The Paisley outfit are in talks with three players with the management team hoping agreements will eventually be struck.

Assistant manager Brian Kerr stressed the importance of building on last week’s much-welcomed win at Aberdeen when St Mirren host bottom club St Johnstone on Saturday.

Toyosi Olusanya’s clinical early double set St Mirren on course for a 3-1 away victory over Queen of the South in the fourth round of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup. The Englishman notched in the 10th and 21st minutes to take his tally for the season to 10 goals and put the William Hill Premiership side in command of the tie at Palmerston Park.

St Mirren piled the misery on struggling Aberdeen with an emphatic win at Pittodrie, meaning it is now 13 games without a victory in the Scottish Premiership for the Dons. Saints strike pair Toyosi Olusanya and Mikael Mandron did the damage with two first-half goals at Pittodrie.

The young Buddies went all the way to penalties in Sunday's quarter-final clash with Queen's Park at Lochinch.

The Dons have lost nine of their last 13 league games following Toyosi Olusanya’s opener and a brace from Mikael Mandron.

Two teams with contrasting aims in the Scottish Premiership will come together on Saturday afternoon when top-six chasing St Mirren host relegation-battling St Johnstone. The hosts are seventh in the table with 30 points from 24 matches, while the visitors are at the bottom of the standings with just 18 points from 24 league outings.

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Dundee United host Rangers, live on Sky; Aberdeen are at home to St Mirren; Hearts take on Kilmarnock; Hibernian are at Ross County; Motherwell travel to St Johnstone; Celtic vs Dundee postponed after

The Scottish Cup Fifth Round draw takes place later this evening and Celtic of course are in the hat after the 2-1 win over Kilmarnock on Saturday… Daizen Maeda celebrates scoring the winning goal during the Scottish Cup Fourth Round match between Celtic and Kilmarnock at Celtic Park on January 18,

Report as St Mirren condemned Aberdeen to their ninth defeat in their last 13 league games; Toyosi Olusanya scored St Mirrens opener before setting up the second for Mikael Mandron; Mandron added a th

Jimmy Thelin's men ended their winless run in all competitions last weekend, but they now need to tackle their league drought by downing the side who started the rot in November.