cinch PREMIERSHIP
15th May 2024
SMISA Stadium, Paisley
St. Mirren 2-2 Hearts
SCOTT 7
Tawaga 20 BOLTON 65
Shankland 73
ATT: 7,222 (1,100 Away fans)
Referee: J Beaton
VAR:
- After confirming a European place the night before when Dundee lost at Ibrox, Saints played out an entertaining match at home to 3rd place Hearts.
- Saints dominated most of the match and took the lead after only seven minutes when James Scott volleyed home his first goal for the club following heavy pressure from the first whistle.
- Hearts equalised with their first attack of the match on the 20th minute, taking advantage of a slip by Bolton to break down Saints right, eventually allowing Tawaga to shoot through Hemmings legs.
- Despite being on top afterwards, it took 45 minutes for Saints to regain the lead when James Bolton headed in his first goal for the club from a brilliant Boyd-Munce cross.
- Eight minutes later however, a speculative lob from Shankland caught Hemming out at his far post and the ball dropped in for an unexpected equaliser.
- Despite applying more pressure with the remainder of the match, Saints couldn’t snatch a deserved winner, however the draw means the team eclipse the points total of last season and confirms the best total since 1984/85 once points per game is adjusted to 3 points for a win.
| NO. | PLAYER | RATING |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach Hemming | 6 |
| 2 | James Bolton  84 | 7 |
| 3 | Scott Tanser 70 | 7 |
| 5 | Richard Taylor 70 | 6 |
| 21 | Jaden Brown 59 | 6 |
| 6 | Mark O’Hara | 8 |
| 17 | Keanu Baccus | 8 |
| 13 | Alex Gogic | 7 |
| 10 | Conor McMenamin | 8 |
| 9 | Mikael Mandron | 8 |
| 14 | James Scott 59 | 7 |
| SUBS | ||
| 15 | Caolan Boyd-Munce  59 | 8 |
| 20 | Toyosi Olusanya 59 | 7 |
| 22 | Marcus Fraser 70 | 6 |
| 18 | Charles Dunne 84 | 6 |
| 42 | Elvis Bwomono 70 | 6 |
| 27 | Peter Urminsky | |
| 24 | Lewis Jamieson | |
| 33 | Evan Mooney | |
| 23 | Ryan Strain |