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• Hearts have won 16 of their last 20 top-fight home games against St Mirren (D2 L2), including their last two in a row without conceding.

• St Mirren have only won once in their last five league meetings with Hearts (D1 L3), a 2-1 victory at home in September of this season.

• Hearts' Lawrence Shankland has scored (four goals) or assisted (one assist) five goals in his last six Scottish Premiership appearances against St Mirren, including two goals and an assist in his last two games against the Buddies at Tynecastle.

• St Mirren have won two of their last three league games played on a Wednesday (D1), as many as their previous 13 beforehand (W2 D4 L7).

• St Mirren's Stephen Robinson has won just two of his nine managerial away games at Hearts in the Scottish Premiership (D2 L5), a 3-2 victory with Motherwell in September 2019 and a 2-0 win with the Buddies in April 2023.

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Hearts midfielder Cammy Devlin remains sidelined with concussion, while defenders Craig Halkett, Stephen Kingsley (both hamstring) and Frankie Kent (quad) are still out but Yan Dhanda is fit again after a hip issue.

St Mirren have major doubts over Killian Phillips, Caolan Boyd-Munce and Ryan Alebiosu but Alex Iacovitti is back in training.

Evan Mooney will have a clean-up operation on an ankle injury and Conor McMenamin (calf) remains out.

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Mark O'Hara will be "very proud" to cap an emotional week by reaching the milestone of 100 St Mirren appearances.

The captain lost his grandfather last Thursday night but overcame his grief to lead Saints to their first win at Ibrox in 34 years on Saturday in a game which ultimately ended Philippe Clement's tenure.

"It was a bit of a surreal 48 hours and the manager said take as much time as you need," the midfielder said.

"I felt I had to come in Friday and I was feeling good. I think that's what my granddad would have wanted as a massive football fan. I'm sure he would have enjoyed that on Saturday.

"He was in the stadium the week before. It was quite sudden. He was at the stadium for the Hearts game. I think it was good the fact that it was so sudden and he wasn't then suffering.

"It was a bit of a shock to everyone but to repay him with a result on Saturday was special. I think all my family enjoyed that."

Now the 29-year-old is make his 100th Buddies appearance on Wednesday night when Stephen Robinson's men face Hearts at Tynecastle.

"I've never done that at a club so it's something you set out to do," he added.

"When you look on the stats online you want to see the three digits. Hopefully [Wednesday is] the night, and I'm very proud of it.

"It's funny, I've never felt this settled in my career before. I think the manager has played a big part in that, bringing me here. The changing room's definitely a big help. I've obviously grown up very local.

"It just seemed to all fit and we've achieved some success together and hopefully there's more success to come."

Billy Hogg
Fan writer

In 1991, the World Wide Web was invented, the Soviet Union dissolved and Kevin McGowne scored the winner for St Mirren at Ibrox.

Fast forward 34 years and 25 matches – which the Buddies lost by an aggregate score of 68-12 – and Stephen Robinson's men etched themselves into club history with a fantastic, well-earned 2-0 victory that ended Philippe Clement's reign in Govan.

Much has understandably been written about the state of Rangers just now, but this is an opportunity to talk about the magnificent effort of every man in black and white across those 90 minutes.

This was not in any way a fluke, or a smash and grab, but rather a superbly executed gameplan from the visitors, who had twice as many shots on target as the hosts and converted two of them in the second half through Mikael Mandron and supersub Toyosi Olusanya.

After Olusanya's superb finish for the second, there was never any way back for Clement's men, who whimpered to just a third home defeat of the season, with the Saints forming an unlikely trio with Lyon and Queen's Park.

A special mention also for Mark O'Hara, who put in a tremendous captain's performance just days after the passing of his grandfather. O'Hara has been a huge figure in recent years and Saturday exemplified this, leading by example and showing great character in what must have been an extremely tough week for him.

This season has of course had its ups and downs in Paisley, but days like Saturday are what makes all the last-minute losses at home to Motherwell, 4-0 defeats at Tynecastle and turgid goalless draws with Ross County worth it.

