Dundee United 1-5 St. Mirren: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 27 January 2021

Result

Dundee United 1-5 St. Mirren

Premiership · Wednesday 27 January 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Dundee United 1-5 St. Mirren: match report

Dundee United lost to St. Mirren 1-5 in the Premiership on Wednesday 27 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-3.

Joe Shaughnessy opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Dundee United's goal came from Ian Harkes (54'). St. Mirren scored through Joe Shaughnessy (30'), Jamie McGrath (42', penalty), Jamie McGrath (45+1', penalty), Dylan Connolly (80') and Kristian Dennis (85').

Discipline: Dundee United received 2 yellow cards; St. Mirren received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Dundee United were 6th on 28 points from 24 and St. Mirren 8th on 23 points from 21. Dundee United went on to finish that season 9th with 44 points, and St. Mirren 5th with 45.

Dundee United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and St. Mirren in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie McGrath of St. Mirren (10.0), ahead of Mark Connolly (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Dundee United win, 1 draw and 0 for St. Mirren.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Joe ShaughnessySt. Mirren · 0-1
  • 42'Penalty goal · Jamie McGrathSt. Mirren · 0-2
  • 45'Yellow card · Lawrence ShanklandDundee United
  • 45+1'Yellow card · M. ConnollyDundee United
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Jamie McGrathSt. Mirren · 0-3
  • 54'Goal · Ian HarkesDundee United · 1-3
  • 55'Yellow card · Ethan ErhahonSt. Mirren
  • 80'Goal · Dylan ConnollySt. Mirren · 1-4
  • 85'Goal · Kristian DennisSt. Mirren · 1-5

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Dundee United 1, draws 1, St. Mirren 0.

Team news

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Dundee United line-up (4-1-4-1)

Deniz Mehmet, Liam Smith, Mark Connolly, Mark Reynolds, Jamie Robson, Dillon Powers, Luke Bolton, Nicky Clark, Ian Harkes, Marc McNulty, Lawrence Shankland

St. Mirren line-up (4-4-2)

Jak Alnwick, Marcus Fraser, Conor McCarthy, Joe Shaughnessy, Richard Tait, Jamie McGrath, Ryan Flynn, Ethan Erhahon, İlkay Durmuş, Jonathan Obika, Eamonn Brophy