On the 26th of February, in this week 28 match, St. Mirren will play host to Hearts in a clash of these two closely matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 7th placed St. Mirren is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Livingston. Bruce Anderson struck first for Livingston in the 55th minute on a feed from Nicky Devlin, but Greg Kiltie got the equalizer for St. Mirren in the 78th minute earning St. Mirren a comeback draw. St. Mirren is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while hearts sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against St. Johnstone. Ali Crawford struck first for St. Johnstone in the 1st minute, then Nathaniel Atkinson tied it up for Hearts in the 6th minute. Hearts is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 27th of November, Hearts was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Mackay-Steven scored the first goal for Hearts in the 61st minute, then Stephen Kingsley added another in the 75th minute In the end, St. Mirren was frustrated by Hearts’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hearts ended the match with the shutout victory.
Ellis Simms has been the most prolific scorer on Hearts in the last five matches with two goals. St. Mirren’s most prolific scorer has been Connor Ronan. The Irish attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.