all three points.
Late goals seem to be a common theme in these matches in the recent past and again that was the case when Saints last visited the Falkirk Stadium back in April. Two Stephen Mallan goals, the second coming in the 82nd minute, looked to have given St Mirren a point as the end of the season drew near. But Blair Alston struck in the 90th minute to snatch a 3-2 win in the Bairns' favour.
Falkirk currently sit in fifth place in the Ladbrokes Championship with 22 points from 14 matches. The Bairns were unbeaten in the month of November drawing with Morton and Hibs, while beating Ayr United at Somerset Park. Their last defeat at the Falkirk Stadium came in October when Raith Rovers defeated them 4-2.
St Mirren's last league victory at the Falkirk Stadium came back in 2009 when goals from Craig Dargo, Billy Mehmet and Tom Brighton secured a 3-1 win for the Buddies.
For Saints, the aim will be to try to get that first league win of the season and look towards closing the gap with the teams that currently sit above the Buddies in the table. For Falkirk, they'll be aiming to move themselves back into a play-off place as they look to go one further than they did last season and could potentially do that with a win.
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