St Mirren's men's first-team are back at The SMiSA Stadium on Wednesday night for the first time in over three weeks as Stephen Robinson's side host St Johnstone.
It's the first of two home matches this week with Saints also hosting Ross County in Paisley on Saturday.
The Buddies come into Wednesday night's match on the back of a narrow 2-1 defeat away to Rangers on Sunday. Despite the loss, the strong performance against the Glasgow side will be what Saints are looking to take into Wednesday in the hopes of returning to winning ways.
Match Details
St Mirren v St Johnstone
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Wednesday 30th October 2024
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
The Opposition
St Johnstone come into the match in confident mood having put together a good run of form since the appointment of Simo Valakari as their manager.
The Perth Saints followed up an impressive 3-0 win at home to Ross County with a 2-1 win away to Dundee on Saturday in Valakari's first match in the dugout since his appointment at the beginning of the month. Those two victories have moved St Johnstone into sixth place on 10 points.
The Buddies were victorious in two of the three meetings between the two last season, winning both matches at The SMiSA Stadium. The first came in October 2023 when goals from Keanu Baccus, Mikael Mandron (x2) and Greg Kiltie saw Saints winning 4-0 in Paisley. Mandron was on the scoresheet again in a 2-0 victory in February of this year - the last time the two sides faced off. St Johnstone won 1-0 at McDiarmid Park in December courtesy of an injury-time goal from Chris Kane.
Mikael Mandron celebrates his goal in our last meeting against St Johnstone (Image: Allan Picken)
The Officials
Steven McLean takes charge of Wednesday night's match and he will be assisted by Craig Ferguson and Colin Drummond. Gavin Duncan is the fourth official.
The video assistant referee (VAR) is Alan Muir.
