St Mirren vs Falkirk; Scottish Premiership
St Mirren vs Falkirk. Scottish Premiership.
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St Mirren 0-2 Falkirk: Visitors strengthen top-six Scottish Premiership challenge with away win
Report as Falkirk win 2-0 at St Mirren; second-half goals from Finn Yeats and Calvin Miller sealed a deserved 2-0 win for the visitors at the SMiSA Stadium; the hosts suffered a third straight league defeat
Saturday 10 January 2026 21:00, UK
Falkirk's impressive return to the top flight continued as second-half goals from Finn Yeats and Calvin Miller sealed a deserved 2-0 win over St Mirren at the SMiSA Stadium.
The Bairns took the lead shortly after half-time when Yeats curled into the top corner from 25 yards after Saints keeper Shamal George found himself stranded out of his goal.
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Miller then made sure of the points just after the hour mark as he capitalised on some static St Mirren defending to race on to his own blocked shot before dinking the ball over George.
It was an afternoon to forget for St Mirren, who lost Liam Donnelly, Killian Phillips and George to injury as they slipped to a third straight defeat.
Falkirk had the first opening in the 18th minute when Barney Stewart laid the ball off to Dylan Tait, whose curling effort from just outside the box took a slight deflection before cannoning off the top of the crossbar.
St Mirren finally threatened just after the half-hour mark when Mikael Mandron shot from a tight angle, forcing Falkirk goalkeeper Scott Bain into a smart stop with his feet.
Falkirk then raced down the other end and the lively Miller was released and allowed to shoot from a similar angle but George comfortably saved.
The match was finally coming to life and Dan Nlundulu was the next to fire at goal in the 36th minute after the Bairns had given up possession cheaply, but it was a routine stop at the near post by Bain.
Nlundulu then got in behind and slid the ball home, though the cheers from the home fans were short-lived as the assistant referee raised his flag for what appeared to be a clear offside.
The hosts had already lost Donnelly to injury midway through the first half and they suffered a further blow when Phillips, who appeared to hurt his shoulder in the opening period, came off at the interval.
The match was crying out for a moment of quality and it came 10 minutes into the second half through Yeats.
Tait's perfect through ball released Miller, and although George came racing out of his goal and timed his challenge well, the loose ball fell invitingly for Yeats, who curled a stunning first-time finish into the top corner of the unguarded St Mirren goal.
It got even better for the away side just after the hour mark as the Bairns doubled their lead.
Miller's initial shot from the edge of the box was blocked by Scott Tanser but, as the home defence hesitated, Miller reacted first to run on to the loose ball and lift a right-footed shot over the onrushing George.
St Mirren suffered yet another blow shortly after as the keeper was forced off to be replaced by Ryan Mullen.
The enforced changes and the quickfire goals seemed to rock the hosts and they never threatened a comeback, with their afternoon summed up in the 89th minute when Tanser completely mis-kicked his attempted volley from six yards out.
What the managers said....
St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson:
"The performance was totally unacceptable. Last week against Motherwell, I remained nice and calm because it was a one-off, we believed. But we got the same level of performance today.
"The decision-making was incredibly poor for the two goals and really poor throughout so that's inexplicable in the decisions we made as a group.
"The performance levels over the last two games have really dropped.
"I can explain it with injuries. If you lose Alex Gogic, Keanu Baccus, Mark O'Hara, Jonah Ayunga, then lose Killian Phillips at half-time with a dislocated shoulder, as well as Liam Donnelly and Shamal George - I defy any team in the league to cope with those injuries.
"But these boys knock on my door every day. They're the ones with the miserable faces who don't play. They get paid well in relative terms to our club and it's time to step up and get us out of trouble.
"I don't recognise the energy and the play and the quality from the cup final only a few weeks ago in the last two performances.
"You're in a relegation battle as long as you're in the bottom six and that hasn't gone away. We need to pick up performances and results."
Falkirk boss John McGlynn:
"When we won the championship last year, I said staying in this league would be equal to anything we've ever done before because it's such a challenge. So to find ourselves where we are, of course you raise expectations.
"But I don't think there are too many European places up for grabs. You're talking about the two Edinburgh teams and the two Glasgow teams.
"There's not enough empty space. It's quite difficult to break in there but we're going to do our absolute best, that's what we've done up until now.
"We're comfortable where we are. We'll keep our feet on the ground and we'll keep striving. To come to Paisley and go away with a 2-0 win - I'm over the moon."
