The home side, Hearts, should be the favourites in this match, but St. Mirren have exhibited both flair and determination. Read more about the fixture!
- Hearts have not yet lost a game at home.
- St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hearts form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tynecastle Park as Hearts have scored 14 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 4-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Hearts faced defeat in their previous match, away at Motherwell (0-2). Craig Gordon, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.14 out of 10 in that game. Gordon stopped the opponent with five saves.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dundee United in a game that was won 5-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Hearts matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and zero defeats (from four games).
The Hearts manager R. Neilson has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. Hearts have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Mirren form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Two points from the last two away games for Mirren, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Mirren played 1-1 against Livingston in their previous match. Jak Alnwick (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.3. Alnwick stopped the opponent with four saves.
A 0-0 draw at St. Johnstone's stadium before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Mirren playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.
After this away game Mirren return home for a Premiership game against Ross County. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Mirren find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. St. Mirren have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought before this season: St. Mirren - Hearts 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hearts four wins, four draws and St. Mirren two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 6 goals |   E. Brophy 5 goals |  J. Souttar 3 goals |
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| Hearts | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 22 |
| 93% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 93% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 71% | 43% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 29% | 21% |
| 64% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 29% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 36% |
| 5.4 | 6.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 15 | 7 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.8 | 14 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 13 | 12.6 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| 41% | 44% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 12.4 | 10.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 35 | 15.4 | 13.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 13 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
- Hearts have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | Rangers | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Celtic | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 26 |
| 3 | Hearts | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 21 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Livingston | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Dundee | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | Ross County | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 6 |