The Premiership league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. St. Mirren and Ross County are placed 5th and 3rd respectively.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
St. Mirren form and stats
The hosts won their first Premiership game here at The Simple Digital Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for St. Mirren last season were 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from 15 games.
A strong away win for Mirren against Hamilton Academical the last match, as Jonathan Obika were on target. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Rangers.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mirren have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost two.
At The Simple Digital Arena, St. Mirren has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Ross County form and stats
Only one away game in the Premiership so far for Ross County and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 9 losses from 16 travels.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premiership home defeat versus Dundee United with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Kilmarnock.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by County in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Ross County, zero draws and three defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ross County has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Mirren victories, one draw and four Ross County wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 2 goals |   R. Tait 1 goals |  J. Obika 1 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Ross County missing players
| St. Mirren | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 6.8 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 37 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 18% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 56% |
| St. Mirren | Last season | Ross County | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 30 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | ||
| 41 | 13 | Conceded | C | 37 | 60 | ||
| 83% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 90% | ||
| 57% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 83% | ||
| 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 70% | ||
| 13% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 37% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 13% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | ||
| 33% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 20% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 37% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 280 | 150 | Total Shots | T S | 91 | 184 | ||
| 87 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 78 | ||
| 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Ross County | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Celtic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Livingston | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 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 | 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 | St. Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | Hearts | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -21 | 23 |