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• St Mirren have won just two of their last 17 league meetings with Motherwell (D8 L7), and are winless in their last seven (D4 L3) since a 1-0 victory in September 2023.

• Motherwell have suffered just one defeat in their last 11 league visits to St Mirren (W5 D5), doing down 1-0 in January 2023.

• St Mirren have kept a clean sheet in five of their last six home league games (W3 D2 L1), losing the other 0-2 to Falkirk in January.

• Motherwell have kept 11 clean sheets and conceded just three goals in their last 14 league games (W8 D5 L1). It's the fewest goals conceded over a run of 14 games by any side in the Scottish Premiership since Rangers also let in just three in 14 from October 2020 to January 2021.

• Motherwell (40 goals, 18 conceded) and St. Mirren (21 goals, 37 conceded) have seen fewer goals in their Scottish Premiership games this season than any other sides, both in total (58) and as a per-game average (2.23).

Andrew Christie
Fan writer

Two months ago, almost to the day, St Mirren lifted the Scottish League Cup at Hampden after beating Celtic 3-1.

Two months on, certain pockets of Scottish football fandom - the ones that never wanted to win that cup anyway - are already asking "Are they still going on about that?" as if silverware has a short expiry date and we forgot to refrigerate it. Somebody check the best-before date on major honours.

The frustrating bit is that two months of awful results have left some of our own asking the same question.

Two months in football is a blink of an eye, but it's also an absolute lifetime when you're conceding the types of goals we've been leaking lately. Take last week's six goals in four days - Wednesday's 4-3 at Kilmarnock featured a marking mix-up, a deflection, then two where defenders weren't switched on. Saturday's 2-0 loss to Hibs at Easter Road was passive, flat, created nothing. Conceded two goals through our own doing.

One win in 10 league games, ninth place, three points clear of the play-off spot. It's peculiar being reigning cup winners whilst calculating relegation permutations. So yes, we're "still going on about it", because it's the only appropriate response to whatever this all is.

Saturday night brings Motherwell to Paisley under the TV cameras - and we've got previous for rising to the occasion when the nation's watching. Jens Berthel Askou's side are the league's form team: eight unbeaten, 11 without defeat at Fir Park, 18 conceded all season.

That defensive record makes ours look like an open letter begging for help, but crucially, they want the ball. We've looked more coherent against teams we can cede possession to - as with the Hearts win a fortnight ago, organised without it and decisive when we won it back. Pattern recognition rather than panic.

We've already shown the blueprint - our comprehensive 4-1 semi-final win at Hampden in November was perhaps Motherwell's only real humbling this term, filed under "Things I'd Quite Like To Happen More Often, If I'm Being Honest".

The question is whether the switched-on version of St Mirren can be located beneath the one that's looked defensively loose. Confidence frays, decisions slow, and games you once controlled start to control you.

The cup is still in the trophy cabinet. It hasn't evaporated or been repossessed. It sits there as proof of what this group can achieve, and that's why we'll keep going on about it. Saturday night offers a chance to remind everyone - including ourselves - which St Mirren we actually are.

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Hibernian score in each half to defeat St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership (UK users only).

We asked you St Mirren fans for your views on the 2-0 loss to Hibernian. Here's a taste of what you had to say...

Pedro: Another terrible defensive mistake again and not a lot of shots on goal. Sorry but not one decent striker in our team lately.

Michael: Enough is enough. Same thing time and time again. Richard King is yet to adapt to Scottish football and needs support. Alex Gogic needs to be back in central defence. The inability to score has been our downfall all season. Stephen Robinson does not have the ability or will to change tactics.

Bobby: It's very frustrating to be a Saints fan at this point in time. Yes, we need to take the good with the bad but there seems to more of the latter at the moment. What needs to happen to help the Saints find their winning form?

Gordon: Having a difficult time at the moment but things will eventually come good. A good time for supporters to rally behind the team.

John: Another shambolic mess. Teams just need to turn up to roll St Mirren over at the moment. Never thought I would say that about a Stephen Robinson team. I'm beginning to wonder if straight relegation is now on the horizon, never mind a play-off scenario.

Ali: Uninspired from start to finish. Players lacked confidence in their decision-making. Flashes of the team that won the Cup when O'Hara was subbed on. We're in for a battle to stay in this division and I hope the players are up for the fight.

Owen Elding scored his first Hibernian goal and fellow recent arrival Ante Suto also netted as the Easter Road side responded to their Edinburgh derby defeat with a comfortable Scottish Premiership win over St Mirren.

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St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "It was a poor game in the first half, nothing between the two teams. Nobody was creating and we don't stay with our runner from a set-play and that's poor.

"It's inexcusable. Everyone has jobs to do and we haven't done that. Second goal was exactly the same, we didn't defend it properly.

