St Mirren are one of Scottish football’s older fixtures, founded in 1877 and based at the SMISA Stadium. For Celtic supporters they are familiar Premiership company: a club with enough history and local weight to merit attention without requiring any romance to be added.
The Paisley side’s squad is valued at around £5m by Transfermarkt, with 32 players and an average age of 24. That gives them a sizeable, relatively young group, and their early 2026-27 league position is notable: second in the Premiership on six points.
Their recent league form has been useful, with wins over St Johnstone, Falkirk and Aberdeen sitting alongside a draw with Dundee United. Killian Phillips has led the scoring with four goals, followed by Samuel Ramos on three, while the broader numbers point to a side giving little away and carrying a decent away threat.
St Mirren’s League Cup involvement reached the second round. In the league, they currently look organised, efficient and awkward enough to matter in the Premiership picture.
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⚔️ How they compare to Celtic
Celtic still have the clearer attacking edge, with the league's strongest scoring rate and a far more explosive away number. St Mirren compare better defensively, having opened with a cleaner concession profile, so the contrast is straightforward for Celtic supporters: Celtic bring the heavier punch, St Mirren bring early evidence of resistance.
