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St Mirren vs St Johnstone Prediction: McLeish's Side Face Promoted Challenge
St Mirren host St Johnstone at SMISA Stadium on 8 August 2026 in a Matchday 2 Scottish Premiership fixture that matters more than most early season games do. Both clubs won on opening day, so whoever takes the points here…
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- Matchweek 2 of the 2026-2027 Premiership brings St. Mirren against St. Johnstone on 2026-08-08 (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Craig McLeish and Simo Valakari.
- St. Mirren are 1st in the standings with 3 points, followed by St. Johnstone in 2nd on 3 points.
- There are no injury or suspension concerns for either St. Mirren or St. Johnstone.
- Forecasting a three-man defense for St. Mirren (3-1-4-2), while St. Johnstone are predicted to deploy a 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, K. Phillips registered the best mark for St. Mirren - 9.3 - and J. Gullan did likewise for St. Johnstone with an 8.3 score.
- St. Mirren came off a win (2-0 vs Falkirk) and St. Johnstone also triumphed (4-3 vs Kilmarnock).
- St. Mirren (4-0-1) and St. Johnstone (3-1-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- St. Johnstone hold the upper hand H2H: of 50 meetings, they've triumphed 20 times, conceded 14 times and shared 16 draws.
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St. Mirren
St Johnstone
Events
| 6' | M. Fraser | ||
| 29' | R. Carr | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 47' | Penalty confirmed | Liam Smith-VAR | |
| 49' | Penalty missed | ||
| 51' | |||
| 63' | J. Gullan | ||
| 64' | |||
| 64' | |||
| 64' | |||
| 73' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 76' | |||
| 79' | |||
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St. Mirren is going head to head with St Johnstone on 8/8/2026 14:00 GMT for the Scotland Premiership. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and St. Mirren v St Johnstone H2H statistics!