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Matchday

Premiership 26/27 · 1 Aug 2026

Falkirk FC 0–2 St. Mirren

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.3 – 0.7
Actual xG
0.7 – 1.6
Goals
0 – 2

Footybot made Falkirk FC favourites at 53%.

St. Mirren won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Killian Phillips, 55.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Killian Phillips +21.0, Marcus Fraser +19.6, Ryan Strain +10.8.

Well below it: Deniss Melniks −21.1, Scott Tanser −11.4.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Falkirk FC

16 May 2026L 2–5v Rangers Scottish Premiership
13 May 2026L 0–3at Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
9 May 2026L 1–3v Hibernian Scottish Premiership
2 May 2026W 1–0v Motherwell Scottish Premiership
25 Apr 2026L 1–3at Celtic Scottish Premiership

St. Mirren

25 May 2026W 1–0v Partick Thistle Scottish Premiership
21 May 2026D 1–1at Partick Thistle Scottish Premiership
17 May 2026D 1–1v Dundee United Scottish Premiership
12 May 2026W 2–0at Aberdeen Scottish Premiership
9 May 2026L 0–3v Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership

Head to head

21 Mar 2026Falkirk FC 1–2 St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
10 Jan 2026St. Mirren 0–2 Falkirk FC Scottish Premiership
13 Sep 2025Falkirk FC 1–2 St. Mirren Scottish Premiership

Falkirk FC

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Scott Bain Goalkeeper9000–52.7+7.3
Liam Henderson Defender90000.0948.6+1.0
Ethan Ross Forward2000–44.9–
Ryan Strain Midfielder90000.0342.9+10.8
Ben Parkinson Forward2000–39.6–
Jack McMillan Midfielder70000.2138.0–
Ross Maclver Forward70000.0536.5−7.0
Finn Yeats Midfielder90000.2435.5+0.5
Craig Sibbald Midfielder90000.0533.8−6.0
Joe Gardner Midfielder59000.0328.9–
Ethan Laidlaw Forward7900–28.8–
Leon McCann Defender1100–27.1–
Deniss Melniks Defender9000–25.2−21.1
Paul McGovern Midfielder1100–21.1–
Aodhan Doherty Midfielder3100–18.2–
Scott Tanser Defender7900–13.2−11.4

St. Mirren

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Roland Idowu Midfielder12010.0364.4–
Liam Donnelly Midfielder1400–55.2–
Killian Phillips Midfielder90200.7055.0+21.0
Jacob Chapman Goalkeeper9000–52.7–
Luke Thomas Midfielder1400–50.2–
Marcus Fraser Defender9000–49.3+19.6
Eseosa Sule Forward63000.5741.8–
Jake Young Forward27000.0341.3–
Chris Mochrie Forward8300–40.0–
Ryan Carr Midfielder76000.0538.5–
Alexander Gogić Defender90000.0738.1+0.3
Henry Fieldson Defender90010.0838.1–
Samuel Ramos Midfielder76000.0436.1–
Jayden Richardson Midfielder9000–34.7+5.5
Paul Nsio Midfielder90000.0632.0–