September 3rd features a match where St. Mirren will travel to Perth to battle St. Johnstone in a clash of the Premiership. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. St. Johnstone sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Hearts. Graham Carey struck first for St. Johnstone in the 6th minute, then in the 25th minute, Mackay-Steven sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Kye Rowles But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 81st minute on a penalty goal by Lawrence Shankland. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while st. Mirren sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Hibernian. Baccus struck first for St. Mirren in the 6th minute on a feed from Ryan Strain, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Hibernian couldn’t muster any offence and St. Mirren ran away with the shutout win. St. Mirren is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season St. Mirren won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 2 draws.
St. Mirren’s most prolific scorer has been Curtis Main. He has netted two goals over the last five matches. Stevie May and Jamie Murphy are the top scorers for St. Johnstone in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.