St Mirren made it six games unbeaten at home with a 2-1 victory over Dundee United on Saturday thanks to goals from Curtis Main and Alex Greive. The result puts Stephen Robinson's men into fourth in the Scottish Premiership.
Steven Fletcher equalised for the visitors in between but Liam Fox’s men couldn’t take anything from the game as they endured back to back defeats. United started the better of the two sides and almost took the lead after just two minutes, it would have been an own goal too, with Richard Tait almost diverting the ball beyond his goalkeeper Trevor Carson.
A spell where the home side was on top followed when former Motherwell defender Charles Dunne hit the bar from a corner kick, after a deflected Jonah Ayunga strike. Then there was moment were Carson was in no man’s land seven minutes before the break but Tony Watt couldn’t convert the golden chance.
But the breakthrough came on 41 minutes and it went the way of the Buddies but there may have been an element of luck about it. Main got credited with the goal but his header looked to rebound off the post and rebound in off Eriksson.
Into the second half and the visitors were quickly back on level terms through substitute striker Fletcher who chested down a corner and buried it beyond Carson.
And Saints thought they had regained the lead on 64 minutes but Ayunga’s effort was ruled out by VAR for a foul in the build up. However that didn’t stop the home team from winning the game with Greive scoring the winner from Ethan Erhahon’s cross on 83 minutes.
Here’s three talking points from the SMISA Stadium.
Formidable home record
Saints home form continues and Stephen Robinson’s men are up in third place after a six game unbeaten run at the SMISA Stadium. Right now it seems like the Buddies are unbeatable at their own place and today’s win came courtesy of goals from strikers Curtis Main and Alex Greive as the momentum builds evermore for the Paisley outfit ahead of a trip to Easter Road to face Hibs next weekend.
Hard luck Terrors
Dundee United crashed out of the Premier Sports Cup at the quarter final stage at the hands of Kilmarnock during the week. And Liam Fox will be disappointed to have left Paisley with nothing to show for their efforts especially with a second half equaliser from former Scotland international Steven Fletcher.
VAR called into action
VAR was always going to be centre stage on it’s first week in the Scottish Premiership. And Jonah Ayunga had a goal cancelled out by the technology for a foul in the build up, which would have made it 2-1 at the time. But that didn’t matter in the end as the Buddies secured the all-important three points.
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