On the 9th of February, in this week 26 match, St. Mirren and St. Johnstone will play a match in Greenhill Road in a clash of these two evenly matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. St. Mirren is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Hibernian. Connor Ronan scored the first goal for St. Mirren in the 62nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hibernian was frustrated by St. Mirren’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. St. Mirren ended the match with the shutout victory. St. Mirren is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while st. Johnstone is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Dundee United. Neither St. Johnstone nor Dundee United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
St. Mirren and St. Johnstone last played eachother at the Mcdiarmid Park on Nov 6th. St. Johnstone and St. Mirren battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither St. Johnstone nor St. Mirren could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 5 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
St. Johnstone is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Chris Kane and Ali Crawford each only have 1 goal in their last five. St. Mirren’s top weapon lately has been Connor Ronan, who has two goals in the last five matches.