📏 Form Guide

Hearts

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Hearts will be looking for another win after a 0-1 Premiership triumph vs Dundee.

In that match, Hearts had 48% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Hearts was Braga (27'). For their opponents, Dundee had 18 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

Hearts have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They’ve totted up the amount of 10 during that time while also conceding a total of 6. Historical results aside, it remains to be seen if that pattern will be maintained in this next game.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Hearts:

• haven't been beaten in the league by St Mirren in their last 3 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 12 home league matches. A very good run at home.

St Mirren

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Since a loss in their previous game against Falkirk in Premiership action, St Mirren and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, St Mirren had 38% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Falkirk had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Finn Yeats (55') and Calvin Miller (61') scored for Falkirk.

Throughout their six previous matches, Stephen Robinson's St Mirren have found the back of the net a total of 5 times - earning them the goals scored per game average of 0.83.

Pre-game facts show that St Mirren:

• have left without a victory over Hearts when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 6 league games.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 21/09/2024 tells us that Hearts have won 2 of these games & St Mirren 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

In all, 19 goals were scored between them in these games, with 12 from The Jam Tarts and 7 being from The Buddies. The average goals per game has been 3.17.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Premiership match day 10 on 29/10/2025 when it finished St Mirren 2-2 Hearts.

On that occasion, St Mirren had 49% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Dan Nlundulu (28') and Miguel Freckleton (55').

Hearts got 18 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Lawrence Shankland (34') and Braga (70') scored.

The referee was Matthew MacDermid.

🗞️ Team News: Hearts

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Hearts manager Derek McInnes to be concerned with due to a largely intact squad. Ageu (Hamstring injury) will miss out. Alexander Schwolow will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

In our view, The Jam Tarts may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation this time with Craig Gordon, Jordi Altena, Craig Halkett, Jamie McCart, Stuart Findlay, Beni Baningime, Cameron Devlin, T. Bent Magnússon, Claudio Braga, Alexandros Kyziridis and Lawrence Shankland.

🗞️ Team News: St Mirren

It’s our belief that The Buddies could decide to play in a 3-5-2 formation using Ryan Mullen, Marcus Fraser, Richard King, Miguel Freckleton, Jayden Richardson, Roland Idowu, Conor McMenamin, Fraser Taylor, Declan John, Mikael Mandron and Dan Nlundulu.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Hearts will more than likely score at least once against St Mirren, who may well struggle scoring.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 2-0 winning score for Hearts at the end of this one.

Victor Martins, 19:02 14/01/2026