St. Mirren vs Hearts betting preview

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 07.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The SMISA Stadium (8016 seats)

Game week two of the Premiership season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the St. Mirren - Hearts preview:

St. Mirren and Hearts 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.

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St. Mirren form and stats

Last season, St. Mirren's league statistics were 7 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Premiership. Over these 30 matches they scored 24 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season St. Mirren managed 5-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 13 conceded.

Mirren travelled for their previous game, a trip to Dundee that ended 2-2. Midfield player Jamie McGrath got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. McGrath scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 5 times.

Before that, Mirren had a League Cup home game versus Partick Thistle which ended with a victory 2-0.

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Hearts form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hearts performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 2 with 19/8 goals scored/conceded. Hearts are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

Hearts had fun at their own home (The SMISA Stadium) last time out, beating Celtic 2-1. John Souttar and Gary Mackay-Steven scored. Defender John Souttar was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Souttar scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels. Goalkeeper Craig Gordon was absolutely vital in the Hearts victory against Celtic, making six saves.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Inverness CT.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Mirren won three, Hearts won three and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

St. MirrenJ. McGrath
J. McGrath
1 goals
St. MirrenE. Brophy
E. Brophy
1 goals
HeartsJ. Souttar
J. Souttar
1 goals

St. Mirren missing players

Hearts missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St. Mirren Hearts
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
11 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
St. Mirren Last season Hearts
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   13 27
11 4   Won W   6 17
12 8   Drew D   5 6
15 7   Lost L   2 4
37 15   Scored S   19 63
45 23   Conceded C   8 24
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 89%
63% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 78%
37% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 59%
13% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 41%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 22%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   38% 52%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 48%
37% 37%   Failed to Score F T   23% 11%
 
5 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   6.8 6.8
5 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 3.2
1.6 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.1
5 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
11 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 12.7
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.2
29% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 46%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Hearts 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Dundee 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 St. Mirren 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Ross County 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 St. Johnstone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Celtic 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Livingston 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 27 17 6 4 63 24 14 11 1 2 44 16 13 6 5 2 19 8 39 57
2 Dundee 27 12 9 6 49 40 13 8 3 2 25 17 14 4 6 4 24 23 9 45
3 Raith Rovers 27 12 7 8 45 36 13 6 3 4 24 18 14 6 4 4 21 18 9 43
4 Dunfermline Athletic 27 10 9 8 38 34 14 9 3 2 24 13 13 1 6 6 14 21 4 39
5 Inverness CT 27 8 12 7 36 31 13 3 8 2 16 13 14 5 4 5 20 18 5 36
6 Queen of the South 27 9 5 13 38 51 13 4 3 6 17 24 14 5 2 7 21 27 -13 32
7 Arbroath 27 7 9 11 28 34 14 5 6 3 16 11 13 2 3 8 12 23 -6 30
8 Ayr United 27 6 11 10 31 37 13 3 6 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 20 25 -6 29
9 Greenock Morton 27 6 11 10 22 33 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 2 6 5 8 15 -11 29
10 Alloa Athletic 27 5 7 15 30 60 14 3 5 6 18 29 13 2 2 9 12 31 -30 22

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Hearts 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Dundee 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 St. Mirren 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Ross County 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 St. Johnstone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Celtic 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Livingston 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.