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St Mirren have been dealt a major injury blow with Mark O'Hara ruled out of the Conference League tie against SK Brann.
Stephen Robinson has confirmed the club captain will sit out after picking up a thigh injury - similar to one he suffered last season.
While no timeline has been set, the midfielder is expected to be out for a couple of weeks suggesting he won't play a part in the second leg in Norway.
O'Hara was not involved in the win over Hibs in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday but scored in the 4-1 win over Valur in Paisley last week.
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“Mark won’t be available," confirmed Robinson in his pre-match press conference.
“We scanned him yesterday and unfortunately Mark is going to be a few weeks with a thigh injury, a similar thing that he had last season.
“We are not sure of the timing, we don’t think it is very serious but he will certainly miss the next game if not the two games and then we will have to revisit that.
“If you look at his performance against Valur, he was excellent, you could see he was back to his best.
“I believe the system we played suits him better than the system we played last year, it allows him to get forward and score goals and it was a real captain’s performance.
“When your captain is out of the team and the squad is as small as ours in numbers, you miss everybody when they are injured.
“But we have other players to come in. Maybe last season it would have been a huge act to follow, but we have five or six midfielders in the building so there is a real scramble for places. I am confident that the people we put in will be equally as good.”
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