For many in that away end – myself included – this was the first time we had watched our team win at Ibrox, and you never know when it will come around again.

Which is why moments like this have to be savoured. Saturday marked three years since Robinson's appointment and throughout that time the club have set a new standard. Back-to-back top half finishes. European football. And now a victory at Ibrox. All totally unthinkable when the team was at the foot of the Championship in 2017.

Next up for the Buddies is a midweek trip to Tynecastle, a ground where we have been victorious just once in the past 10 visits, stretching back to 2013.

It will no doubt be another tough test, but having passed the last one with flying colours, few in the St Mirren dressing room will fear this one.

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Jonathan Sutherland
Sportscene presenter

A confident display from goalkeeper Zach Hemming and a clean sheet to remember in an impressive victory at Ibrox.

Alex Gogic, the Cypriot rock at the back, was in fine form, as was Mikael Mandron who grabbed the all-important opening goal that would see St Mirren torpedo Rangers at Ibrox and spell the end for Philippe Clement.

His physicality troubled Rangers, got Saints up the field on the front foot time and again.

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We asked for your views on St Mirren's 2-0 win against Rangers.

Here's what some of you said:

Peter: Has there ever been an Old Firm defeat when it wasn't their worst performance of the season? It's time a bit of credit was given to St Mirren. They went to Ibrox and exploited the very obvious weaknesses of a poor Rangers team. All down to tactics. Stephen Robinson should get the praise and respect he deserves.

Kyle: Excellent work ethic at Ibrox laid the foundation for a dominant and deserved victory on Robinson's third anniversary in the job.

Jim: First class performance from St Mirren. They never looked at being under pressure and played to their strength. Excellent effort from the whole team and a couple of well-taken goals. The space at Ibrox suited them well and the team took full advantage of it. The fans can now feel that we should press on for the top six finish. Great result.

Paul: Where does Robinson get these giants? The team could be playing in the NFL with the monsters he has signed. This must be the biggest team ever assembled in the Premiership.

Steven: What a fitting tribute to Robinson on his third anniversary in charge. This man has worked miracles with the budget and resources we have. In 50 years of following Saints, this performance was right up there with the best. You can spend millions on players, but you can't buy heart! Every player was immense. Proud to be a Buddie.

Eddie: If only we could sort out our crazy form and just get some consistency, we would be some team.

Hopefully we can get Mikael Mandron and Greg Kiltie playing as they are capable, it would make such a difference. Mark O'Hara was back to his best and Alex Gogic is such a big player for us. Onward to Tynecastle where we are very capable of getting a decent result.

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• Rangers have a record of W1, D3, L4 when conceding the opening goal in the Premiership this season.

• Rangers attempted 32 crosses in this match, higher than their season average of 23.7 in the Premiership.

• Rangers have stopped the opposition from scoring a first-half goal in 17 of their 27 games, only Celtic (22) have done this more often in the Premiership this season.

• Toyosi Olusanya has scored eight goals in the Premiership this season (one in this game), more than any other St Mirren player.

• Mikael Mandron attempted five shots in this game, the joint-highest total for a St Mirren player in the Premiership this season.

• St. Mirren have avoided defeat in their last six matches when scoring first in the Premiership, since a 1-2 loss to Motherwell on 28 September 2024.

St Mirren took all three points back to Paisley from Govan after recording back-to-back victories over Rangers for the first time since the 1979-80 season.

Mikael Mandron fired in the opener on 51 minutes, celebrating exuberantly after his initially disallowed strike was eventually awarded by referee Kevin Clancy after consulting the monitor.

Fresh off the bench, striker Toyosi Olusanya delicately curled in the visitors' second of the afternoon to seal three points with 20 minutes left to play and move the Paisley club into the Scottish Premiership's top six.

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St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells BBC Scotland: "It has been an extension of our last lot of performances. We done really well against Hibs, got the draw. We were the better side against Hearts.

