Faint hopes of St Mirren securing European place are still alive after 1 – 0 win against Aberdeen
Player statistic
1st half
| 13' |  |
Nicky Devlin | ||
| Jonah Ayunga | |
17' | ||
| 23' | |
Graeme Shinnie | ||
| Killian Phillips | |
41' |
2nd half
| Mikael Mandron | |
47' | ||
| Mikael Mandron (Assist: Mark O’Hara) |
 |
60' |
Match statistic
10
Fouls
11
38
Possession
62
10
Total shots
7
4
Shots in goal
0
4
Shots off goal
4
2
Blocked shots
3
5
Corners
11
2
Offside
1
Additional information
Attendance
7,587
Referee:
Ross Hardie
Assistant Referee
Ross Nelson
Fourth Official:
Euan Anderson
VAR Official:
Steven McLean
The faint hopes of securing a European place are still alive after the Buddies' victory over Aberdeen today.
The game was evenly matched until Aberdeen thought they had taken the lead, but their goal went to VAR review and was disallowed due to a handball by Kevin Nisbet.
St Mirren grew in confidence, with both Jonah Ayunga and Mark O'Hara coming close to scoring before halftime. However, the first half ended 0-0.
In the second half, neither team could break the deadlock until the 60th minute, when Mikael Mandron controlled a cross on his chest and volleyed a shot into the Aberdeen net—1-0 to the Saints.
Despite Aberdeen’s efforts in the final 30 minutes, they failed to trouble the St Mirren goalkeeper. As the game neared its end, St Mirren twice came close to extending their lead.
There was one change to St Mirren's lineup from the draw against Rangers: Oisin Smyth was given the nod in midfield over Caolan Boyd-Munce, who started on the bench.
St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson gave his opinion after the game, he said: "We struggled at the start, I thought Aberdeen started really well, we just couldn't get into a rhythm or get hold of the ball.
"I think when the goal was disallowed it gave us a bit of a kickstart. I don't remember too many clear cut chances from Aberdeen, I thought we dealt with their threat well.
"We can play better than what we did today but it shows the character of the players and the quality when we've needed it. It was a great finish from Mika, a set play we've worked on tirelessly so I was glad to see some fruits from that and it makes things interesting.
"Credit to the players and the staff that we were able to bridge the gap at this moment in time. Football is a strange game, If we keep picking up points and we go to Dundee next week then who knows.
"United have been a bogey team for us all year, we have to try and change that. If we play like we can do then there's no reason why we can't put real pressure on next week."
Photo: Mikael Mandron scores the winning goal
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Aberdeen's Devlin tackles St Mirren's Declan John
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Mikael Mandron about to cross the ball into the penalty area
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saint's Roland Idowu watched by Aberdeen's Palaversa
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saint's Ryan Alebiosu attacking the Aberdeen defence
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saints Mikael Mandron controls the ball in the Aberdeen penalty box
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saint's Declan John fires another cross into the Aberdeen box
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saint's Roland Idowu fires a shot at the Aberdeen goal
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
The game was evenly matched until Aberdeen thought they had taken the lead, but their goal went to VAR review and was disallowed due to a handball by Kevin Nisbet.
St Mirren grew in confidence, with both Jonah Ayunga and Mark O'Hara coming close to scoring before halftime. However, the first half ended 0-0.
In the second half, neither team could break the deadlock until the 60th minute, when Mikael Mandron controlled a cross on his chest and volleyed a shot into the Aberdeen net—1-0 to the Saints.
Despite Aberdeen’s efforts in the final 30 minutes, they failed to trouble the St Mirren goalkeeper. As the game neared its end, St Mirren twice came close to extending their lead.
There was one change to St Mirren's lineup from the draw against Rangers: Oisin Smyth was given the nod in midfield over Caolan Boyd-Munce, who started on the bench.
St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson gave his opinion after the game, he said: "We struggled at the start, I thought Aberdeen started really well, we just couldn't get into a rhythm or get hold of the ball.
"I think when the goal was disallowed it gave us a bit of a kickstart. I don't remember too many clear cut chances from Aberdeen, I thought we dealt with their threat well.
"We can play better than what we did today but it shows the character of the players and the quality when we've needed it. It was a great finish from Mika, a set play we've worked on tirelessly so I was glad to see some fruits from that and it makes things interesting.
"Credit to the players and the staff that we were able to bridge the gap at this moment in time. Football is a strange game, If we keep picking up points and we go to Dundee next week then who knows.
"United have been a bogey team for us all year, we have to try and change that. If we play like we can do then there's no reason why we can't put real pressure on next week."
St. Mirren
Aberdeen
Starting lineups
Substitutes
Photo: Mikael Mandron scores the winning goal
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Aberdeen's Devlin tackles St Mirren's Declan John
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Mikael Mandron about to cross the ball into the penalty area
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saint's Roland Idowu watched by Aberdeen's Palaversa
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saint's Ryan Alebiosu attacking the Aberdeen defence
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saints Mikael Mandron controls the ball in the Aberdeen penalty box
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saint's Declan John fires another cross into the Aberdeen box
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
Photo: Saint's Roland Idowu fires a shot at the Aberdeen goal
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News
St. Mirren
Aberdeen
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