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 10th and the visitors in 12th place.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Scottish Cup match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Motherwell.
St. Mirren form and stats
4-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for St. Mirren so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for St. Mirren.
St. Mirren shared the glory with Motherwell (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 4-4. Prior to that, an away loss at Livingston in the Premiership.
Opportunity lost for St. Mirren in the Motherwell (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) match as a lead 4-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. A goal frenzy last time out for St. Mirren, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Motherwell (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties). Fun stuff to watch!
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for St. Mirren here at The Simple Digital Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). St. Mirren's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hearts form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hearts so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
There were no winners in Hearts's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 2-2 vs Hamilton Academical (placed 11th). Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Celtic's place.
The match against Hamilton Academical looked like a defeat for Hearts, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Craig Halkett equalized in the 87th minute.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hearts as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. The Hearts manager D. Stendel has some worries about the defense as 27 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hearts - St. Mirren 5-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two St. Mirren victories, four draws and four Hearts wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Obika 6 goals |   S. Naismith 4 goals |  İ. Durmuş 3 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Hearts missing players
| St. Mirren | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 27 |
| 35 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 27 | 49 |
| 85% | 77% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 77% | 85% |
| 58% | 54% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 70% |
| 42% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 52% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 37% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 31% | 26% |
| 42% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 52% |
| 31% | 46% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 15% |
| 42% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 48% |
| 4.5 | 5.1 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.3 | 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 |
| 251 | 135 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 98 | 267 |
| 78 | 36 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 29 | 101 |
| 27% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 31% | 27% |
- 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 (10)
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (12) at home
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (21)
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11)
- St. Mirren has the most matches under the total-line (15)
| 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 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 63 | 73 |
| 2 | Rangers | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 45 | 63 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 41 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 41 |
| 5 | Livingston | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 37 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -3 | 36 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 31 |
| 9 | Ross County | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 32 | -28 | 26 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 22 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -22 | 20 |
| 12 | Hearts | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -22 | 19 |