The host team, Hearts, should be front runners in this game, but St. Mirren have exhibited both talent and intrepidity. Read more about the match!
- Hearts have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premiership
- St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at Tynecastle Park. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Hearts after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The home team returns to Tynecastle Park after drawing with St. Mirren (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Snodgrass (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Snodgrass scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 72 successful passes (of 82 total).
Ahead of that match, Hearts won a home game hosting Hibernian (3-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hearts have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 9 games), Hearts's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hearts defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
St. Mirren form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Mirren so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Mirren have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
St. Mirren delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Hearts (placed 3rd) in their previous fixture.
Before that, St. Mirren travelled to Kilmarnock and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.We have checked recent matches where Mirren have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 0 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting St. Mirren as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. For St. Mirren, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Hearts have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing St. Mirren.These teams faced each other earlier on this campaign: St. Mirren - Hearts 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 15 goals |  A. Forrest 4 goals |   M. O'Hara 4 goals |
Hearts missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Hearts | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 36 | 22 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 31 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 74% |
| 65% | 89% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 45% | 67% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 26% |
| 25% | 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 65% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 10% | 11% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 32% |
| 25% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 32% |
| 5 | 5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12.4 | 15.1 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 9.8 | 11 |
| 4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 44% | 42% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 38% |
| 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.1 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
- All of Hearts's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals at home as St. Mirren have scored away.
- Hearts have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premiership
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 48 | 58 |
| 2 | Rangers | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Hearts | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Livingston | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -4 | 27 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -9 | 23 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 21 | -18 | 20 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Dundee United | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 19 |
| 12 | Ross County | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -20 | 16 |
