cinch PREMIERSHIP
11th May 2024
SMISA Stadium, Paisley
St. Mirren 0-1 Kilmarnock
Vassell 37
ATT: 7,654
Referee: E Anderson
VAR: G Aitken
- The home side miss out on a chance to qualify automatically for European football after losing 1-0 to Kilmarnock, however with Dundee going down 3-0 at Tynecastle and only 2 matches remaining, Saints actually strengthen their hold on 5th place as the goal difference is now 2 better off than at the start of the day.
- In what was a scrappy and error strewn match, Kilmarnock seize on poor play between Fraser and Tanser to break quickly on Saints and score the only goal, with Vassell smashing home Watkins cutback after 37 minutes.
- Saints give plenty of effort get back into the match, with Olusnaya the main threat and he cracks a shot from the edge of the box off the bar, but in general Saints attacking play is predictable and laborious and Killie see off the threat fairly comfortable.
- This defeat extends Saints absurd record against Derek McInnes as a manager, with just 1 league win in 32 matches over 3 clubs, and no wins in 7 against Kilmarnock since he became boss at the Ayrshire club.
| No, | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach Hemming | 7 |
| 23 | Ryan Strain  67 | 6 |
| 2 | James Bolton 83 | 7 |
| 13 | Alex Gogic | 6 |
| 22 | Marcus Fraser | 6 |
| 3 | Scott Tanser 67 | 6 |
| 6 | Mark O’Hara | 7 |
| 15 | Caolan Boyd-Munce 67 | 6 |
| 10 | Conor McMenamin | 7 |
| 20 | Toyosi Olusanya | 7 |
| SUBS | ||
| 9 | Mikael Mandron | 6 |
| 17 | Keanu Baccus  67 | 7 |
| 14 | James Scott 67 | 6 |
| 24 | Lewis Jamieson 67 | 6 |
| 5 | Richard Taylor 83 | 6 |