cinch PREMIERSHIP
30th March 2024
Fir Park, Motherwell
Motherwell 1-1 St. Mirren
FRASER 18
Bair 74
ATT: 5,492
Referee: M McDermid
VAR: G Irvine
- For the second match in a row, Saints have a top 6 place confirmed with half an hour to play, but fail to see the match out in a winning position.
- After the capitulation at Rugby Park, Stephen Robinson made 3 changes to the starting XI, with Ryan Flynn, Conor McMenamin and Charles Dunne missing out in favour of James Bolton, Toyosi Olusanya and Ryan Strain, who had missed 20 matches following groin surgery.
- Strain almost made a dream return when his 25 yard free kick rattled the crossbar early in the match, and Saints misfortune continued when Mandron crashed the rebound back off virtually the same part of the goal frame.
- VAR controversy again overshadowed the match shortly after, when Mandron’s attempted header across the box struck Theo Bair on the hand, but despite the Motherwell player having both arms outstretched, VAR concluded no offence was made.
- Marcus Fraser eventually put Saints in the lead however, with his first goal since 2021, when he nodded home a Kiltie corner after 18 minutes.
- Saints missed multiple chances to increase their lead, but were hit with a sucker-punch with 16 minutes to go when Theo Bair bundled home at the back post. Mandorn and then Kiltie spurned glorious opportunities to win the match for the away side, but the game finished 1-1.
- Saints remain in 5th, 2 points behind Kilmarnock.
Cairters Corner - St Mirren database 