"We have never stopped believing. This group of players have raised expectations beyond everyone's imagination. They came here confident today. We showed real quality on the ball. Our press and how aggressive we were was excellent and the players deserve every amount of praise for that.

"Over the last three years, we have raised expectations. Those expectations are not based on massive financial investment. It is a group of players that are battling and improving week-on-week and season-on-season. It is a great result today that will get the headlines.

"It certainly was not [a smash and grab act]. We are not like some teams in the division who sit low and don't come out, which is their prerogative and not a criticism. We try and be aggressive in our press. We have legs and energy in our team.

"We did not feel under any pressure and probably could have had more goals. To say that at Ibrox with the threat they have in their front four, again is a testament to the players.

"Tough times don't last but tough people do. But we have a group tough of boys. We are the team who have nothing to lose. We have a side capable of challenging for the top six."

Cam Wanstall
BBC Sport Scotland

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After failing to score in their last two league outings, Mikael Mandron and Jonah Ayunga started together as a two up top and excelled.

Mandron dropped deeper, holding up the ball and utilising both Ayunga and overlapping wing-back Ryan Alebiosu well to carry the ball up the pitch.

Toyosi Olusanya netted within five minutes of his introduction, as he perfectly replicated the pace and pressing nous of the substituted Ayunga.

Cypriot defender Alex Gogic also impressed. He sat deeper than the rest of the back four, allowing him to pick up Dessers and sweep up the majority of the dangerous deliveries whipped in by the hosts.

The memorable away win lifts St Mirren into sixth place.

While they remain closer to 10th than fourth on points, this performance will give supporters belief of rising up the table rather than tumbling.

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Centre-forward Mikael Mandron excelled against a Rangers defence that struggled to deal with his physicality. Grabbing the opener was crucial, but so was his excellent ability to drop deep and bring his team up the pitch throughout the 90.

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Rangers defender John Souttar is out after picking up an injury against Hearts but Danilo is available again. Oscar Cortes is back in training but has still a way to go after being out for a lengthy period. Leon Balogun, Connor Barron, Dujon Sterling and Neraysho Kasanwirjo are all still out.

St Mirren attacker Evan Mooney is out with an ankle injury. Alex Iacovitti is back in training after illness and Scott Tanser is available. Conor McMenamin (calf) remains out.

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Stephen Robinson wants his side to "hurt" Rangers by defending well and doing the "simple things" right, as they try and record back-to-back victories against the Ibrox side.

St Mirren beat Philippe Clement's side 2-1 in Paisley on Boxing Day thanks to Caolan Boyd-Munce's injury-time winner, and are now sitting in the top half of the table, above Motherwell and Kilmarnock on goal difference alone.

Should St Mirren win, they'd record consecutive league victories over Rangers for the first time since they won three in a row in 1979-80 under Jim Clunie.

"We proved only a few weeks ago that we can beat them, deservedly so in my eyes," Robinson said.

"We were very good first half, they were very good second half, and then we came strong again.

"You have to defend well. They've got a lot of talent up front, a lot of spark up front, Vaclav Cerny is a big threat, and they've got other players that can win games on their own.

"So we're aware of that but if we press properly and we stay in the game then we believe we've got threats of our own in the forward areas, in the wing-back areas.

"Rangers will play and try and dominate the game and dominate possession, which is fine for us. We've got players that can hurt the spaces in behind, so it has to be the same level of defensive performance.

"We have to defend well, we have to do the simple things. We've defended much better in recent weeks. And then we have to believe when we land on the ball, which we have done in in the last two games and in the previous game against Rangers."

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• Rangers have won 23 of their last 25 home games against St. Mirren in all competitions (D2), including each of their last 14 in a row by an aggregate score of 39-5.

• After their 2-1 win in December, St. Mirren could win back-to-back league meetings with Rangers for the first time since winning three in a row in 1979-80 under Jim Clunie.

• Rangers have won each of their last five league games, all by a margin of at least two goals. They last won six in a row in the top flight by a 2+ goal margin in December 2009 under Walter Smith.

