Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 18

Dec 21, 2024 at 3pm UK

Global Energy Stadium

Ross County
1 - 2
St Mirren

Efete (46')
Bwomono (61')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Iacovitti (27'), Smyth (89')
Tanser (13'), Robinson (14'), Phillips (90')
Tanser (55')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Ross County and St Mirren, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Ross County

All competitions

Last Game: Hibernian 3-1 Ross County
Saturday, December 14 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

St Mirren

All competitions

Last Game: St Johnstone 2-3 St Mirren
Saturday, December 14 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a St Mirren win with a probability of 41.36%. A win for Ross County had a probability of 32.06% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a St Mirren win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.77%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.66%) and 0-2 (7.38%). The likeliest Ross County win was 1-0 (9.23%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.63%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that St Mirren would win this match.

Result
Ross County	Draw	St Mirren
32.06% ( -0.17)	26.58% ( 0.02)	41.36% ( 0.15)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
Championship Group
C	Celtic	5	3	2	0	112	26	86	92
2	Rangers Rangers	5	2	3	0	80	41	39	75
3	Hibernian	5	1	2	2	62	50	12	58
4	Dundee United Dundee Utd	5	1	0	4	45	54	-9	53
5	Aberdeen	5	1	0	4	48	61	-13	53
6	St Mirren	5	2	3	0	53	59	-6	50
Relegation Group
1	Hearts	5	4	0	1	52	47	5	52
2	Motherwell	5	3	1	1	46	63	-17	49
3	Kilmarnock	5	3	0	2	45	64	-19	44
4	Dundee	5	2	1	2	57	77	-20	41
5	Ross County	5	0	2	3	37	65	-28	37
R	St Johnstone	5	1	0	4	38	68	-30	32

First Phase
C	Celtic	33	26	3	4	97	22	75	81
2	Rangers Rangers	33	20	6	7	68	35	33	66
3	Hibernian	33	14	11	8	54	41	13	53
4	Dundee United Dundee Utd	33	14	8	11	41	40	1	50
5	Aberdeen	33	14	8	11	45	49	-4	50
6	St Mirren	33	12	5	16	45	54	-9	41
7	Hearts	33	11	7	15	43	44	-1	40
8	Motherwell	33	11	6	16	37	56	-19	39
9	Kilmarnock	33	9	8	16	38	58	-20	35
10	Ross County	33	9	8	16	33	56	-23	35
11	Dundee	33	9	7	17	50	71	-21	34
R	St Johnstone	33	8	5	20	33	58	-25	29
					> Scottish Premiership Full Table

Ross County	Draw	St Mirren
1-0 @ 9.23% ( -0) 2-1 @ 7.41% ( -0.03) 2-0 @ 5.41% ( -0.03) 3-1 @ 2.9% ( -0.03) 3-0 @ 2.12% ( -0.02) 3-2 @ 1.98% ( -0.02) Other @ 3.01% Total : 32.06%	1-1 @ 12.63% 0-0 @ 7.87% ( 0.04) 2-2 @ 5.08% ( -0.02) 3-3 @ 0.91% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.1% Total : 26.58%	0-1 @ 10.77% ( 0.06) 1-2 @ 8.66% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 7.38% ( 0.04) 1-3 @ 3.95% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 3.37% ( 0.02) 2-3 @ 2.32% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 1.35% ( 0) 0-4 @ 1.15% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.4% Total : 41.35%