"The second half was much better, we got a reaction. I've got to take the positives. People only see the result. Jalmaro pressed with enthusiasm. He's taken a long time to get there, but that enthusiasm inspires everyone else. Roland was a creative spark for us.

"But our final decision in that final third was wrong, at times. We should have slipped players through.

"Individuals weren't defending for their lives, not doing their jobs properly. That's very difficult to take. We're being punished for it, and it's a hard enough place to come without giving them easy goals."

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Hibs defender Munashe Garananga is set to miss out and Josh Mulligan (ankle), Jordan Obita and Grant Hanley (both hamstring) and Chris Cadden are all still absent.

St Mirren forward Jake Young is back from suspension but Malik Dijksteel is set to miss the rest of the season with a groin injury.

Mark O'Hara is back in full training but is likely to just miss out while Keanu Baccus is a bit further behind and Jonah Ayunga suffered a calf problem on his return to full training.

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Stephen Robinson is dealing with fresh injury blows before "one of the toughest games of the season" when St Mirren visit Hibs on Saturday.

Having lost 4-3 at Kilmarnock in midweek, Saints are likely to be without Malik Dijksteel for the rest of the season, while Jonah Ayunga has suffered a setback.

"You have to use every motivational tool that you can," manager Robinson said.

"We had a poor result on Wednesday night. It was really, really disappointing.

"Individuals not doing their job properly. That's a real frustration for us and it's a frustration obviously for the individuals as well. We have to be better than that.

"I believe Hibs are a very good side. They've recruited really, really well. This is one of the toughest games of the season. We have to produce the performance we've done in the past. We're sure we're capable of that.

"We've done that against Hearts. We have to have the same level of performance, the same level of commitment, the same level of desire not to concede goals as we did in that game - as opposed to Wednesday night. There has to be a reaction to that.

"We're in a dogfight with four or five other teams, there's no hiding away from that.

"You react to it. If you've lost a game, you react to it. There's time to step up and be counted in these final games."

Midfielders Mark O'Hara and Keanu Baccus are back in training but neither will feature at Easter Road.

Robinson is hoping Ayunga faces only a "short-term" lay-off, while Dijksteel looks set to be out for the rest of the campaign.

"Jonah broke down with a calf injury," Robinson added.

"He's only trained one day fully and then pulled up with his calf. So we have to get a scan to see what we're dealing with. If it's a short-term thing, brilliant. We just hope it's nothing more sinister.

"Malik's really bad, he's probably out for the season. He's torn his groin off the bone, will likely require surgery. He's seen the specialist in London."

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• St Mirren have scored 21 goals from 314 shots in the Scottish Premiership this season, a ratio of 6.7% - the lowest of any side. Hibs, meanwhile, have an 11.8% ratio (41 goals from 346 shots), second only to league leaders Hearts (13.1%).

• St Mirren are winless in nine Premiership away games (D2 L7), last going 10 without victory on the road in the top flight in September 2014, and last doing so within a single season in April 2012.

• Hibs have lost just two of their past 25 home league games (W15 D8), with those coming to Rangers (1-0 in October 2025) and Celtic (2-1 in November 2025). Against non-Old Firm clubs, Hibs remain unbeaten in 19 home league matches (W14 D5), with the last such side to beat them being St Mirren in November 2024 (2-1).

• St Mirren are unbeaten in four league visits to Easter Road (W3 D1) since a 2-1 defeat in May 2023.

• Hibs are unbeaten in four league meetings with St Mirren (W1 D3), after having lost four of their previous five beforehand (D1).

We asked for your views after St Mirren were beaten 4-3 by Kilmarnock in a dramatic game at Rugby Park.

Here's what some of you said:

Douglas: Absolute shocking defending for Killie's four goals. We were comfortable during the first half and then the roof caved in. We don't have forwards to score goals, the last time a striker scored was in December. Mikael Mandron just doesn't have it and shouldn't start on Saturday. Play young Jalmaro Calvin. We are deep in a relegation battle.

Dougie: Maybe Stephen Robinson could start signing a more varied type rather than players who are big and have lots of energy and running in them. It would be handy to have some players in the team who can pass the ball accurately or link up play from defence to attack. None of our strikers have scored in 2026 and it's almost Valentine's Day. Only one out of four January signings looks like helping the team during our injury crisis. I think selling Evan Mooney and loaning out Oisin Smyth and Fraser Taylor has made us weaker.

David: Five league wins from 25 games is relegation material, so we should be happy we're still as high up the table as we are. All to play for and every game is now a cup final, which we should be good at winning, right?

Douglas: As much as this was an entertaining game to watch, at half-time you had a distinct feeling there were: (a) more goals to come and (b) we most certainly were going to ship some of them!

