St Mirren 3 – 3 Motherwell: Kanga announces himself

How we didn’t win; how we didn’t lose. Seldom has a game of football produced these usually mutually exclusive statements in tandem.

St Mirren headed into this game with a fresh set of legs, whereas Motherwell had barely gotten off the plane from Germany, where they bowed out of continental competition at the hands of Bundesliga giants SC Freiburg. Craig McLeish’s new-look buddies had been tipped for the for the drop, but have yet to lose a premiership match and picked up two wins too.

Line-ups

1Chapman

3John

53Fieldson

13Gogic

47Ramsay61′

8Carr

23Mochrie61′

19Kabia75′

10Ramos71′

25Agrafiotis61′

48Nsio

17Charles-Cook58′

18Maswanhise58′

11Lowry

19Said73′

8Fadinger

71Hodge71′

7Sparrow46′

4Knight-Lebel

5Moormann

45Longelo

1Paulsen

Alfred Johansson

St Mirren · 4-2-3-1 Motherwell · 4-2-3-1

St Mirren

1 Jacob Chapman
3 Declan John
53 Alex Fieldson
13 Alex Gogic
47 Calvin Ramsay Off at 61′
8 Ryan Carr
23 Chris Mochrie Off at 61′
19 Ronan Kabia Off at 75′
10 Samuel Ramos Off at 71′
25 Alex Agrafiotis Off at 61′
48 Paul Nsio

Substitutes

30 Fraser Taylor On at 61′
2 Jayden Richardson On at 61′
9 Eseosa Sule On at 61′
16 Luke Thomas On at 71′
20 Jake Young On at 75′

Unused

Ryan Mullen, Louis Jackson, Richard King, Carrick McEvoy

Motherwell

1 Alex Paulsen
7 Tom Sparrow Off at 46′
4 Jamie Knight-Lebel
5 Martin Moormann
45 Emmanuel Longelo
8 Lukas Fadinger
71 Joe Hodge Off at 71′
18 Tawanda Maswanhise Off at 58′
11 Alex Lowry
19 Ibrahim Said Off at 73′
17 Regan Charles-Cook Off at 58′

Substitutes

2 Stephen O'Donnell On at 46′
13 Jardell Kanga On at 58′
47 Seb Palmer-Houlden On at 58′
20 Dylan Williams On at 71′
15 Eythor Bjørgolfsson On at 73′

Unused

Matty Connelly, Olly Whyte, Luca Ross, Willy Vogt

Head coach

Alfred Johansson

Motherwell made three changes from the team that faced Freiburg. Ewan Wilson was replaced by the returning Martin Moormann, who was ineligible for the second tie with suspension, and Seb Palmer-Houlden was replaced by Regan Charles-Cook. Girdwood-Reich was absent from today’s squad, likely due to injury; as UEFA suspensions do not automatically carry over to domestic leagues unless it is a particularly serious offence. Instead, Tom Sparrow featured at right-back whilst wearing the captain’s armband.

St Mirren also made three changes from their previous fixture, the 5-1 loss to Rangers. Killian Phillips was a forced change due to injury (not due to transfer reasons, which was the leading theory on social media this afternoon), with Rangers loanee Paul Nsio replacing