Manager Stephen Robinson hopes St Mirren can “get back on track again” after a 2-0 defeat in their previous match against Kilmarnock.
Robinson’s side entered the international break frustrated with the loss to Stuart Kettlewell’s men, despite their Premier Sports Cup quarter-final victory on penalties at the same venue.
The Buddies, who sit fifth in the Premiership table on nine points, now host bottom-of-the-table Aberdeen, a side that have struggled so far this term but are fresh off a first league win.
Aberdeen are winless in their last 10 league visits to St Mirren since a 2-1 victory in December 2018, but Robinson insists that is irrelevant to Saturday’s match.
“We learned from that [defeat to Kilmarnock] and we’ve trained really well this week. It looks like we’re back to ourselves again,” Robinson said.
“We’ve reset this week. We know what we are. We’ve got an identity and we’ve done very well with that identity.
“If we play to the levels we can then I believe we can get a result.
“We don’t fear anybody. We’ve been very good at home. We’ve had a relatively decent start to the season and [a good result] it would maintain our position in the top six.
“It’s a one-off game, it doesn’t matter what happened previously. Again, we need to be at our very best to beat Aberdeen any time we’ve ever played.
“We know we’re facing a side full of talented players. It doesn’t matter what the league table at this moment. It’s irrelevant.
“Jimmy’s [Thelin] put a lot of money into the squad, been backed really heavily by Dave Cormack which is great for Aberdeen.
“We need to be at our very best. I’m confident that we’ll put a good performance in and a bit of luck along the way would be good.”
Following a string of injury in the squad, St Mirren could be with three key players again.
Captain Mark O’Hara, midfielder Keanu Baccus and defender Marcus Fraser could all return to the matchday squad after recovering from injury.
“Whether they start or not remains to be seen. They’ll definitely be involved. They’ve come through training the last three days,” the St Mirren manager added.
“All three are available for selection so that gives me some difficult selection issues, which we want.
“When we’ve had a midfield of Keanu, Mark [O’Hara] and Killian Phillips, we’ve not lost a game this season.”