Saints have only faced East Kilbride twice in a competitive fixture, with the first ever meeting the challenge cup match between the two clubs in 2017. On that occasion very late Ross Stewart and Lewis Morgan goals gave Saints a 2-1 win after falling behind with only ten minutes remaining when Dominic McLaren nodded home for the visitors.

Despite a remarkable performance by the EK keeper Jacob Kean throughout a frustrating night for Saints, Billy Stark was unable to leave Paisley with an unlikely victory when Stewart knocked in a late equaliser by beating Kean to the ball, and then Morgan fired home an injury time winner after a period of sustained pressure finally paid off deep into injury time.

In 2019 during the first few weeks of Jim Goodwin’s time as Saints boss, the clubs drew 0-0 in Lanarkshire and in the resulting penalty kick shoot out, the Lanarkshire side succeeded to knock out top seeds Saints.