St. Mirren vs St. Johnstone betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 19.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

St. Mirren are welcoming St. Johnstone for another important game after their 0-2 result against 3rd-placed Motherwell.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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St. Mirren form and stats

1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for St. Mirren, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premiership, so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for St. Mirren.

In their previous game, the manager J. Goodwin led his St. Mirren to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Motherwell. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that, St. Mirren drew at home versus Hearts.

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 five games. St. Mirren has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

St. Mirren have scored 1 goal here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. As for guarding their own goal, St. Mirren have only let in 1 goal at home.

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St. Johnstone form and stats

0 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of St. Johnstone, who have the most conceded goals (20) in Premiership, playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. It's three draws from St. Johnstone's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

St. Johnstone are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Ross County (placed 5th). A loss against Motherwell was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St. Johnstone playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were 3 St. Johnstone wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

St. Johnstone are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). St. Johnstone are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 5 goals in these matches. There are big problems for the St. Johnstone defense as they have conceded 12 goals in 4 away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 St. Mirren victories, 1 draw and 7 St. Johnstone wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 8 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. O'Halloran
2 goals / 1 assists
M. Kennedy
2 goals
K. Magennis
1 goals / 1 assists

St. Mirren missing players

St. Johnstone missing players

St. Mirren St. Johnstone
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
3 1 0 Scored S 2 5 7
8 1 0 Conceded C 2 12 20
75% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 62%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 62%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 50%
38% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
62% 75% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 50%
 
4.2 4.2 3 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5.2 4.5
5.5 7.2 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.2 5.4
1.5 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of St. Johnstone's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • St. Johnstone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Johnstone have scored more than double the goals of St. Mirren.
  • St. Johnstone have yet to win a game.
  • St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

St. Mirren
All Playoffs 1/2 Premiership Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 PR Livingston 2 - 1 St. Mirren
14-09-19 PR Ross County 2 - 1 St. Mirren
21-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hamilton Academical
28-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hearts
05-10-19 PR Motherwell 2 - 0 St. Mirren
19-10-19 PR St. Mirren 14:00 St. Johnstone
26-10-19 PR Kilmarnock 14:00 St. Mirren
30-10-19 PR Celtic 19:45 St. Mirren
09-11-19 PR Hearts 15:00 St. Mirren
23-11-19 PR St. Mirren 15:00 Ross County
St. Johnstone
All Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 1 Kilmarnock
14-09-19 PR Aberdeen 1 - 1 St. Johnstone
22-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 4 Rangers
28-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 1 Motherwell
05-10-19 PR Ross County 2 - 2 St. Johnstone
19-10-19 PR St. Mirren 14:00 St. Johnstone
26-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Hamilton Academical
30-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 19:45 Hearts
02-11-19 PR Rangers 15:00 St. Johnstone
09-11-19 PR St. Johnstone 15:00 Hibernian

  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 8 7 0 1 26 5 5 4 0 1 19 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 21 21
2 Celtic 8 6 1 1 22 7 3 3 0 0 13 2 5 3 1 1 9 5 15 19
3 Motherwell 8 5 1 2 15 10 4 2 0 2 8 7 4 3 1 0 7 3 5 16
4 Aberdeen 8 3 3 2 10 10 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 0 12
5 Ross County 8 3 3 2 10 11 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 1 2 1 2 4 -1 12
6 Livingston 8 3 2 3 12 11 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 8 8 1 11
7 Kilmarnock 8 3 2 3 6 7 4 1 2 1 3 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 -1 11
8 Hamilton Academical 8 2 2 4 7 15 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 0 2 2 2 10 -8 8
9 Hearts 8 1 3 4 9 13 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 1 1 2 5 7 -4 6
10 Hibernian 8 1 3 4 7 17 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 0 1 3 2 12 -10 6
11 St. Mirren 8 1 2 5 3 8 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 2 7 -5 5
12 St. Johnstone 8 0 4 4 7 20 4 0 1 3 2 8 4 0 3 1 5 12 -13 4

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