St Johnstone vs St Mirren Match Analysis and Prediction

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St Johnstone are set to take on St Mirren at McDiarmid Park in a vital relegation battle on Saturday evening with kickoff at 17:00.

Things continue to heat up at the foot of the table as the Scottish Premiership stretches towards its end with now just four matches remaining to go. Two sides at the bottom of the Relegation Group go head to head on Saturday with both sides needing all three points to increase their chances of securing Premiership football next season.

11^th-placed St Johnstone will want the three points to reduce the gap between them and 10^th-placed St Mirren who now sit five points above them outside the relegation zone; Mirren on the other hand will want to increase the gap between themselves and St Johnstone, which will boost their advantage in securing top-flight football next season.

Therefore this will surely be a closely contested fixture however, St Johnstone will fancy their chances as they are in better form than their visitors. The Saints have managed to win two, draw two and lose just one of their last five league matches and are coming of a 1-1 draw with fellow relegation candidates Dundee at away, while the Buddies have lost all their last five league matches and are coming off a1-0 home defeat to Hibernian.

Also, St Johnstone have not lost to St Mirren when playing at home and they have been playing well at McDiarmid Park having won three of their last four matches here. However, two of their three Premiership fixtures between the two sides ended in 0-0 draw while St Mirren won one with a 2-1 scoreline at home back in February, and they will look to draw confidence from that.

St Johnstone vs St Mirren head to head

Both sides have met in 59 encounters since 200 with St Johnstone claiming 24 victories while St Mirren have claimed 13 victories and there have been 22 draws.