Scottish Championship

FT Saturday, April 9, 2016
St Mirren WWLWD 2
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Falkirk WDWLD 3
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Falkirk Stadium · 4,331 att.

Match Report

Blair Alston grabs late winner for Falkirk against St Mirren

Blair Alston grabs late winner for Falkirk against St Mirren

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Head to Head

FALK leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

FALK · 4-4-2

  1. 1Daniel RogersG
  2. 6Will VaulksCD-L
  3. 5David McCrackenCD-R
  4. 3Luke LeahyLB
  5. 4Aaron MuirheadRB
  6. 11Mark KerrCM-L
  7. 7Tom TaiwoCM-R
  8. 22Myles HippolyteLM
  9. 8Blair AlstonRM
  10. 9John BairdCF-L
  11. 18Lee MillerCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Robert McHughSUB
  2. 23Scott ShepherdSUB
  3. 26Kevin McCannSUB
  4. 17David SmithSUB
  5. 28Deniz Dogan MehmetSUB
  6. 31Cameron BluesSUB
  7. 10Craig SibbaldSUB

STM · 4-4-2

  1. 12Jamie LangfieldG
  2. 4Andy WebsterCD-L
  3. 15Jack BairdCD-R
  4. 20Keith WatsonLB
  5. 28Gary IrvineRB
  6. 22Calum GallagherCM-L
  7. 10Stuart CarswellCM-R
  8. 29Alex CooperLM
  9. 27Rocco QuinnRM
  10. 25Lawrence ShanklandCF-L
  11. 14Stephen MallanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6James GoodwinSUB
  2. 17Lewis MorganSUB
  3. 33Jordan StewartSUB
  4. 8Alan GowSUB
  5. 42Reece WillisonSUB
  6. 11Cameron HowiesonSUB
  7. 9Steve ThompsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Falkirk 1, St. Mirren 0. Lee Miller (Falkirk) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Myles Hippolyte.
  2. 45'+1' Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 55' Tom Taiwo (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 56' Goal! Falkirk 1, St. Mirren 1. Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 61' Substitution, Falkirk. Robert McHugh replaces John Baird.
  6. 69' Substitution, St. Mirren. Jordan Stewart replaces Keith Watson because of an injury.
  7. 70' Goal! Falkirk 2, St. Mirren 1. Robert McHugh (Falkirk) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Blair Alston.
  8. 73' Substitution, St. Mirren. Lewis Morgan replaces Calum Gallagher.
  9. 73' Substitution, St. Mirren. Jim Goodwin replaces Stuart Carswell.
  10. 76' Jim Goodwin (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 82' Goal! Falkirk 2, St. Mirren 2. Stephen Mallan (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lewis Morgan.
  12. 89' Substitution, Falkirk. Craig Sibbald replaces Myles Hippolyte.
  13. 90' Goal! Falkirk 3, St. Mirren 2. Blair Alston (Falkirk) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robert McHugh.
  14. 90'+4' Andy Webster (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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