Hearts should not await any donations from the home team St. Mirren in this Premiership match. Here's the comprehensive match guide!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
St. Mirren form and stats
3 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what St. Mirren have to build on here at The SMISA Stadium in the Premiership.
The Mirren manager Goodwin and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Livingston (placed 9th). Shaughnessy was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Shaughnessy won 8 of 10 duels.
St. Mirren aren't scoring a lot here at The SMISA Stadium in the league, with only 11 goals from 13 games. Mirren have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hearts form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Hearts have produced an overall stat of 4-4-5 so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Hearts as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Hibernian match.
There might be some fixture complaints from Hearts as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against St. Johnstone. Souttar, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.22. Souttar hit the woodwork once and won 8 of 10 duels.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aberdeen in just four days.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Hearts have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Hearts - Mirren 2-0 was the story when these contenders last did battle, some time ago this season. Shaughnessy (St. Mirren) was given a red card by the ref when these teams previously met this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two St. Mirren victories, three draws and five Hearts wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 8 goals |   E. Brophy 6 goals |  C. Ronan 6 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Hearts missing players
| St. Mirren | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| 35 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 29 |
| 81% | 69% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 65% | 54% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 81% |
| 42% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 41% |
| 27% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 11% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 54% | 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 48% |
| 31% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 37% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 22% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 5.6 | 4.5 | 9.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 11 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 11.2 | 12.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 26% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 27% | 31% |
| 14.9 | 13.2 | 19.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.8 | 13.4 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 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 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 43 | 66 |
| 2 | Rangers | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 34 | 63 |
| 3 | Hearts | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 34 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 34 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 34 |
| 7 | St. Mirren | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 24 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Livingston | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -8 | 31 |
| 10 | Ross County | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 23 |
| 12 | Dundee | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -22 | 21 |