Kilmarnock are now just three points behind us and, yes, it is going to be a scrap. Can we keep clear and survive? Probably, but we really do need to be up for the fight.

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St Mirren took the lead early at Rugby Park, and equalised early in the second half, but two late goals sent them to a dispiriting Scottish Premiership defeat.

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St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "If you concede four goals you're not going to win games of football. If you score three goals you should win the game, never mind take a point.

"The defending was really, really poor. They didn't have to work for any of the four goals and that's the frustrating bit.

"If people score very good goals against you, then that's fine. The first one we don't defend the back post properly and fill gaps. The second one we got outmuscled. The next two are long balls over our defence and we don't deal with runners.

"I thought we showed a good reaction second half, changed the shape and got back into it. But we got undone.

"At the moment when we lose a goal we seem to lose another straight after. We have to work hard to fix that.

"We said a victory would make us well clear [of relegation trouble]. We're not well clear now.

"We have to find a way. We need to get back on another run as soon as we possibly can.

"There's no time to feel sorry for yourself. We'll go through all the goals Sometimes when people score against you it's not tactical and it's an individual who needs to do better.

"There's lots of games and lots of points to play for, and we have to dig in."

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• Kilmarnock have lost just one of their past 13 Scottish Premiership games against St Mirren (W6 D6), a 5-1 defeat in March 2025.

• St Mirren remain winless in 13 top-flight visits to Kilmarnock (D4 L9) since a 3-1 victory in May 2013 under Danny Lennon.

• Although Kilmarnock have only won one of their past 18 league games (D4 L13), that was their last one played at home, beating Aberdeen 3-0 in January.

• Only Livingston (four) have fewer away points in the Premiership this season than St Mirren (six), who are winless in eight league matches on their travels (D2 L6) since beating Falkirk 2-1 in September.

• Only against Ross County (eight) and Dundee (seven) has Bruce Anderson scored more Premiership goals than he has versus St Mirren (six), netting three times in four games against the Buddies for Kilmarnock.

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Stephen Robinson aims to keep St Mirren's "positivity" building with victory at Kilmarnock.

The Saints have gone five matches unbeaten and can put nine points between themselves and 11th-placed Killie by winning on Wednesday night.

"We're five unbeaten now, we've had a brilliant result against Hearts, we found a way to win against Airdrie, one of the hardest ties in the round," said Robinson.

"We go there believing that we can win, believing that we can get a result.

"We've won three out of the last five and progressed in cup competitions. Previously, we couldn't buy a win before, although we were playing really well.

"We haven't quite hit the heights of that yet, but we've ground results out. We've managed to win games. We've been defending well when we need to.

"Without being right at the very top of our game, we've managed to go on that run, five games unbeaten. We want to continue that. We want to keep that positivity going.

"We're in a quarter-final of a cup and, you look at the bigger picture, there's players coming back which will make us stronger. So we go into the game very positive."

Although Robinson is getting some players back, winger Malik Dijksteel looks set for a lay-off with the groin injury he suffered at Airdrie.

"We're waiting on scan results for him," Robinson said. "It doesn't look good, probably even a little bit worse than we thought. We feel he's got some sort of tear in there."

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Kilmarnock left-back Dom Thompson is suspended. Jamie Brandon and Max Stryjek are pushing for comebacks while Kyle Magennis (knee), Djenairo Daniels (knee) and Matty Kennedy (hip) remain out.

St Mirren forward Jake Young is suspended and also nursing an ankle knock while Malik Dijksteel drops out with a groin injury.

Mark O'Hara and Jonah Ayunga have returned to training but are unlikely to feature while Keanu Baccus is awaiting the green light to join them.

Andrew Christie
Fan writer

They say don't fall in love with a loan player.

Here for a matter of weeks or months and then gone. They move on to bigger clubs, better leagues, and we become a footnote in their Wikipedia page.

Then one day you're seven pints deep at a wedding and someone you've been seated next to against your will says magic words like "James Maddison, Aberdeen", "Jay Rodriguez, Stirling Albion" or "Kasper Schmeichel, Falkirk" that sets you off. We all have our examples.

Don't fall in love with a loan player. Sound advice, of course. But frankly there aren't enough Barry from Eastenders "we're gonna do it anyway" gifs for how much I'm going to enjoy Jacob Devaney's time at St Mirren.

The 18-year-old Manchester United and Republic of Ireland Under-21 midfielder arrived in Paisley on deadline day and made his debut 24 hours later against league leaders Hearts.

Man of the match in a 1-0 win. Seventy minutes of composure, maturity and the kind of calmness that suggested he'd been here for months rather than a single Tuesday afternoon. Passing accurately, winning his battles, pressing intelligently. And earning the foul that got Craig Halkett sent off - not a bad first impression.

