St Mirren are one of the older fixtures of Scottish football, founded in 1877 and based at The SMISA Stadium. Their modern honours list is modest but not empty: the 2012/13 League Cup remains the club’s single major domestic trophy, a reminder that Paisley has had its sharper days as well as its leaner ones.
The 2026/27 Premiership season has begun unevenly. After nine of 38 rounds, St Mirren sit eighth with 10 points, with 24 matches still to play. Their recent run has been poor: five straight league defeats followed their 1-0 win at Kilmarnock, including a 2-1 home loss to Celtic and heavier reverses against Hearts and Dundee United.
The squad is sizeable at 34 players, with an average age of 24, and is valued at around £5m by Transfermarkt. Goals have been spread thinly, with Killian Phillips and Samuel Antonio “Samuel Ramos” Ramos Linares leading on four each, ahead of Chris Mochrie and Eseosa Sule on two.
The underlying pattern is clear enough: St Mirren have scored 1.3 per home match while conceding two, and away from home they have averaged 0.8 scored and 1.8 conceded. For Celtic supporters, they remain familiar Premiership opposition – organised enough to matter, but currently carrying obvious defensive problems, particularly on the road.
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⚔️ How they compare to Celtic
Against Celtic the gap is stark: Celtic outscore and out-defend St Mirren by a wide margin, with Celtic prolific both home and away while St Mirren's attack struggles to reach one goal per match away from home; defensively Celtic concede under one goal a game whereas St Mirren concede around two, so Celtic hold a decisive edge in both attack and defence and the league table reflects that gulf.
