An important duel in the bottom section of the Premiership, with both St. Mirren and Hearts experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 12th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
St. Mirren form and stats
St. Mirren have collected 18 points from their Premiership home games so far after 4-6-4. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at The Simple Digital Arena, but a victory now would be sweet for St. Mirren.
St. Mirren haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 183 minutes ago. I. Durmus scored that one.
St. Mirren are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Celtic. Preceding that game was the home draw versus St. Johnstone that ended 0-0.
As you see from the result above, St. Mirren suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
The manager J. Goodwin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kilmarnock in only three days.
St. Mirren aren't scoring a lot here at The Simple Digital Arena in the league, with only 12 goals from 14 games. From these home matches, St. Mirren have conceded only 13 goals.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-4-8 (14 played).
There were no winners in Hearts's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 1-1 vs Motherwell (placed 3rd). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Hibernian.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Hearts manager D. Stendel as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Livingston.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hearts as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. Hearts have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Hearts - St. Mirren 5-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): St. Mirren won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Hearts has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
 J. Obika 7 goals |  İ. Durmuş 4 goals |  S. Clare 4 goals |
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| St. Mirren | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 31 |
| 41 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 28 | 51 |
| 83% | 71% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 79% | 86% |
| 59% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 72% |
| 45% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 52% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| 41% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 55% |
| 31% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 21% | 14% |
| 45% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 45% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 6.4 | 6.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 274 | 144 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 109 | 288 |
| 86 | 38 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 33 | 107 |
| 27% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 36% | 29% |
- Hearts has the fewest clean sheets (4)
- Hearts has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Hearts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (12)
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (12) at home
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (23)
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals in the second half (13)
- St. Mirren has the most matches under the total-line (16)
| 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 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 45 | 67 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -18 | 26 |
| 12 | Hearts | 29 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -20 | 23 |