fighting to preserve the club’s top flight status and with the Premiership’s bottom side trailing 11th place Ross County by three points ahead of a do-or-die clash in Dingwall next midweek, sinking Saints could prove pivotal in their hopes of avoiding automatic relegation to the Championship.
Hamilton – who have just three games to save their season – are yet to beat the Buddies in four meetings across all competitions this term, but Rice is determined to change that record at St Mirren Park against a side flying high after reaching the Scottish Cup semi-finals.
He said: “We know how important the game is.“The games between us have been very close, even the cup game. I know the scoreline [0-3] doesn’t say that, but it was close as.
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