Saints play host to Hearts in the Ladbrokes Premiership this afternoon.
The Edinburgh side make the journey across the M8 to face Saints at the Simple Digital Arena.
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St Mirren come into today's match on the back of last weekend's 0-0 draw against Hamilton Academical at the Simple Digital Arena.
The Buddies were on top that afternoon but couldn't breakdown a stuffy Hamilton defence and had to settle for a point.
Jim Goodwin's side sit in 10th place in the league having picked up four points from our opening six league matches.
Hearts are in 8th place - a point above Saints.
The Jambos picked up their first league win of the season last Sunday as they came from behind to beat rivals Hibernian 2-1 at Easter Road in the Edinburgh derby.
Ex-Saint Stevie Mallan put Hearts behind, but late goals from Uche Ikpeazu and Aaron Hickey gave Craig Levein's side the Edinburgh bragging rights.
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The two sides came up against each other three times last season with each side trading a win.
The first meeting last season saw Hearts run out 4-1 winners at Tynecastle with Steven Naismith scoring a first-half hat-trick for the Jambos.
The Buddies were triumphant when Craig Levein's side made the journey to Paisley last November. Adam Hammill's wonder-strike had Saints in front just after the break and the Englishman notched again less than 10 minutes later to give us a 2-0 win.
The only meeting between the two sides in 2019 came back in February where it was a share of the spoils at Tynecastle. Clevid Dikamona gave the hosts the lead, but an own-goal from Sean Clare earned Saints a well deserved point in the capital.
Saints are unbeaten in their last five home matches against Hearts with the last defeat at home to the Jambos coming in 2012.
Since that loss, the Buddies have won three - all by a 2-0 scoreline - and drawn two - both finishing 1-1.
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Gary MacKenzie returns to the squad after missing last weekend's draw with Hamilton, but Cody Cooke remains out.
"I went to the derby on Sunday and went through to Tynecastle to watch them against Aberdeen. I thought in both games they were excellent and thought they were the better team on both occasions.
"They are a very good side. They have some good strength in depth, they have players that can certainly cause you problems at the back.
"They had probably been lacking in confidence over the last couple of weeks but I think certainly those results that they have picked up in the last few days will have given them a lot of hope and a lot of belief."
