League Cup Group H
22th July 2023
SMISA Stadium, Paisley
St Mirren 4-0 Arbroath
Mandron 10
O’Hara 45 Nahmani 71 Nahmani 79
ATT: 2,059 (139 away)
Referee: G Grainger
VAR: Not used
- Saints react to the heavy criticism following the Montrose defeat with a comprehensive victory over 2nd seeded Championship side Arbroath.
- Competitive debut from the bench of Israeli striker Stav Nahmani who replaced Caolan Boyd-Munce after 63 minutes and scores twice, the first time a debutant achieved this since Scott Agnew in 2015.
- Greg Kiltie’s 44th minute injury allows the introduction of former Scotland international Declan Gallagher from the bench for what would be his last Saints appearance for Saints before a switch to Championship side Dundee Utd a few days later.
- Amid intense speculation surrounding the potential transfer of Ryan Strain, the Australian international has a sensational match, laying on two goals.
- A minutes applause before the match was held to pay respect to former St Mirren and Scotland defender Gordon McQueen who passed away during the summer.
| No. | PLAYER | RATING |
| 1 | Zach HEMMING | 7 |
| 27 | Peter URMINSKY | UNUSED SUB |
| Trevor CARSON | NOT SELECTED | |
| 23 | Ryan STRAIN  | 9 |
| 3 | Scott TANSER  73 | 7 |
| 22 | Marcus FRASER | 7 |
| 31 | Declan GALLAGHER  44 | 7 |
| 18 | Charles DUNNE | 7 |
| 26 | Luke KENNY | UNUSED SUB |
| 5 | Richard TAYLOR | UNUSED SUB |
| 37 | Callum PENMAN | UNUSED SUB |
| 13 | Alex GOGIC | 7 |
| 34 | Ethan SUTHERLAND 73 | 7 |
| 17 | Keanu BACCUS | INJURED |
| 6 | Mark O’HARA   | 8 |
| 15 | Caolan BOYD-MUNCE 63 | 7 |
| 11 | Greg KILTIE 44 | 7 |
| 10 | Conor McMENAMIN | INJURED |
| 21 | Alex GREIVE 73 | 7 |
| 9 | Mikael MANDRON 73 | 8 |
| 20 | Toyosi OLUSANYA 63 | 8 |
| 24 | Lewis JAMIESON 63 | 7 |
| 25 | Kieran OFFORD | INJURED |
| 19 | Stav NAHMANI 63 | 9 |
| 7 | Jonah AYUNGA | INJURED |
| AVERAGE PLAYER RATING | 7.44 |
Arbroath: Gaston, Steele (Gold 23), Stewart, Little, O’Brien (c), Slater, Balde, Stowe, McKenna (McIntosh 70), Bird (Turan 70), Dow
Subs Not Used: Adams, Jacobs, Allan
| SAINTS | TEAM STATS | ARBROATH |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | SHOTS | 7 |
| 11 | ON TARGET | 1 |
| 56% | POSSESSION | 44% |
| 12 | FOULS | 10 |
| 2 | YELLOW CARD | 2 |
| 0 | RED CARD | 0 |
| 4 | OFFSIDES | 0 |
| 7 | CORNERS | 1 |