Newly promoted and the in-form Hearts will be looking to continue in their winning ways as they aim at their second win in matchday two of the Scottish Premiership against St Mirren on Saturday at the St Mirren Park with kickoff at 17:00.
St Mirren opened their 2021 -22 campaign with an entertaining 2-2 draw away at newly promoted Dundee FC last weekend. The club’s new signing Eamonn Brophy opened the scoring for Mirren before captain Joe Shaughnessy equalized after diverting the ball into his own net. Jammie McGrath put the Saints ahead again in the 54th minute from the penalty spot before Jason Cummings earned the hosts a point after leveling the scores six minutes later.
St Mirren head into the match in a good form following their five-match unbeaten run this campaign with a four-match winning streak in the Scottish League Cup group stage followed by the 2-2 draw in the Premiership opener and now manager Jim Goodwin will be keen to salvage all the three points in his second chance against a newly promoted side.
Meanwhile Hearts opened their new campaign with an impressive 2-1 win against the Premiership giants Celtic last weekend, with Gary Mackay-Steven and Robbie Neilson getting on the score sheet for the Jam Tarts while Anthony Ralston scored the consolation goal for Celtic.
Hearts were crowned champions of the Championship last season and thus earned a straight promotion to the top tier after being relegated last in the 2019-20 season. Hearts have now returned in a style and they boast in an impressive form following a five-match winning streak with four wins coming in the pre-season League Cup group stage.
Robbie Nelson’s side will now head into the match with a win in mind as they aim to record their second win of the Premiership and extend their winning run across all competitions to six matches.
St Mirren vs Hearts head to head
Both sides have met in 40 encounters since 2000 with Hearts having a better record of 19 victories while St Mirren have 10 victories and 11 encounters ended in draw. Take a look at their previous results;
- St Mirren 1-0 Hearts 11/03/20
- Hearts 5-2 St Mirren 09/11/19
- St Mirren 0-0 Hearts 28/09/19
- Hearts 1-1 St Mirren 23/02/19
- St Mirren 2-0 Hearts 24/11/18
Home
- Dundee 2-2 St Mirren
- St Mirren 2-0 Partick Thistle
- Stenhousemuir 1-3 St Mirren
- St Mirren 1-0 Dunfermline Athletic
- Dumbarton 0-3 St Mirren (decided by the association)
Away
- Hearts 2-1 Celtic
- Hearts 1-0 Inverness Ct
- Stirling 0-2 Hearts
- Hearts 3-0 Cove Rangers
- Peterhead 0-2 Hearts
St Mirren team news
St Mirren have no reports of any missing players with new recruits Alan Power and Greg Kiltie expected to feature in the lineup.
Hearts team news
Jamie walker remains the only concern for the Hearts but he might feature in the Saturday’s clash after missing their opener against Celtic last weekend.
Prediction and odds
Both sides are evenly matched but we predict a win for Hearts following their better head to head record against St Mirren and are currently in an impressive form with massive confidence.
- Hearts win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
