Delightful dogfight as daring Hibernian duels with determined St. Mirren

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Easter Road Stadium (20421 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Hibernian are in the 6th position while the guesting St. Mirren worry at 10th.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hibernian form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Hibernian have to build on here at Easter Road Stadium in the Premiership.

Hibernian drew their last game, 0-0 away at Motherwell (placed 3rd). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Hamilton Academical.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hibernian handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L0.

A decent goal production from Hibernian in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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St. Mirren form and stats

St. Mirren have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 1-1-9 (11 played).

I. Durmus was the last player to score for the away team. St. Mirren haven't scored a league goal in the last 253 minutes.

There were no winners in St. Mirren's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 0-0 vs Aberdeen (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Rangers's place.

We have checked recent matches where St. Mirren have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W1-D3-L5.

A new game in only four days for St. Mirren, the Premiership home match versus Hamilton Academical. Busy days.

The attacking power of St. Mirren when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. In the opposite end, St. Mirren have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: St. Mirren - Hibernian 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hibernian 6 wins, 2 draws and St. Mirren 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HibernianC. Doidge
C. Doidge
8 goals
HibernianM. Boyle
M. Boyle
5 goals
St. MirrenJ. Obika
J. Obika
5 goals

Hibernian missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Hibernian St. Mirren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
7 4 1 Won W 0 1 5
8 5 1 Drew D 1 1 5
8 2 1 Lost L 2 9 13
31 19 5 Scored S 1 6 17
37 16 5 Conceded C 3 18 30
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 83%
91% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 55% 52%
61% 82% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 39%
30% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 9%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
61% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 35%
17% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 35%
26% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 55% 48%
 
4.3 5 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 3.8 4.4
5.8 4.8 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.3 5.7 6
1.8 1.5 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.3
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
223 133 41 Total Shots T S 29 101 226
96 57 16 Shots on Target S O 11 35 69
32% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 17% 25%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Hibernian has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
  • Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hibernian have scored at least twice as many goals at home as St. Mirren have scored away.
  • Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
  • St. Mirren has the fewest points (4) away
  • St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (17)
  • St. Mirren has the most matches under the total-line (14)
  • St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  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 22 19 1 2 61 14 12 11 0 1 37 6 10 8 1 1 24 8 47 58
2 Rangers 21 17 2 2 55 13 9 8 0 1 28 5 12 9 2 1 27 8 42 53
3 Motherwell 23 13 2 8 34 27 12 6 1 5 18 16 11 7 1 3 16 11 7 41
4 Aberdeen 23 10 7 6 30 27 11 6 3 2 18 13 12 4 4 4 12 14 3 37
5 Livingston 23 8 7 8 35 31 11 6 3 2 14 5 12 2 4 6 21 26 4 31
6 Hibernian 23 7 8 8 31 37 11 4 5 2 19 16 12 3 3 6 12 21 -6 29
7 Kilmarnock 23 6 5 12 19 29 11 4 4 3 12 9 12 2 1 9 7 20 -10 23
8 St. Johnstone 21 5 8 8 18 36 11 3 4 4 11 17 10 2 4 4 7 19 -18 23
9 Ross County 22 5 7 10 22 45 11 4 2 5 14 21 11 1 5 5 8 24 -23 22
10 St. Mirren 23 5 5 13 17 30 12 4 4 4 11 12 11 1 1 9 6 18 -13 20
11 Hamilton Academical 23 4 6 13 23 40 12 3 2 7 13 19 11 1 4 6 10 21 -17 18
12 Hearts 23 3 8 12 20 36 12 2 5 5 14 17 11 1 3 7 6 19 -16 17

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.