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

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

Fouls

Possession

Total shots

Shots in goal

Shots off goal

Blocked shots

Corners

Offside

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