St. Mirren 3-1 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 2 April 2011

Result

St. Mirren 3-1 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Saturday 2 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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St. Mirren 3-1 Hamilton Academical: match report

St. Mirren won against Hamilton Academical 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 2 April 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.

David Buchanan opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. St. Mirren's goals came from Michael Higdon (61'), Michael Higdon (64', penalty) and Michael Higdon (71'). Hamilton Academical scored through David Buchanan (43').

Discipline: St. Mirren received 2 yellow cards; Hamilton Academical received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game St. Mirren were 11th on 21 points from 29 and Hamilton Academical 12th on 14 points from 30. St. Mirren went on to finish that season 11th with 32 points, and Hamilton Academical 12th with 24.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 St. Mirren wins, 5 draws and 3 for Hamilton Academical.

Going into the match St. Mirren's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Hamilton Academical's D-L-L-L-D.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Gary McDonaldHamilton Academical
  • 43'Goal · David BuchananHamilton Academical · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Michael HigdonSt. Mirren
  • 60'Yellow card · Hugh MurraySt. Mirren
  • 61'Goal · Michael HigdonSt. Mirren · 1-1
  • 64'Red card · Martin CanningHamilton Academical
  • 64'Penalty goal · Michael HigdonSt. Mirren · 2-1
  • 71'Goal · Michael HigdonSt. Mirren · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Mirren 2, draws 5, Hamilton Academical 3.

Team news

St. Mirren line-up

Paul Gallacher, David van Zanten, Lee Mair, Darren McGregor, Jure Travner, Hugh Murray, Steven Thomson, Paul McGowan, Kenny McLean, Michael Higdon, J. Goodwin

Hamilton Academical line-up

Tomas Cerny, David Buchanan, David Elebert, Gary McDonald, Jim McAlister, Ali Crawford, Nigel Hasselbaink, Martin Canning, A. Neil, Flávio Paixão, Tom Elliott