St. Mirren v. Caley Preview

The date is: 1-May-2009
Caley Thistle is: 4 points safe, sitting 11th above only Falkirk, and two points below Kilmarnock, St. Mirren and Hamilton.

We head to St. Mirren for the start of the post-split season tomorrow. This season’s final five matches are essentially a month-and-a-half-long relegation playoff, with five of the bottom six sides in real danger of the drop. Six points separates Kilmarnock in 8th from Falkirk in 12th.

Injuries to St. Mirren make this a very shaky time for the Buddies, and a mostly healthy Inverness should be able to do some damage. Even though their home form is pretty decent, I have to think that we can manage at least a draw. Falkirk is playing Motherwell, who are going to be hard to predict in these matches. On one hand, they are the best side in the bottom half, without much doubt. On the other hand, they have nothing to play for, since they can’t advance in position above 7th, and can’t realistically drop to last and relegation. How they perform could be a huge x factor over the coming weeks.

I’m going to go out on a bit of a limb for my boys this week, and predict a 2-0 Caley win, away at St. Mirren. Along with a Falkirk loss to the Well, this would put us possibly one matchday from safety. The opposite, a Caley loss and a Falkirk win, would make the margin only a single point, and probably cause me to finally lose my full head of hair.

This is a huge weekend for the bottom five. Whoever wins their match, especially among the three tied on points at 34, can breath a huge sigh of relief. We’re all Motherwell fans this weekend as well, hoping that Falkirk won’t be able to break out of their funk. In all honesty, I hate to see the Bairns headed down, and I’d prefer to lose Killie, St. Mirren or Hamilton. But anyone, other than the Caley, will do just fine.

Category: Match Preview

Tags: Away, Match Preview, Relegation watch, SPL, St. Mirren

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