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St Mirren vs Hearts Live Stream, Predictions
The Premiership clash at The SMISA Stadium on Saturday will see hosts St Mirren facing opposition in the form of Hearts.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for St Mirren v Hearts can be seen below - as well as up-to-date odds.
📏 Form Guide
St Mirren
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St Mirren, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Premiership triumph vs Motherwell.
In that game, St Mirren managed 44% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for St Mirren was Scott Tanser (55'). Motherwell had 20 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target.
St Mirren haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.
They’ve managed to rack up 10 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6. That pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, though.
Their previous form shows that St Mirren:
- are unbeaten in the league by Hearts in their previous 2 games.
- have not been beaten in their last 2 home league matches.
Hearts
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Hearts will go into this game following on from a 2-0 Premiership win vs Aberdeen in their most recent fixture.
In that game, Hearts managed 53% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Hearts, the scorers were Yutaro Oda (14') and Liam Boyce (64'). At the other end, Aberdeen had 11 shots at goal with 5 on target.
A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Hearts has been noticeable recently. Looking at their last six meetings reveals that it’s happened 5 times. During these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 8 while Hearts have scored 7.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Hearts:
- haven't beaten St Mirren in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
- have not lost to St Mirren when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. A very good run of results for them.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Checking on their past head-to-head meetings going back to 26/02/2022 shows that St Mirren have won 1 of these & Hearts 3, with the number of draws being 2.
A total of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 from The Buddies and 10 belonging to The Jam Tarts. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.
The last league match between these clubs was Premiership match day 2 on 13/05/2023 which finished with the scoreline of St Mirren 2-2 Hearts.
In that match, St Mirren had 37% possession and 12 shots at goal with 7 on target. The scorers were Joe Shaughnessy (36') and Ryan Strain (45').
Hearts got 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Josh Ginnelly (73') and Lawrence Shankland (96') scored.
The match was refereed by David Dickinson.
ℹ️ Team News: St Mirren
It’s our opinion that The Buddies should use the 3-4-3 system featuring Zachary Hemming, Marcus Fraser, Alexandros Gogic, Richard Taylor, Ryan Strain, Keanu Baccus, Mark O'Hara, Scott Tanser, Conor McMenamin, Toyosi Olusanya and Greg Kiltie.
📋 Team News: Hearts
We’re of the thinking that The Jam Tarts might make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Zander Clark, Nathaniel Atkinson, Frankie Kent, Kye Rowles, Stephen Kingsley, Beni Baningime, Calem Nieuwenhof, Cameron Devlin, Liam Boyce, Kenneth Vargas and Lawrence Shankland.
⚡ Prediction
We believe that Hearts and St Mirren could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.
Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. We’re therefore tipping a 0-0 draw at the end of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 00:59 19/09/2023
Predicted Lineups


⚽️ Team Focus:
St Mirren
Formed: 1877
Stadium: The SMISA Stadium (7,937)
Captain: Mark O'Hara
Chairman: John Needham
Manager: Stephen Robinson
Competitions: Premiership position 2, League Cup (Quarter-Finals)
🔑 Key Player: Alex Greive
Mostly used in the Striker position, Alex Greive was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Having played his first senior match for St Mirren in the 2021 - 2022 season, the accomplished Forward has contributed 2 league goals in the Premiership 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in a total of 5 appearances.
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | LWWLW |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | WDLLW |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 | LWLWD |
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 6 | LWDDL |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 | WDLLD |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 | DLWDL |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 | LLLWD |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 2 | DLDLL |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 2 | LLDDL |
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Mikael Mandron | 1 |
Stav Nachmani | 1 |
Mark O'Hara | 1 |
Yutaro Oda | 2 |
Liam Boyce | 1 |
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