An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic \"six-pointer\" with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 9th place.
St. Johnstone and St. Mirren should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
St. Mirren are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone's struggle is real here at McDiarmid Park with only 8 points collected from 8 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4.
St. Johnstone are confident in defense, having played 181 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for St. Johnstone, who won 1-0 against Hearts (placed 11th). Before that, St. Johnstone played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Kilmarnock.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does St. Johnstone handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D1-L1.
St. Johnstone has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the St. Johnstone defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
St. Mirren form and stats
There's been little loot from St. Mirren's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 9 away games in the Premiership. St. Mirren only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws.
St. Mirren delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Livingston (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Premiership game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Hamilton Academical with the score of 1-0.
A comeback secured a point in the match against Livingston. St. Mirren were trailing 1-3 but refused surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with J. Obika scoring the equalizer.
St. Mirren are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The attacking power of St. Mirren when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as St. Mirren have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: St. Mirren - St. Johnstone 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. Johnstone 7 wins, 1 draw and St. Mirren 2 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 9 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
J. Obika
5 goals
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M. Kennedy
3 goals
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C. Hendry
3 goals
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St. Johnstone missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| St. Johnstone | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 33 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 39% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 28% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 159 | 82 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 92 | 181 |
| 59 | 33 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 32 | 56 |
| 24% | 24% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 19% | 27% |
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (14)
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- St. Johnstone has the the worst goal difference (-19)
- St. Johnstone has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St. Mirren has the fewest points (3) away
- St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- St. Mirren haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 41 | 46 |
| 2 | Rangers | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 37 | 41 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 7 | Ross County | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -15 | 20 |
| 8 | Livingston | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 15 |
| 11 | Hearts | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 12 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 12 |