Balanced ball game between St. Mirren and St. Johnstone expected

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The SMISA Stadium (8016 seats)

St. Mirren will clash heads with St. Johnstone in this Premiership fixture. Everything you must know about the game is found right here!

Insights:
  • St. Mirren have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premiership
  • St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premiership

St. Mirren and St. Johnstone should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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St. Mirren form and stats

When playing at home in the Premiership, St. Mirren, who have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premiership, have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 1 games.

St. Mirren lost their last game at Celtic (placed 4th) after a 0-6 scoreline. Joe Shaughnessy, defender, was given a rating of 6.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Shaughnessy won 0 of 1 duels. As you see from the result above, Mirren suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Jak Alnwick had a busy but productive day in the Celtic match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

Before that, Mirren played out a League Cup draw 1-1 when visiting Livingston (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties).

Early season league goal statistics from St. Mirren's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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St. Johnstone form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premiership, on their Premiership travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Johnstone in their previous game, as they lost their Premiership-match, hosting Dundee United, 0-1. Jason Kerr was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.81. The defender Kerr hit one key pass and won 13 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Arbroath (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties).

0 goals so far away for St. Johnstone, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (St. Mirren wins - draws - St. Johnstone wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

St. MirrenJ. Shaughnessy
J. Shaughnessy
1 goals
MirrenJ. McGrath
J. McGrath
1 goals
St. MirrenE. Brophy
E. Brophy
1 goals

St. Mirren missing players

St. Johnstone missing players

St. Mirren St. Johnstone
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
10 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 67%
 
5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 6.3
7.7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3.3
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 13
2.7 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 3
38% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 11%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • St. Johnstone have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Premiership
  • St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premiership
St. Mirren Last season St. Johnstone
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 4   Won W   6 11
12 8   Drew D   6 12
15 7   Lost L   7 15
37 15   Scored S   27 36
45 23   Conceded C   31 46
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 89%
63% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 58%
37% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 37%
13% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 16%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 8%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   63% 42%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 29%
37% 37%   Failed to Score F T   26% 39%
 
5 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.6
5 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.5
1.6 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
5 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
11 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 11.1
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 2.9
29% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hibernian 3 2 1 0 8 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 7
2 Aberdeen 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
3 Hearts 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
4 Celtic 3 2 0 1 13 2 2 2 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 11 6
5 Rangers 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 6
6 Dundee United 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
7 Motherwell 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 4
8 St. Johnstone 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
9 Dundee 3 0 2 1 4 10 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 2
10 Ross County 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 1
11 St. Mirren 3 0 1 2 3 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 8 -7 1
12 Livingston 3 0 0 3 2 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.