Our prediction for this Scottish Premiership match:
St Mirren
Match Time & Date:
28/10/2023
16:00
Prediction: 2-1
St Johnstone
Saturday’s football game at the SMISA Stadium pits together St. Mirren and St. Johnstone, the two teams with entirely different ambitions for the 2023/2024 Premiership campaign. St Johnstone’s main goal is to avoid relegation, while St. Mirren are eyeing a top-six finish and a spot in European competitions. The hosts aim to recover from a 3-0 loss to Rangers and they will not have a better chance than this to return to winning ways in the national championship. Ryan Strain misses out through suspension, while fellow midfielder Jonah Ayunga has yet to overcome an ACL injury.
The Saints, on the other hand, are stuck at the bottom with only four points on their account. The rock-bottom side obviously struggle in front of goal, with the team netting only three goals in the process and, taking everything into account, they are unlikely to spoil St. Mirren’s party at the SMISA Stadium. Alistair Crawford and Callum Booth should be the only absentees in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Ali Crawford ):
Born in Lanark, Scotland on July 30, 1991, Ali Crawford is a professional footballer who plays for Doncaster Rovers as a midfielder. As a kid, Crawford played for a local club Milton Rovers before joining Heart of Midlothian football school.
He continued playing for the Hearts first team and after scoring 31 goals in 227 appearances for the club, he moved to Doncaster Rovers in the summer of 2018. Ali Crawford signed a two-year deal with the Donny, scoring his first ever goal for the club in a 3-2 win over Rochdale on October 13, 2018.
The Scottish footballer, has yet to make his debut with the national team, plays for Doncaster Rovers as a left midfielder, but he is used as both central and attacking midfielder as well. His preferred foot is right and he has a contract with the League One side until June 30, 2020.
Highlighted Team (St Mirren):
St Mirren are Scottish football club that compete in the Scotland Premier League. Founded in 1877, the Buddies play home games at St Mirren Park. The venue, which was built in 2009, can hold up to 8,000 spectators.
St Mirren are well known for their white and black home kit, while black and violet are the dominant colours of their away kit. The Scottish club played their first match against Johnstone Britannia on October 6, 1877, winning the game by one goal to nil. St Mirren have a bitter rivalry with Greenock Morton, and there have always been fireworks in clashes between the two clubs.
The Buddies recorded their biggest win on January 30, 1960, with the team crushing Glasgow University 15-0 in the Scottish Cup. David McCrae is leading the club’s all-time goal-scoring chart with 221 league goals. St Mirren have won the Scotland Premiership three times (1925/26, 1958/59, 1986/87).
