GREENHILL ROAD. St. Mirren conquers Livingston 1-0 after S. Kelly scored an own goal 37min.

The match was played at the The Smisa Stadium stadium in Greenhill Road on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Munro assisted by Jonathan Bell and Craig Ferguson. The 4th official was Chris Fordyce. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 2.92 degrees Celsius or 37.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

St. Mirren

1 - 0

Livingston

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 16 Total 10
  • 1 On Target 1
  • 10 Off Target 5
  • 5 Shots blocked 4
  • 105 Attack 105
  • 49 Dangerous attack 50
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 3
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 14 Total 10
  • 1 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. St. Mirren was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Livingston that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Livingston was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, St. Mirren was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

St. Mirren shot 16 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Livingston shot 10 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

St. Mirren received 1 yellow card (Alex Gogic). Regarding the opposition, Livingston didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

37'
Sean Kelly(own-goal)
60'
64'
64'
Mo Sangare- sub ->Andrew Shinnie
Charles Dunne- sub ->Richard Taylor
72'
82'
Stephen Kelly- sub ->Scott Pitman
84'
J. Bolton- sub ->Caolan Boyd-Munce
87'
87'
Alex Gogic- Yellow
90'
90'
Jamie Brandon- sub ->James Penrice

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
78
33
Rangers
75
33
Hearts
62
33
Kilmarnock
55
3
St. Mirren
46
3
Dundee
41
3
Hibernian
39
33
Motherwell
37
33
Aberdeen
35
33
St. Johnstone
31
33
Ross County
30
33
Livingston
18
33

After this match, St. Mirren will have 22 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Livingston will stay with 10 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, St. Mirren will play away with Celtic on the 13th of April with a 36-3 head to head record in favor of Celtic (5 draws).

Livingston will play away agasint Hearts on the 13th of April with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Hearts (6 draws).

St. Mirren – Formation

St. Mirren
G
Zach Hemming 1.England
7.3
D
Richard Taylor 5.England
7.3
72'
D
Alex Gogic 13.Cyprus
7.1
90'
D
Marcus Fraser 22.Scotland
7.1
M
Scott Tanser 3.England
7.3
M
Mark O'Hara 6.Scotland
7.0
M
Conor McMenamin 10.Northern Ireland
6.0
M
Greg Kiltie 11.Scotland
7.3
M
Caolan Boyd-Munce 15.Northern Ireland
7.9
87'
F
Jonah Ayunga 7.Kenya
6.7
60'
F
Mikael Mandron 9.France
7.3
87'
Substitutes
G
Peter Urminsky 27.Slovakia
D
J. Bolton 2.England
6.8
87'
D
Charles Dunne 18.Republic of Ireland
7.0
72'
M
Ryan Flynn 8.Scotland
M
Gallagher Lennon 29.Scotland
F
Thierry Small 16.England
F
S. Nahmani 19.Israel
6.4
87'
F
Alexander Greive 21.New Zealand
6.3
60'
F
Lewis Jamieson 24.Scotland

St. Mirren adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Stephen Robinson decided to play with the following team: Zachary Hemming (7.3), Marcus Fraser (7.1), Alex Gogic (7.1), Richard Taylor (7.3), Conor McMenamin (6.0), Greg Kiltie (7.3), Mark O’Hara (7.0), Caolan Boyd-Munce (7.9), Scott Tanser (7.3), Jonah Ayunga (6.7) and Mikael Mandron (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: James Bolton (6.8), Ryan Flynn, Thierry Small, Charles Dunne (7.0), Stav Nachmani (6.4), Alex Greive (6.3), Lewis Jamieson, Peter Urminsky and Gallagher Lennon.

St. Mirren could not rely on the presence of Charles Dunne (injured).

Substitutions

St. Mirren made 4 changes: Jonah Ayunga for Alexander Greive (60′), Richard Taylor for Charles Dunne (72′), Caolan Boyd-Munce for James Bolton (87′) and Mikael Mandron for Stav Nachmani (87′).

Player of the match: Caolan Boyd-Munce​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Mirren was Caolan Boyd-Munce even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 27 passes (67% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Livingston – Formation

Livingston
G
Shamal George 1.England
6.8
D
Mikey Devlin 5.Scotland
6.8
D
Michael Nottingham 21.Saint Kitts and Nevis
7.0
D
Sean Kelly 24.Scotland
6.6
64'
M
Scott Pittman 8.Scotland
6.7
82'
M
Jason Holt 18.Scotland
6.7
M
Joel Nouble 19.England
7.0
M
Andrew Shinnie 22.Scotland
6.4
64'
M
James Penrice 29.Scotland
7.8
90'
F
Bruce Anderson 9.Scotland
6.4
F
Kurtis Guthrie 28.England
7.3
Substitutes
G
Jack Hamilton 32.Scotland
D
Tom Parkes 4.England
6.8
64'
D
Jamie Brandon 12.Scotland
90'
D
Miles Welch-Hayes 14.England
D
Luiyi de Lucas 23.Dominican Republic
M
Stephen Kelly 10.Scotland
6.4
82'
M
Mo Sangare 20.Liberia
6.7
64'
M
Danny Lloyd 25.England
F
Steven Bradley 16.Scotland

Also Livingston adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

David Martindale played with: Shamal George (6.8), Michael Devlin (6.8), Michael Nottingham (7.0), Sean Kelly (6.6), Joel Nouble (7.0), Jason Holt (6.7), Scott Pitman (6.7), Andrew Shinnie (6.4), James Penrice (7.8), Kurtis Guthrie (7.3) and Bruce Anderson (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Tom Parkes (6.8), Stephen Kelly (6.4), Jamie Brandon, Miles Welch-Hayes, Steven Bradley, Mo Sangare (6.7), Luiyi de Lucas, Danny Lloyd and Jack Hamilton.

Livingston could not rely on the presence of Mo Sangare (injured).

Substitutions

Livingston made 4 changes: Sean Kelly for Tom Parkes (64′), Andrew Shinnie for Mo Sangare (64′), Scott Pitman for Stephen Kelly (82′) and James Penrice for Jamie Brandon (90′).

Player of the match: James Penrice​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Livingston was James Penrice.

His rating is (7.8) with 23 passes (52% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 14. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​