Enjoying a 0 point edge in the league table, Ross County regulars expect to see their beloved team earn max points from this match hosting St. Mirren.
- Ross County have the most conceded goals (24) at home in Premiership
- St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ross County and St. Mirren.
Ross County form and stats
4 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Ross County have to build on here at Global Energy Stadium in the Premiership.
Happy days for Ross County in their previous game, a fixture away at Motherwell (placed 7th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Laidlaw, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.55 out of 10 in that game. Laidlaw topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, County had a home game versus St. Johnstone which ended with a victory 3-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ross County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost three.
The Ross County fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.
St. Mirren form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
St. Mirren are looking to quickly end their 192 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership.
Mirren lost away at Celtic (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Hearts.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St. Mirren playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three St. Mirren wins, five draws and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Mirren manager Robinson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Dundee.
St. Mirren have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. St. Mirren's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other previously this season, with the final score St. Mirren - Ross County 0-0 entered in the official records. Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two participants are: two wins for County, two draws and six wins for St. Mirren. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  R. Charles-Cook 13 goals |   E. Brophy 6 goals |  C. Ronan 6 goals |
Ross County missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Ross County | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 42 | 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 26 |
| 47 | 24 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | 39 |
| 93% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 82% |
| 83% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 79% | 68% |
| 62% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 39% |
| 34% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 25% |
| 24% | 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 14% |
| 69% | 86% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 14% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 29% |
| 21% | 7% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 39% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 6.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.9 | 5.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10.1 | 8.9 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 48% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| 15.4 | 14.7 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 16.7 | 15.1 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
- Ross County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ross County have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Premiership
- Ross County have the most conceded goals (24) at home in Premiership
- 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 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 45 | 70 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 59 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 35 | 67 |
| 3 | Hearts | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Livingston | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -3 | 37 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 35 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 35 |
| 8 | Ross County | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -5 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 26 | -13 | 33 |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 23 |
| 12 | Dundee | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -26 | 22 |
