Falkirk and St Mirren will face off in an intriguing-looking Scottish Premiership fixture on Saturday afternoon.
The newly-promoted hosts bagged their first league win of the season with a narrow 1-0 success away at Aberdeen last time out.
That victory means John McGlynn’s men have a respectable return of four points from their first three top-flight outings of the season.
Seeking to add to their tally, the Bairns will look to get the better of St Mirren at the Falkirk Stadium this weekend.
The Saints have made a solid if unspectacular start to the season, losing one and drawing three of their opening four top-flight fixtures of the campaign.
That being said, Stephen Robinson’s side have come through a tough set of fixtures relatively unscathed, most notably holding both Ranges and Hibs to draws across their last two outings.
How the bookies view it: Bairns set for back-to-back wins
Fresh off the back of earning their maiden league win of the season a fortnight ago, Falkirk come into this clash as 13/10 favourites on Boylesports.
Somewhat surprisingly, St Mirren are 9/5 outsiders on Boylesports while a share of the Falkirk Stadium spoils can be backed at 11/5 with the same firm.
Head to head: History book dormant
Falkirk and St Mirren last crossed paths way back in season 2017-18, with both teams in the Scottish Championship at the time. Despite securing promotion that season, St Mirren failed to beat Falkirk in three of the four meetings between the pair during that particular campaign.
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Henry Cartwright has been booked in two of his four appearances for Falkirk since joining the club on loan for Leicester City, making the tough-tackling midfielder an attractive option to go into the book here at 4/1 on Bet365.
Alexander Gogic will offer a threat from set pieces, so he could be worth a speculative punt to score anytime here at 10/1 on Boylesports. The Saints fan favourite scored in a recent Scottish League Cup tie against Hearts.
Predicted line-ups
Falkirk have a lengthy injury list at the moment with Aidan Nesbitt, Barney Stewart, Coll Donaldson, Ethan Ross, Finn Yeats, Jamie Sneddon and Tom Lang among those sidelined.
Dan Nlundulu could be handed his debut for St Mirren after joining the club from Bolton on deadline day, while both Conor McMenamin and Liam Donnelly could return from their respective spells in the treatment room.
Falkirk: Bain; Adams, Neilson, Henderson, McCann; Cartwright, Spencer, Tait; Miller, Arfield, MacIver
St Mirren: George; Richardson, Fraser, Gogic, Freckleton, John; Phillips, Baccus, O'Hara; Ayunga, Mandron
Anything else catch the eye?
Having avoided defeat against Hearts, Rangers and Hibs in recent weeks, St Mirren look well worthy of support at 4/5 (Bet365) with a +0.25 start on the Asian handicap on Saturday afternoon.
The Saints also look overpriced to score two or more goals at an eye-catching 8/5 on Boylesports.
Falkirk have conceded a minimum of two strikes in three of their last five matches across all competitions.
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