Falkirk vs St Mirren - prediction, team news, lineups

Falkirk volition invited St Mirren to the Falkirk Stadium connected Saturday day for a matchday 1 clash successful the Scottish Premiership. 

The hosts finished sixth successful the standings past season, portion the visitors narrowly secured their endurance with a triumph successful the relegation playoff final.  

Match preview

Falkirk enjoyed a stunning archetypal twelvemonth backmost successful the Scottish Premiership since 2009-10 past term, securing a sixth-placed decorativeness with 49 points from 38 league fixtures. 

John McGlynn's broadside did, however, endure a challenging extremity to the campaign, with six defeats successful their last 7 games, and that has persisted astatine the commencement of the caller term. 

Despite beating Airdrieonians 2-1 successful a pre-season friendly, followed by a commanding 5-0 triumph against Edinburgh City successful the Scottish League Cup radical stage, the Bairns went connected to suffer 2 of their adjacent 4 games. 

A 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Ayr United and a 4-2 punishment decision to Alloa Athletic, pursuing a 1-1 draw, saw Falkirk disappointingly neglect to advancement from Scottish League Cup Group G, finishing 2nd and 5 points down the leaders Ayr United.

However, Falkirk did triumph their last radical fixture against Stranraer, 3-0, and they volition beryllium hoping to physique connected that triumph and marque a winning commencement to the 2026-27 Scottish Premiership run connected Saturday. 

In opposition to the hosts, St Mirren endured a miserable 2025-26 campaign, falling from a sixth-placed decorativeness successful the erstwhile play to 11th and having to vie successful the relegation playoffs to unafraid their survival.

Following a 1-1 gully with Partick Thistle successful the archetypal limb of their relegation playoff final, Marcus Fraser scored the lone extremity successful the 2nd limb to seal a 1-0 triumph and 2-1 aggregate triumph, narrowly ensuring St Mirren would stay successful the apical division. 

Craig McLeish's broadside person subsequently built connected that triumph, winning against Arbroath successful a pre-season affable earlier finishing apical of Scottish League Cup Group C with 3 wins and 1 defeat. 

That nonaccomplishment did travel successful their past lucifer against Dunfermline Athletic, losing 1-0, but the Saints volition beryllium encouraged by their wide beardown commencement to the competitory campaign. 

St Mirren volition besides gully assurance from their grounds astatine the Falkirk Stadium past term, winning 2-1 successful each of their visits to the Bairns' location ground.

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Team News

Ben Parkinson and Ross MacIver each scored 2 goals during Falkirk's Scottish League Cup radical stage, and the brace should commencement successful onslaught connected Saturday. 

Ethan Ross and Craig Sibbald could articulation them successful the attacking quartet, portion Ben Krauhaus and Brad Spencer whitethorn spouse astatine the basal of midfield.

Meanwhile, summertime signing Samuel Ramos has already scored 3 times for St Mirren this term, and the Spaniard should commencement alongside Ryan Carr and Killian Phillips successful midfield. 

Elsewhere, Eseosa Sule could pb the line, portion Alexander Gogic and Richard King should spouse astatine the bosom of the defence.

Falkirk imaginable starting lineup:

Hogarth; McMillan, Melniks, Henderson, McCann; Krauhaus, Spencer; Parkinson, Sibbald, Ross; MacIver

St Mirren imaginable starting lineup:

Chapman; Fraser, King, Gogic, Fieldson; Phillips, Carr, Ramos; Idowu, Sule, Mochrie

We say: Falkirk 1-2 St Mirren

Falkirk person experienced a challenging commencement to the term, portion St Mirren person started beardown and besides boast a bully caller grounds astatine the Falkirk Stadium, starring america to expect the distant broadside to assertion each 3 points.

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