St. Mirren are psyched for a new task after their 1-4 vs Aberdeen last time. Hibernian are coming to town!
- St. Mirren is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Hibernian have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership. That game, against Livingston, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Hibernian.
St. Mirren form and stats
With 1 Premiership win, 4 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, St. Mirren are certainly not brimming with confidence. St. Mirren have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Mirren lost their last game at Aberdeen (placed 6th) after a 1-4 scoreline. St. Mirren's goalkeeper Alnwick was extremely busy against Aberdeen, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Midfield player Scott Tanser got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Tanser scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ross County that ended 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with St. Mirren perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mirren as a small favourite), we find seven games. St. Mirren has won two of these, drawn four and lost one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mirren here at The SMISA Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). Mirren have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Hibernian form and stats
There's been little loot from Hibernian's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Premiership. Hibernian only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Hibernian play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Livingston (placed 9th). Kevin Nisbet, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.31. Nisbet hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Motherwell.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Hibernian in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hibernian, one draw and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dundee in just three days.
Hibernian find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Hibernian have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hibernian - St. Mirren 2-2 was the end result in these teams' latest head-to-head match, earlier this season. Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Mirren won zero games, three matches ended in a draw and Hibernian have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  M. Boyle 7 goals |   E. Brophy 5 goals |  K. Nisbet 4 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Hibernian missing players
| St. Mirren | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 28 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 76% | 62% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 65% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 53% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 41% | 12% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 24% | 12% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 6% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.9 | 6.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| 5.1 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 13.5 | 13.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 22% | 18% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 25% | 30% |
| 14.2 | 12.1 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
- Hibernian have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- St. Mirren is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 39 |
| 2 | Celtic | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 35 |
| 3 | Hearts | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 25 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 9 | Livingston | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 16 |
| 10 | Dundee | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -15 | 16 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Ross County | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 11 |