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St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells BBC Scotland: "I don't want it to be too exciting - I want it to be calmer than that! We dug in and won the game. We've been 2-0 up in both games. We're learning lessons all the time, we have to be more composed.

"I thought Zach Hemming was outstanding, dominated his box. We actually expected him to save the penalty because he's hard to beat in training. But we have to be more composed, we became a little nervous and panicky. It's a young side.

"It's always eventful at the moment. The boys seemed convinced [the ball was over the line] but... never believe footballers.

"Defending has changed over the years, with the amount of cameras in grounds now. I thought Richard Taylor was outstanding again. For me, outwith Zach, he was our best player."

Top of the Premiership tree, Buddies! Maybe only for a day, but who cares!

What did you make of the result and the performance? Have your say on the win over Dundee here.

Andrew Petrie, BBC Sport Scotland

Sophomore albums are always tricky, but Stephen Robinson is showing his side's top six-finish might not have been a one-hit wonder.

He was able to get the best out of Curtis Main last season, relying on the striker's physical attributes to create chances for his side. He's trying to do the same with Mandron - but now he has McMenamin to provide service to his target man.

They could do with a little more stability at the back. When Dundee threatened, the hosts looked liable to crumbling.

That might say more about the visitors' attacking strengths. Tiffoney, McCowan and Cameron are a good stable of wingers.

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor, Strain, Baccus, Boyd-Munce, Tanser, McMenamin, Kiltie, Mandron.

Substitutes: Urminsky, Bolton, Dunne, Kenny, Flynn, Olusanya, Jamieson, Greive, Nahmani.

Dundee: Carson, Mulligan, Shaugnessy, Ashcroft, Beck, McGhee, Boateng, McCowan, Cameron, Robinson, Bakayoko.

Substitutes: Legzdins, McCracken, Kerr, Tiffoney, Pineda, Robertson, Rudden, Anderson, Graham.

St Mirren striker Mikael Mandron has returned to training after pulling out of last week's win over Hibernian with a back injury in the warm-up.

Dundee will be without Antonio Portales after the defender suffered a knee injury against Motherwell. Aaron Donnelly faces about a month out with ankle ligament damage. Tyler French and Charlie Reilly are getting closer to fitness.

St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson believes that playing Dundee early in the season will be beneficial, as the newly-promoted side find their feet in the Scottish Premiership.

“I have seen a couple of Dundee’s matches, they have signed a lot of new players," Robinson said.

“They have some talented boys and retained some players from their promotion season last season as well so we are expecting a tough test.

“Every game is a different challenge and there are no easy games at all.

“They have recruited heavily and we have to try make sure that they are still a team that’s maybe trying to find out exactly what they are and we have to try to expose that and take the game to them.”

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• In the opening round of Scottish Premiership fixtures this season, Dundee’s Josh Mulligan both attempted (7) and completed (4) more dribbles than any other player.

• Dundee have lost their second league match of the season in each of their last five Scottish Premiership campaigns, losing 6-0 to Celtic most recently in 2021-22.

• St. Mirren have lost their second top-flight league game of the season in each of their last three seasons at this level, losing to Rangers in 2020-21, Hearts in 2021-22 and Aberdeen in 2022-23.

• St. Mirren have only won one of their last eight Scottish Premiership home games against promoted clubs (D3 L4), although that was a 2-0 win over Dundee in May 2022.

• Dundee have only won one of their last eight Scottish Premiership meetings with St. Mirren (D2 L5), losing both of their last two since a 1-0 victory in October 2021.

St Mirren got their league campaign off to the perfect start in thrilling circumstances last weekend, with a 3-2 win over Hibs at Easter Road.

If you were in Stephen Robinson's shoes, would you back the same XI to get the job done against Dundee on Saturday?

Let us know what your St Mirren team would be here.

Craig Devine, Misery Hunters podcast, external

An enthralling clash in the capital on Sunday, capped off by a late, late Alex Greive winner saw St Mirren start their season with their first top-flight opening-day win on the road since July 2006.

Manager Stephen Robinson was left lamenting the loss of an incoming mystery striker in the build-up to Sunday’s season opener, but the standout performer on the day was a familiar face in Toyosi Olusanya.

Very few Buddies would have predicted Olusanya to be the man leading the line after struggling to make an impression last season, including Robinson, who didn’t have him in the starting lineup until an injury in the warm-up forced his hand. A similar turnaround hasn’t been seen since, well, last season when Curtis Main enjoyed a tremendous sophomore year following a lacklustre first season.

Hibs manager Lee Johnson will have no doubt spent Monday going through his own side's performance in great detail, but the three points deservedly made their way back down the M8 to Paisley.

Liam McLeod and Kevin Thomson review the weekend's Scottish Premiership results, react to the European draws and pay tribute to James McArthur who has today retired from football.

Give the podcast a listen here.

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An impressive 133,586 supporters attended matches across the four SPFL top divisions to mark the start of the 2023/24 League campaign.

It was the second-highest opening weekend league attendances since the SPFL was formed in 2013, and the highest in five seasons when 134,397 attended matches at the start of season 2018/19.

The largest crowd of the opening weekend was at Celtic Park on Saturday, where 58,772 fans witnessed the champions defeat Ross County 4-2.

