St Mirren will seek to extend their unbeaten run across all competitions when they welcome St Johnstone to St Mirren Park for an important Premiership battle on Wednesday night with kickoff at 22:45.
St Mirren struggled in the first of the season with club spending most of the half in the relegation battle, but they have been in a fine form in 2022, going unbeaten in their five matches across all competitions this year.
In the run Mirren have recorded three wins and one draw in in their Premiership matches a run that has seen them climb up the table and they currently sit ninth on 29 points just one point outside the top-half and has seen them perhaps save themselves from a possible relegation battle as they sit 10 points in the clear.
The Buddies will be looking to continue their ascent of the league table with a another positive result on Wednesday, although they might be pessimistic about a victory as they have only won two home league games this season, while have claimed more draws at home (12) than any other top tier side.
Meanwhile St Johnstone also had a difficult first half of the season with the club spending most of the half at the bottom of the table. However, the Saints have experienced experiences an upturn of fortunes lately as they head into the Wednesday clash off the back of a three-match unbeaten run, claiming two 0-0 draws against Dundee and Dundee United and 2-1 victory against Livingston sandwiched between the draws.
The run has seen them move off the foot of the table with a point above Dundee at bottom and are now within seven points off safety and they will look to keep up the momentum. However, Callum Davidson’s side continues to struggle in front of goal having failed to score in 14 of their 24 league games this season.
In fact, St Johnstone currently hold the worst goalscoring record in the league, having found the net on just 13 occasions this season, and they will need to find a clinical edge if they are to avoid relegation.
St Mirren vs St Johnstone head to head
Both sides have met in 58 encounters since 2000 with St Johnstone claiming 24 victories while St Mirren have claimed 12 victories and there have been 22 draws. However, with St Mirren playing at home they have not lost to their visitors in their last five encounters.
- St Johnstone 0-0 St Mirren 06/11/21
- St Mirren 0-0 St Johnstone 29/08/21
- St Mirren 1-2 St Johnstone 09/05/21
- St Johnstone 1-0 St Mirren 16/01/21
- St Mirren 3-2 St Johnstone 19/12/20
Home
- Hibernian 0-1 St Mirren
- St Mirren 1-1 Motherwell
- St Mirren 1-0 Aberdeen
- Ayr United 0-2 St Mirren
- Dundee United 1-2 St Mirren
Away
- St Johnstone 0-0 Dundee United
- Livingston 1-2 St Johnstone
- St Johnstone 0-0 Dundee
- Kelty Hearts 1-0 St Johnstone
- Hearts 2-0 St Johnstone
St Mirren team news
St Mirren will be without Scott Tanser and Eamonn Brophy who are sidelined with injuries, while Alex Gogic is expected to make a return.
St Johnstone team news
St Johnstone will be without Melker Hallberg due to suspension as he was sent off at the weekend, while Jahmal Hector-Ingram is expecting to make his debut.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- St Mirren win
- Goals under 2.5