Then came Friday's cup tie at Airdrie. Nineteenth minute, Mikael Mandron flicks it round the corner, and Devaney curls it into the top corner like he's been doing this his whole life.

The kind of finish that immediately sends social media to the Paul Scholes comparison well. Beautiful technique. We won 2-1 in extra time and he was the story again - partly because that goal was genuinely brilliant, partly because the rest of the game was absolutely dire.

The reality is, he'll go back to Man United in the summer and every indication points to him having a career there. Michael Carrick values youth - we've seen it with Shea Lacey, Ayden Heaven, multiple Fletchers. And Devaney is exactly what United need.

A midfielder who doesn't panic, who receives the ball in tight spaces and plays his way out. Six months in Scottish football will give him that education - physical battles, hostile crowds, teams who'll switch from kicking you to pressing you to playing through you at the flip of a switch.

That's for later, though. Right now he's in the black and white of St Mirren. Quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup to look forward to. A league table to start climbing. Every week he's here is another week we get to watch what he brings.

Which means in 10 years' time we'll all be in the replies to Man United tweets being weird about his time in Paisley. Insisting he learned it all here. Replying to every career milestone with "well actually...". The "bring him home" pleas as he enters the twilight of his career. We'll be those fans. The ones who won't shut up about six months in 2026.

For now though, we'll enjoy it while it lasts.

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For fans of Aberdeen, Dundee United, Falkirk, Motherwell, and St Mirren, the Scottish Cup draw went about as well as it could have done.

They all avoided the Old Firm at the quarter-final stage and, while games against Falkirk and Motherwell have been no easy feat this season, there is a real sense it could be anyone's year.

For fans of Rangers or Celtic, who face each other at Ibrox in the next round, a route to glory is also clear. Beat your biggest rivals in a one-off game, and you become favourites for the Cup.

"What I'm so excited about is the fact any Premiership team can win it," said Craig Telfer, podcast host and Stenhousemuir fan.

While his beloved Stenny side were beaten by their local rivals on Sunday night, he admitted: "Falkirk could actually see themselves winning. Aberdeen or Motherwell, whoever comes out that, can see themselves winning it.

"You've got a Celtic team that aren't particularly good, and while Rangers are getting better, they can be got at. This is wide open for any Premiership team to go and win it."

Dundee United have beaten Celtic this season, as have Motherwell, while St Mirren famously triumphed against them at Hampden in the League Cup final.

St Mirren and Motherwell have also taken points off Rangers, as have Falkirk and Dundee United.

It is only Aberdeen who have been beaten by the Old Firm at every opportunity, but memories of last year's Cup triumph over Celtic will spur them on.

"[As a non-Old Firm fan] you always want to see Rangers and Celtic drawing with each other as early as possible in the competition to knock them out," Telfer added.

"Once they're out, or it's just one of the Old Firm teams in there, every other team should be looking to win it."

Of course, Aberdeen and Motherwell are yet to meet after their fifth round tie was postponed, while Dundee United still have to avoid an upset against The Spartans.

And don't rule out Neil Lennon, who has won this competition eight times throughout his playing and managerial career, and his Dunfermline side.

• Craig Telfer was speaking on the Scottish Football Podcast, available here.

• St Mirren v Partick Thistle

• Falkirk v Dundee United or Spartans

• Rangers v Celtic

• Dunfermline Athletic v Aberdeen or Motherwell

All four last-eight ties are scheduled to be played on weekend of 7 March.

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We asked you for your thoughts on St Mirren's extra-time Scottish Cup win over Airdrieonians. Here's a taste of what you had to say:

Buddie_the_badger: Probably just as well that the result is the only thing that really mattered.

After two games, Devaney looks like a very shrewd loan deal. Etete looks like the opposite.

Eddie: It always seems to be the same old story with Saints, we inevitably drop our standards when we underestimate teams below us. We won we qualified for the quarter finals and that is always the most important factor.

Peter: Unbelievable booing from some saints fans, it was a Scottish cup tie after all, did they think Airdrie would be a pushover. Hard fought game end to end the manager and players got the job done. There are no easy games in the cup. Well done Saints.

Douglas: In cup ties the message always is: "Do enough to ensure you win the game".

In that respect we won ugly, but it is hardly surprising given that 3 nights before we returned to a full on, in your face, performance.

Stu: We seemed to ease up a gear after we scored and momentum and intensity are so important and we gave it back to Airdrie for long spells. Need to be more clinical in front of goal. Without naming individuals, we always seem to want a second touch and get closed down.

John: Completely unacceptable. Outfought and out thought by a brave Championship team that competed for every ball. Yes, we're in the next round, but there are players in that St Mirren side that need to take good look at themselves.