GREENHILL ROAD. St. Mirren overcome Dundee United to win 2-1. It was St. Mirren to strike first with an own goal of C. Eriksson at the 41′. Then it was a goal in the 57′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Greive gave the win to St. Mirren in the 83′ minute with a goal. Dundee United was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

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 Grant Irvine with the assistance of Gordon Crawford and Michael Banks. The 4th official was Barry Cook.

Match Statistics​

St. Mirren

2 - 1

Dundee United

  • ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
  • 17 Total 10
  • 4 On Target 2
  • 13 Off Target 8
  • 0 Shots blocked 1
  • 83 Attack 115
  • 21 Dangerous attack 59
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 19 Total 5
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 2 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Dundee United had a superior ball possession 64% while St. Mirren was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Dundee United was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, St. Mirren managed to find the solution to win this match.​

St. Mirren shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Dundee United shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

St. Mirren received 1 yellow card (E. Erhahon). On the other side, Dundee United received 1 yellow card (A. Djoum).

Match Timeline

41'
51'
54'
57'
57'
Jonah Ayunga(var)
61'
68'
Alex Greive- sub ->J. Ayunga
79'
Alex Greive(goal)
83'
Ryan Flynn- sub ->E. Erhahon
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
92
33
Rangers
79
33
Aberdeen
53
33
Hearts
48
33
Hibernian
44
33
St. Mirren
44
33
Livingston
42
33
Motherwell
37
33
St. Johnstone
33
33
Dundee United
31
33
Kilmarnock
31
33
Ross County
27
33

After this match, St. Mirren will have 19 points like Aberdeen to hold in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Dundee United will stay with 9 points like Ross County to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, St. Mirren will play away with Kilmarnock on the 2nd of January with a 19-13 head to head in favor of Kilmarnock (12 draws).

Dundee United will play away agasint St. Johnstone on the 2nd of January with a 10-10 head to head record.

St. Mirren – Formation

St. Mirren
G
Kevin McKenna 1.Northern Ireland
7.0
D
Ryan Strain 23.Australia
6.8
D
Marcus Fraser 22.Scotland
6.4
D
Alex Gogic 13.Cyprus
6.8
D
Charles Dunne 18.Republic of Ireland
7.0
D
Richard Tait 2.Scotland
6.2
M
Keanu Baccus 17.Australia
7.8
M
Ethan Erhahon 16.Scotland
7.1
90' 57'
M
Mark O'Hara 6.Scotland
6.5
F
Jonah Ayunga 7.Kenya
6.6
79'
F
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 10.England
7.7
Substitutes
G
Peter Urminsky 27.Slovakia
D
Joe Shaughnessy 4.Republic of Ireland
M
Jay Henderson 12.Scotland
M
Greg Kiltie 11.Scotland
M
Ryan Flynn 8.Scotland
90'
M
F. Taylor 30.Scotland
F
Eamonn Brophy 9.Scotland
F
Alex Greive 21.New Zealand
7.7
79' 83'

St. Mirren started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Stephen Robinson decided to play with the following team: Trevor Carson (7.0), Ryan Strain (6.8), Marcus Fraser (6.4), Alexander Gogić (6.8), Charles Dunne (7.0), Richard Tait (6.2), Keanu Baccus (7.8), Ethan Erhahon (7.1), Mark O’Hara (6.5), Jonah Ayunga (6.6) and Curtis Main (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Peter Urminsky, Luke Kenny, Joe Shaughnessy, Jay Henderson, Greg Kiltie, Ryan Flynn, Eamonn Brophy, Fraser Taylor and Alex Greive (7.7).

Substitutions

St. Mirren made 2 changes: J. Ayunga for A. Greive (79′) and E. Erhahon for R. Flynn (90′).

Best player: Keanu Baccus​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Mirren was Keanu Baccus even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 25 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 16.

Dundee United – Formation

Dundee United
G
Carljohan Eriksson 13.Finland
5.9
D
Liam Smith 2.Scotland
6.2
D
Ryan Edwards 12.England
6.2
D
Scott McMann 3.Scotland
6.5
M
Craig Sibbald 14.Scotland
6.9
M
Arnaud Djoum 10.Cameroon
6.4
68' 51'
M
Aziz Behich 16.Australia
6.6
M
Ilmari Niskanen 7.Finland
6.2
54'
F
Glenn Middleton 15.Scotland
6.2
F
Jamie McGrath 18.Republic of Ireland
7.3
F
Tony Watt 32.Scotland
7.4
70'
Substitutes
G
Mark Birighitti 1.Australia
D
Kieran Freeman 22.Scotland
D
Ross Graham 6.Scotland
M
Peter Pawlett 8.Scotland
M
M. Thomson 39.Scotland
M
Ian Harkes 23.United States
6.5
68'
M
Archie Meekison 17.Scotland
F
Sadat Happy Anaku 20.Uganda
F
Steven Fletcher 9.Scotland
7.1
54' 57'

Dundee United started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Jack Ross played with: Carljohan Eriksson (5.9), Liam Smith (6.2), Ryan Edwards (6.2), Scott McMann (6.5), Ilmari Niskanen (6.2), Arnaud Djoum (6.4), Craig Sibbald (6.9), Aziz Behich (6.6), Jamie McGrath (7.3), Glenn Middleton (6.2) and Tony Watt (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Mark Birighitti, Kieran Freeman, Ross Graham, Peter Pawlett, Miller Thomson, Ian Harkes (6.5), Archie Meekison, Sadat Anaku and Steven Fletcher (7.1).

Substitutions

Dundee United made 3 changes: I. Niskanen for S. Fletcher (54′), A. Djoum for I. Harkes (68′) and T. Watt for A. Sadat (70′).

Best player: Tony Watt​

The most impressive player for Dundee United was Tony Watt.

His rating is (7.4) with 19 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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