A total of 17,586 supporters watched St Mirren’s dramatic late 3-2 victory over Hibernian at Easter Road on Sunday, while 9,256 fans were inside The BBSP Stadium, Rugby Park, as Kilmarnock defeated Rangers 1-0 the previous day.

SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster said: “It’s great to see such strong attendances at games across the country.

“This weekend’s strong crowds continue to build on last season’s positive trends, which included five million fans attending SPFL matches for the first time ever, and Scotland enjoying the highest per capita support across European football.

“It’s a further reminder of why Scottish football fans are renowned across the world for their incredible support.”

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Toyosi Olusanya barely had a minute to get his shin pads on never mind anything else after being called into the starting line-up right at the wire in Sunday's league opener against Hibernian.

Mikael Mandron was due to start, but pulled up injured in the warm-up, creating a path for the 25-year-old.

“I was just doing my thing in the warm-up and I seen the gaffer calling me over. He said ‘get your stuff on your starting as Micky is injured.’ From there it was go time. I never had a second to process. It was just time to go and I ran in and put my shin pads on and checking set pieces," the Buddies goalscorer explained.

“Sometimes it can be a bit of a rush so that's why it’s really important to be prepared before the game.

"[Minutes before kick-off] I was meant to do the sprints with the team but I had to run in and get ready. The boys already had stuff in place so I had to get ready with strappings and things.

“I loved every minute [of the game]. We have a great set of boys and I trust all my teammates and we all trust each other and we have a great team chemistry going on. It’s my first game in the league and I relished every second of it.

“You just need to keep going to the last minute as things can change as we seen. I thought even at 2-2 we could do something from the bench. You just kinda feel like there is possibilities."

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Jonathan Sutherland, BBC Sport Scotland

I will make use of Mark O’Hara’s wonderful versatility - while he revels most of the time in midfield he will do a fine job for me in defence.

Honourable mention to Greg Kiltie, too, who is unlucky to just miss out.

Toyosi Olusanya's goal, after being called into the St Mirren starting line-up minutes before kick-off, has earned him a spot up top.

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We asked you for your thoughts on Sunday's win at Easter Road as the Buddies got their league season off to the perfect start.

Here's what you had to say:

David: Toyosi Olusanya has been a revelation. Most fans would not have been surprised/upset if he had been offloaded but credit to the manager. He knew there was a player in there and he is getting performances out of him. Concerned we might still lose some of our talent before the transfer window closes.

Chris: Brilliant first half, we look a lot more assured and calm on the ball - no longer lumping it aimlessly forward. The Hibs comeback was tough to take but what character and class we showed to pinch it at the end. Alex Grieve deserves to start more games. I’m really hoping to build on last year and push for Europe!

James: Thought St Mirren were excellent in the first half. But we have this tendency when we are on top in games, when there is about 20 minutes to go, we stop our attacking play and go defensive we put ourselves under unnecessary pressure. Just glad we kicked back into attack and won the game.

St Mirren got their Scottish Premiership campaign off to a great start with a win at Easter Road.

Were you at the game, or did you see it on TV? Give us your thoughts here.

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Two of his current strikers pitched in with goals that secured victory over Hibernian on Sunday, but Stephen Robinson has revealed he has asked St Mirren's board to provide funds to sign another.

Toyosi Olusanya, who was on loan to Arbroath last season, was called into the starting line-up when Mikael Mandron was injured in the warm up.

And, after the Englishman put St Mirren 2-0 ahead, New Zealand international came off the bench to secure a 3-2 win.

"Toyosi Olusanya has come back a different man," manager Robinson told BBC Scotland. "If Toyosi Olusanya gets fitter and keeps doing what he's good at, which is running in behind, he's going to scare a lot of defenders this season.

"Alex Greive will have been upset not to get a chance from the start and he comes on to score the winner. It shows how together we are as a squad. That's the most pleasing thing for me."

Robinson praised the role of goalkeeper Zach Hemming and attacking midfielder Greg Kiltie in the late winner.

"First half, we were excellent," he said. "To come here and dominate like we did, to create the chances we did, the game could potentially have been over before half-time.

"We were always going to be under pressure for a while. Hibs went very direct to Christian Doidge and he's a big threat. They got back into the game, showed character.

"But the character from my players after that. Zach makes a great decision to play it out quickly and it's a super cross from Greg and a great finish."

Clive Lindsay, BBC Sport Scotland

A tactical masterplan from Stephen Robinson and a stroke of luck combined to give his St Mirren side the upper hand against Hibs.

The luck came in the shape of the forced introduction of speedy striker Toyosi Olusanya and the Englishman exploited Hibs' lack of pace in central defence.

St Mirren also targeted Allan Delferriere, the former Standard Liege midfielder being asked to deputise at right-back, and it led to the out of sorts Belgian being withdrawn after only 29 minutes along with Josh Campbell.

Those Hibs changes, and the introduction of 36-year-old journeyman striker Adam Le Fondre, looked to be have swung a pulsating second half the way of Lee Johnson and his side.

However, just when they looked like they were going to match their European Jekyll and Hyde act and take all three points, the frailties exposed by part-timers Inter Club D'Escaldes in Andorra came back to haunt them.

For St Mirren, the recovery mode continues after the dismal defeat by Montrose that started their season in the Viaplay Cup and ending a run of three straight losses at Easter Road will give them renewed belief that they can match last season's top-six finish.