St. Mirren 3-2 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 19 December 2020

Result

St. Mirren 3-2 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 19 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

St. Mirren · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

St. Mirren 3-2 St. Johnstone: match report

St. Mirren won against St. Johnstone 3-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 19 December 2020. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Stevie May opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. St. Mirren's goals came from Ethan Erhahon (38'), Lee Erwin (82') and Jonathan Obika (87'). St. Johnstone scored through Stevie May (22', penalty) and Scott Tanser (44').

Discipline: St. Mirren received 1 yellow card; St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game St. Mirren were 10th on 15 points from 14 and St. Johnstone 8th on 17 points from 17. St. Mirren went on to finish that season 5th with 45 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 45.

St. Mirren lined up in a 4-5-1 and St. Johnstone in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle McAllister of St. Mirren (8.2), ahead of Ethan Erhahon (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 St. Mirren wins, 1 draw and 4 for St. Johnstone.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Joe ShaughnessySt. Mirren
  • 22'Penalty goal · Stevie MaySt. Johnstone · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Ethan ErhahonSt. Mirren · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Scott TanserSt. Johnstone · 1-2
  • 45'Red card · Jason KerrSt. Johnstone
  • 82'Goal · Lee ErwinSt. Mirren · 2-2
  • 87'Goal · Jonathan ObikaSt. Mirren · 3-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ali McCannSt. Johnstone
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Jamie McCartSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

5 meetings: St. Mirren 0, draws 1, St. Johnstone 4.

Team news

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St. Mirren line-up (4-5-1)

Jak Alnwick, Marcus Fraser, Conor McCarthy, Joe Shaughnessy, Richard Tait, Dylan Connolly, Jamie McGrath, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Ethan Erhahon, İlkay Durmuş, Lee Erwin

St. Johnstone line-up (3-4-2-1)

Zander Clark, Jason Kerr, Liam Gordon, Jamie McCart, Danny McNamara, Ali McCann, Murray Davidson, Scott Tanser, Craig Conway, David Wotherspoon, Stevie May