St. Mirren vs St. Johnstone match preview

It's no vacation for neither St. Mirren nor St. Johnstone as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

St. Mirren form and stats

St. Mirren have played 12 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Mirren against Hibernian the last match, as Ronan were on target. Alnwick, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.11 out of 10 in that game. Alnwick topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Motherwell that ended 1-1.

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 St. Mirren as a small favourite), we find seven games. St. Mirren has won one of these, drawn five and lost one.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Scottish Cup game versus Kelty Hearts in only three days. This game is also played here at The SMISA Stadium.

St. Mirren have scored 9 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. St. Mirren are not conceding a lot of goals here at The SMISA Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. St. Mirren has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

St. Johnstone form and stats

St. Johnstone have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 3-2-6 (11 played).

St. Johnstone delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Dundee United (placed 6th) in their previous match. Gordon, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Gordon won 8 of 14 duels.

Prior to that result St. Johnstone won their away game at Livingston. The scoreline was 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Johnstone in our archives, and the results are: six wins for St. Johnstone, two draws and three defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from St. Johnstone's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

St. Mirren and St. Johnstone have faced each other already this season: St. Johnstone - St. Mirren 0-0. The referee got to use his red card when these teams last met, and the criminal was Kane (St. Johnstone). H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. Mirren two wins, five draws and St. Johnstone three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

E. Brophy 6 goals

C. Ronan 5 goals

J. Shaughnessy 3 goals

St. Mirren missing players

St. Johnstone missing players