St Mirren 1-1 Hibs: Marink Reedijk secures first point as Hibernian boss to move them off the foot of the table
Report as St Mirren draw 1-1 with Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership; Marink Reedijk's first point as Hibs boss sees them climb off the bottom of the table
Wednesday 28 October 2026 22:57, UK
Hibernian moved off the foot of the Scottish Premiership table as they drew 1-1 at St Mirren to earn Marink Reedijk his first point as manager.
Marko Ivezic's second-goal put Hibs ahead in Paisley but it was cancelled out by Jason Kerr's own goal.
The draw was enough for Reedijk to finally get off the mark at the fourth attempt.
It was a scrappy match of few chances until late on when both sides had chances to earn the victory but could not take them, with Hibernian goalkeeper Raphael Sallinger doing well to deny StMirren's Jake Young.
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Both teams made one change to their starting line-up. Chris Mochrie replaced Ismeal Kabia for Saints, with Nicky Cadden deputising for Thibault Klidje in the visitors' line-up for his first start of the season.
Mochrie was involved early on with an inviting cross from the left but Luke Thomas slipped before he could get his shot away.
It was a scrappy first half with few chances for either side. Mochrie became the first player yellow carded for bringing down Kerr, with Mulligan following him into the book just minutes later.
A wayward clearance from St Mirrengoalkeeper Jacob Chapman almostproved costly at the start of the second half. Joe Newell attempted a first-time shot from around 30 yards out and it drifted only narrowly wide of the target.
Henry Fieldson then did well to deflect Owen Elding's header over from his own crossbar before Alex Gogic became the next player booked for bringing down Elding.
Elding then had a great chance to break the deadlock when a corner was headed out to him at the edge of the box only to blast his effort over the crossbar.
St Mirren boss Craig McLeish tried to give his side a lift by bringing on Young and Samuel Ramos for Eseosa Sule and Mochrie respectively.
But it was Hibs who forged in front after 77 minutes. Cadden's corner from the left was not dealt with and Ivezic pounced to force home the loose ball.
St Mirren should have equalised just a few minutes later. Young did well to make space for himself on the left before squaring for Ramos who could not finish from right in front of goal.
The home side, though, did draw level seven minutes from time. Killian Phillips' corner fell kindly for Paul Nsio and he appeared to convert from close range at the second attempt, though the goal went down as a Kerr own goal.
Saint could have then won it late on but Calvin Ramsay could not steer Phillips' cross on target before Sallinger saved well from Young.
What the managers said...
Hibernian boss Marink Reedijk:
"We deserved to win, I think, based on the match. I saw a good side who wanted to fight for each other, who wanted to be intense and recover the ball up high a few times. I think a point is a point and we take that, but we deserved three.
"I think [the lack of scoring chances] has to do with the way St Mirren wanted to play. They played 5-4-1. They were in a low block a lot of times. It's always difficult to play against and you have to find your moments in order to get those [scoring] moments.
"Being a team with the quality we have, I don't see a reason why we cannot beat Hearts. I've seen [derbies] in Belgium and obviously in Holland but here the people are intense and this is what I really like. Therefore, I'm very much looking forward to it."
St Mirren boss Craig McLeish:
"I'm pleased to get a point as I don't think we were quite at it. Out of possession we looked quite solid and didn't give up too many chances to Hibs. They didn't really cut us open in open play.
"You're going to get nights like that when you're not quite as free-flowing as we'd like to be. Hibs made our life difficult by pressing really aggressively. It just didn't quite click for us. But we showed a good reaction after going a goal down.
"That almost sparked us into life but we can't wait for something to happen to give us a bit of a lift. After we equalised we had one or two clear-cut chances where we could have nicked it. There's more to come from us but we can't be too disappointed with a point."
