📊 Form Guide

St Mirren

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St Mirren head into this match following a 1-1 Premiership drawn result versus Motherwell.

In that game, St Mirren had 42% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for St Mirren was Marcus Fraser (18'). Motherwell got 16 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Theo Bair (74') scored for Motherwell.

It has been seldom in recent times where St Mirren haven’t conceded. In fact, St Mirren have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals in the process.

Going into this encounter, St Mirren are undefeated in their last 3 home league matches.

Hearts

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Previously, Hearts drew 1-1 in the Premiership match with Kilmarnock.

In that game, Hearts had 61% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Hearts was Kenneth Vargas (10'). At the other end, Kilmarnock had 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Marley Watkins (67') scored for Kilmarnock.

Steven Naismith's Hearts have managed to stick the ball in the net 6 times throughout their previous six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 9.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Hearts:

• have left without a victory over St Mirren when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 07/01/2023, both clubs have shared the honours with St Mirren winning 2 of those games, Hearts 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

A combined sum of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for The Buddies and 6 created by The Jam Tarts. The average goals per game has been 2.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Premiership match day 19 on 23/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Hearts 2-0 St Mirren.

That day, Hearts had 54% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. Their only player to score was Lawrence Shankland (33', 49').

St Mirren had 11 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Nick Walsh.

🗞️ Team News: St Mirren

The St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

📋 Team News: Hearts

Hearts boss Steven Naismith has some current player fitness concerns. Craig Halkett (Knee problems), Liam Boyce (Hamstring injury) and Peter Haring (Knee surgery) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

✨ Prediction

Our feeling is that Hearts and St Mirren could both end up scoring in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating these two teams.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. We’re therefore anticipating a tight encounter with a score draw at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 13:04 06/04/2024