Match Report


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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at St Mirren Park where St Mirren play Dundee in this league cup game. Its a sell-out today with the 10,000 capacity stadium completely full.
St Mirren are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Dundee appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.


0.00
The first half starts with St Mirren kicking off!
3.12
Rui Lozano sees space and advances. Rui Lozano chips the ball to his team mate, David Rodriguez. David Rodriguez shoots from 20 yards. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
6.56
Junji Ihara chips the ball to his team mate, Richard Johnstone. Richard Johnstone surges forward with the ball. Richard Johnstone lofts in a cross ball towards Richard Gemmill. Richard Gemmill is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Magnificent save by Mohammed Nyarko!
12.18
Joel Rajalin flicks the ball to his team mate, David Rodriguez. David Rodriguez knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
14.54
Antonis Bourbakis passes the ball forward to Romarin Mettomo. Romarin Mettomo kicks a strong pass forward to David Rodriguez. David Rodriguez plays a perfect one-two with Gérard Kraemer and rushes in on goal... David Rodriguez cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. What a cracker!! Gavin Dalglish had no chance!! Goal for Dundee!
21.31
Joel Rajalin passes the ball forward to David Rodriguez. David Rodriguez finds some space and shoots from distance but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
22.22
Antonis Bourbakis kicks a strong pass forward to Youri Nikiforov. Youri Nikiforov takes it forward alone. Youri Nikiforov knocks in a cross ball towards Gérard Kraemer. Gérard Kraemer directs the ball goalwards with his head. Gérard Kraemer scores for Dundee!!
28.40
Joel Rajalin makes a probing pass to David Rodriguez. David Rodriguez lofts in a cross ball towards Gérard Kraemer. Gérard Kraemer is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
32.43
Billy Naysmith kicks a strong pass forward to Enrique Zavala. Enrique Zavala knocks the ball to his team mate, Dominic Naysmith. Dominic Naysmith knocks in a cross ball towards Richard Gemmill. Richard Gemmill powers a header at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
33.56
Rui Lozano knocks the ball forward to Romarin Mettomo. Romarin Mettomo knocks the ball forward to Gustavo E. Rodríguez. Gustavo E. Rodríguez goes all the way! Gustavo E. Rodríguez rockets a shot on goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
39.22
Joel Rajalin makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gustavo E. Rodríguez. Gustavo E. Rodríguez finds some space and shoots from distance but it flies wide!
40.02
Romarin Mettomo makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gérard Kraemer. Gérard Kraemer lofts in a cross ball towards Gustavo E. Rodríguez. Gustavo E. Rodríguez heads the ball goalwards. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
44.28
Lamine Mokrani makes a simple pass to Romarin Mettomo. Romarin Mettomo makes a beautiful pass to the feet of David Rodriguez. David Rodriguez whips in a cross ball towards Gustavo E. Rodríguez. Gustavo E. Rodríguez is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half


45.00
Dundee kick off the second half!
47.37
Billy Naysmith knocks the ball to his team mate, Enrique Zavala. Enrique Zavala flicks the ball to his team mate, Richard Gemmill. Richard Gemmill shoots from outside the area. The ball swerves viciously but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
48.55
David Rodriguez barges into Billy Naysmith. David Rodriguez is warned by the referee! Billy Naysmith stretches but gets up unharmed.
55.05
Youri Nikiforov makes a simple pass to David Rodriguez. David Rodriguez knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
59.59
Youri Nikiforov hacks Gavin Mcallister from behind! Youri Nikiforov is shown the yellow card! Gavin Mcallister carries on, but is struggling a bit.
60.07
Lamine Mokrani knocks the ball forward to Youri Nikiforov. Youri Nikiforov flicks the ball to his team mate, Gustavo E. Rodríguez. Gustavo E. Rodríguez finds some space and shoots from distance but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
69.11
Rui Lozano sees a break and surges forward. Rui Lozano knocks the ball to his team mate, Gérard Kraemer. Gérard Kraemer knocks in a cross ball towards David Rodriguez. David Rodriguez connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for David Rodriguez!
72.16
Joel Rajalin surges forward with the ball. Joel Rajalin plays a perfect one-two with Gustavo E. Rodríguez and rushes in on goal... Joel Rajalin cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
77.37
Richard Johnstone sees a break and surges forward. Richard Johnstone lofts in a cross ball towards Richard Gemmill. Richard Gemmill heads the ball goalwards but Mohammed Nyarko is on top of it.
79.01
Junji Ihara hoofs the ball up the pitch. Richard Gemmill goes all the way! Richard Gemmill shoots from just inside the box which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
89.50
Lamine Mokrani makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Youri Nikiforov. Youri Nikiforov knocks the ball forward to David Rodriguez. David Rodriguez knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Gavin Dalglish who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
Alex Strachan knocks the ball forward to Richard Gemmill. Richard Gemmill sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball comes in low, but Mohammed Nyarko easily smothers it!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!


The man of the match was awarded to David Rodriguez of Dundee
Match Statistics
Goals
1
7
Shots on Target
5
7
Shots off Target
1
5
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
41.7%
58.3%
Play Area
36.1%
41.7%
22.2%