Premiership: St. Mirren prevails over Dundee United 2-1
GREENHILL ROAD. St. Mirren overcome Dundee United to win 2-1.
GREENHILL ROAD. St. Mirren prevailed over 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 vastly 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 help of Gordon Crawford and Michael Banks. The 4th official was Barry Cook.
Match Statistics
Dundee United was in firm control of the ball 64% while St. Mirren was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Dundee United was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, St. Mirren managed to find the solution to win this match.
St. Mirren shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, 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).
After playing this encounter, St. Mirren will have 16 points like Aberdeen to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Dundee United will stay with 9 points like Kilmarnock and Ross County to stay in the 11th place.
Match Events
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41'41'
C. Eriksson (OG)
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51'51'
A. Djoum
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54'54'
S. Fletcher
I. Niskanen
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57'57'
E. Erhahon
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57'57'
S. Fletcher
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61'61'
J. Ayunga (Goal Disallowed)
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68'68'
I. Harkes
A. Djoum
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70'70'
A. Sadat
T. Watt
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79'79'
A. Greive
J. Ayunga
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83'83'
A. Greive
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90'90'
R. Flynn
E. Erhahon
Next match
In the upcoming Premiership match, St. Mirren will play away with Hibernian on the 29th of October with a 20-10 head to head statistic in favor of Hibernian (12 draws).
Dundee United will host Motherwell on the 29th of October with a 21-15 head to head statistic in favor of Dundee United (14 draws).
St. Mirren: Formation and Lineups
St. Mirren started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Stephen Robinson chose to play with the following team: Trevor Carson , Ryan Strain , Marcus Fraser , Alexander Gogić , Charles Dunne , Richard Tait , Keanu Baccus , Ethan Erhahon , Mark O’Hara , Jonah Ayunga and Curtis Main .
Substitutes
St. Mirren made 2 changes: J. Ayunga for A. Greive (79′) and E. Erhahon for R. Flynn (90′).
Top player: Keanu Baccus
Probably the most impressive player in St. Mirren was Keanu Baccus even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 25 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 16.
Dundee United: Formation and Lineups
Dundee United started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
On the opposite side, Jack Ross played with: Carljohan Eriksson , Liam Smith , Ryan Edwards , Scott McMann , Ilmari Niskanen , Arnaud Djoum , Craig Sibbald , Aziz Behich , Jamie McGrath , Glenn Middleton and Tony Watt .
Substitutes
Dundee United made 3 changes: I. Niskanen for S. Fletcher (54′), A. Djoum for I. Harkes (68′) and T. Watt for A. Sadat (70′).
Top player: Tony Watt
Probably the most impressive player in Dundee United was Tony Watt.
His rating is 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
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