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St. Mirren 3 – 2 Ross County – Saints are top six team again with a win over Ross County

12-04-2025 15:00

MatchDay 33

The SMiSA Stadium (St Mirren Park)

St. Mirren

Ross County

3

2

Overview
Lineups

Player statistic

1st half

		22'		Ronan Hale
Caolan Boyd-Munce (Assist: Jonah Ayunga)		36'

2nd half

Jonah Ayunga	50'
	63'	Jordan White (Assist: Zac Ashworth)
	80'	Ronan Hale
Roland Idowu (Assist: Conor McMenamin)	86'
Roland Idowu	87'

Match statistic

9

Fouls

8

54

Possession

46

13

Total shots

11

5

Shots in goal

7

4

Shots off goal

0

4

Blocked shots

4

6

Corners

7

1

Offside

0

Additional information

Attendance

6,318

Referee:

Calum Scott

Assistant Referee

Craig Ferguson

Fourth Official:

Colin Steven

VAR Official:

Nick Walsh

St Mirren went into today's game knowing that if they should beat Ross County and if Hearts were unable to beat Motherwell then the Saints could confirm a top six league finish for the third consecutive season.

St Mirren started well and had a few half chances before Ross County took a shock lead in the 22nd minute when Hale fired them in front from close range. Shortly after that County went close to scoring a second, however, Zach Hemming made a great save.

Thirty six minutes into the game Caolan Boyd- Munce drew Saint's level when he scored with a low shot from 30 yards into the corner on the County net.

Saint's settled into the second half and in the 50th minute Johan Ayunga took advantage of a mistake in the County defence to score from close range. 2 - 1 and the dream was on.
However with sixty three minutes on the clock County drew level when Jordan White headed in from a corner kick.

The dream was maybe slipping away, but Hearts still hadn't scored at Motherwell so Saint's knew that a late goal could still see them take sixth place in the league.

Roland Idowu replaced Mark O'Hara in the 81st minute and just five minutes later received a pass on the edge of the County penalty box to fire a shot low into the County net.

The score was now 3 - 2 and dream on again. Deep into time added on the crown let out a huge cheer. Hearts had dropped points at Motherwell, if Saints could hold on for a minute then it would be job done.

The referee duly blew the final whistle and the celebrations could begin. A fantastic achievement for St Mirren and a great afternoon for those Saints fans who were there to watch it.

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor, Alebiosu (McMenamin 81), Phillips, Boyd-Munce, O'Hara (Idowu 81), John (Tanser 90), Olusanya (Mandron 55), Ayunga (Iacovitti 90)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Smyth, Kiltie, Oseni

Ross County: Amissah, Wright, Lopata, Campbell, Brown (Smith 81), Randall, Kenneh (Allardice 89), Ashworth, Nisbet (Samuel 60), White, Hale (Phillips 80)
Subs Not Used: Laidlaw, Tomkinson, Grieves, Harmon, Efete

Photo: Saint's Mark O'Hara heads the ball forward
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News

Photo: Saint's Killian Phillips takes a shot at goal
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News

Photo: Saint's Mikael Mandron beats Elijan Campbell to the ball
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News

Photo: Saint's Toyosi Olusanya holds off Connor Randall
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News

Photo: Saint's Johan Ayunga scores to make it 2 -2
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News

Photo: Saint's Roland Idowu take his top off, having just scored the winning goal to make it 3 -2
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News

Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News

Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News

Photo: Roland Idowu runs to celebrate with teammates and fans, having just scored the goal that ensured Saint's had their third consecutive top six finish
Photo Credit: Hugh McMillan / Renfrewshire News