• While Rangers have earned the most points in the Scottish Premiership in 2025 (20), no side has picked up fewer than St. Mirren (4, level with Aberdeen and Motherwell), with the Buddies winning just one of six league matches this calendar year (D1 L4).

• Vaclav Cerny has scored more goals (10) than any other player for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership in 2024-25. Eight of those 10 strikes have come in home games – the most of any player for any side on home soil in the competition this term.

Mark Jardine
Fan writer

Frustration, thy name is St Mirren.

In the same week as Paisley punters were treated to 120 minutes of grind against the maroon half of the capital for no ultimate reward, Saturday's goalless draw against a revitalised Hibs only compounded existing feelings.

The pitch is suffering for the schedule, the conditions and seemingly some bad luck. The players are suffering for continuing injuries. The manager is suffering for setting raised expectations, then the battle against squad upheaval and transfer frustrations. The goalkeeper is suffering for being bundled into posts, having only recently bundled himself into an opposition defender. The fans are suffering for having witnessed the Buddies fail to score in almost half of their league ties this season.

As has so often been the case in this battling season, however, much of the Saints' play was positive.

Chances were created, though perhaps not in the same abundance as in midweek. The 11 players out on the park cannot be faulted for their effort, or for following the orders given to them by a manager seemingly born to wrestle points away from other sides at this level.

Relentless pressing from the front, steadfast defending and another commanding performance from Zach Hemming kept this match mostly on St Mirren's terms. The apparent difference in this year's Saints side is that keeping the match on their own terms hasn't inevitably led to three points.

The fixture supercomputer offers no favours in seasons like these. Having faced the Edinburgh two in the space of the last week, the next fortnight shows no respite. A visit to Tynecastle - not traditionally a happy hunting ground - is sandwiched between contests against Rangers and Celtic.

While no fear should be shown in facing a Hearts side in much of a similar fankle as ourselves, or even in having a shot against recording back-to-back wins of Philippe Clement's beleaguered bears - I'm sure there are alternative fixture lists which might have caused Robinson slightly less concern.

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We asked you St Mirren fans for your opinions on the goalless draw with Hibs. Here's a taste of what you had to say...

Jim: Another 'what could have been' game. Superior control in the first-half but no finish. Hibernian came much more into it in the second-half, but overall St Mirren should have been able to score at least one.

I'm surprised that Mark O'Hara lasted as long as he did. He doesn't look fit and his distribution was poor. Still a chance for the top six, though.

Stu: I thought we were unlucky against Hearts and unlucky against Hibs. The pitch is not great and I'm sure it's affecting the game, but we've looked far more competitive in the last two games against form teams, so let's hope that effort is rewarded and we can stay in the top six. Stephen Robinson is doing a great job.

W: Not a game to please the purists, who enjoy a free-flowing game played on the ground. A draw probably a fair result, with both keepers having good games.

Alistair: I can't fault the players for the effort they gave, and both keepers made crucial saves, but it wasn't a great game - further ruined by poor officiating and play-acting by Hibs.

The one thing to take away from this game is Richard Taylor is a Rolls Royce of a defender.

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• Hibernian are undefeated in their last 10 games in the Premiership, their last joint longest unbeaten streak was from 16 February 2019 to 28 April 2019.

• Hibernian failed to attempt a shot on target in this game, it's the first time they failed to attempt a shot on target in a game in the Premiership since facing Celtic on 11 August 2024.

• St Mirren have failed to score in 11 of their 26 games, more often than any other team in the Premiership this season.

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Alasana Manneh was sent off just 13 minutes into his Hibernian debut as David Gray's side made it 12 games unbeaten with a goalless Scottish Premiership draw at St Mirren.

The Gambia midfielder, a graduate of the Barcelona youth academy, came on in the 70th minute, was booked a minute later for a trip, then saw yellow again for a reckless challenge.

The visitors held on with 10 men for a point and remain in fifth place while St Mirren jump to sixth, above Kilmarnock on goal difference.

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