This looks to be an engrossing fixture as St. Mirren have their presumed home advantage, while Hearts have an edge of 5 points in the Premiership table.
- Hearts have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premiership
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.
St. Mirren form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Smisa Stadium as St. Mirren have scored 14 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to The Smisa Stadium after drawing with Kilmarnock (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. The goalie Carson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.61 out of ten. Carson topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Livingston the opponent.St. Mirren has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Mirren have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hearts form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Hearts, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premiership, playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
Hearts are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Hibernian (placed 8th). Which player has bagged at least one goal four games in a row for the away team? The answer is Shankland and that is quite the accomplishment! Attacker Shankland got a player rating of 7.9 in the game. "Man of the match" Shankland scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Hearts won their away game at St. Johnstone. The scoreline was 3-2.Take note that 10 of this side's 13 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
Hearts find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Hearts have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest meetings involving these teams have all ended as Hearts wins. Another one?Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 15 goals |   M. O'Hara 4 goals |  A. Forrest 4 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Hearts missing players
| St. Mirren | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 35 |
| 25 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 89% |
| 56% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 68% |
| 28% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 47% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 26% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 63% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 26% |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 5 | 5 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10.9 | 11.8 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.4 | 12.6 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.6 | 4.2 |
| 40% | 47% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 50% | 44% |
| 11.2 | 11.2 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 15.4 | 15.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
- Hearts have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premiership
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 46 | 55 |
| 2 | Rangers | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Hearts | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 6 | Livingston | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 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 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 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 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -18 | 16 |
