Premiership
28th October 2023
SMISA Stadium, Paisley
St. Mirren 4-0 St. Johnstone
BACCUS 36 MANDRON 48 MANDRON 70 KILTIE 90
ATT: 5,552 (332 away)
Referee: D DICKENSON
VAR: A DALLAS
- Saints get back to winning ways after the defeat at home to Rangers in the last fixture, 3 weeks ago due to an international break and a postponed match at Dingwall, with a comprehensive win over bottom club St Johnstone.
- Ryan Flynn replaces the suspended Ryan Strain at right wing back, for his first start of the season, with Mandron preferred to Olusanya up front.
- After an uneventful first half hour, the match bursts into life when Keanu Baccus curls in a magnificent 25 yard shot to open the scoring.
- Mikael Mandron scores a second half double as the home side threaten to run riot against the beleaguered visitors.
- Greg Kiltie completes the scoring late on to solidify Saints third place spot, although they remain joint second with all but one fixture played in the first round of matches.
- St Johnstone sack their manager Steven McLean following the match.
| No. | PLAYER | RATING |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach HEMMING | 7 |
| 8 | Ryan FLYNN  87 | 7 |
| 5 | Richard TAYLOR 87 | 8 |
| 13 | Alex GOGIC | 8 |
| 22 | Marcus FRASER | 8 |
| 3 | Scott TANSER | 8 |
| 17 | Keanu BACCUS   77 | 8 |
| 6 | Mark O’HARA | 7 |
| 11 | Greg KILTIE | 8 |
| 10 | Conor McMENAMIN 61 | 7 |
| 9 | Mikael MANDRON 87  | 9 |
| 21 | Alex GREIVE  87 | 7 |
| 20 | Toyosi OLUSANYA 61 | 7 |
| 15 | Caolan BOYD-MUNCE 77 | 6 |
| 18 | Charles DUNNE 87 | 6 |
| 2 | James BOLTON 87 | 6 |
| 27 | Peter URMINSKY | UNUSED SUB |
| 19 | Stav NAHMANI | UNUSED SUB |
| 16 | Thierry SMALL | UNUSED SUB |
| 24 | Lewis JAMIESON | UNUSED SUB |
| 23 | Ryan STRAIN | SUSPENDED |
| 7 | Jonah AYUNGA | INJURED |
| 34 | Ethan SUTHERLAND | NOT SELECTED |
| TEAM RATING | 7.3 |
St Johnstone: Mitov, Jaiyesmi (Gallacher 73), Brown (Kane 55), Gordon (c), Considine, Robinson, Sprangler, Smith (MacPherson 55), Kucheriavyi (Turner-Cooke 65), Costelloe, Clark (May 65)
Subs Not Used: Richards, McGowan, Olufunwa, Jephcott
| SAINTS | TEAM STATS | ST. JOHNS |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 5 | ON TARGET | 3 |
| 45% | POSSESSION | 55% |
| 346 | PASSES | 393 |
| 68% | PASS ACCURACY | 68% |
| 9 | FOULS | 5 |
| 2 | YELLOW CARD | 0 |
| 0 | RED CARD | 0 |
| 1 | OFFSIDES | 1 |
| 4 | CORNERS | 7 |
| POS | CLUB | PLAYED | G. DIFF | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic | 10 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Rangers | 9 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | St Mirren | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Dundee | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | Hearts | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Livingston | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Ross County | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 9 | -12 | 4 |