Saints host Hearts at The SMiSA Stadium on Saturday in a rearranged William Hill Premiership fixture.
The match was originally due to take place on Wednesday 4th December, but with both teams exiting the Premier Sports Cup, it was agreed to pull the fixture forward.
The Buddies were held to a 2-2 draw against Kilmarnock in Paisley last weekend. Goals from Toyosi Olusanya and Mark O'Hara had us 2-1 ahead at the interval, but an own goal from Jonah Ayunga saw the visitors take a point.
Stephen Robinson's men sit in seventh place in the William Hill Premiership with five points from our opening five matches.
Match Details
St Mirren v Hearts
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 21st September 2024
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
The Opposition
Saturday's visitors sit at the foot of the league table having taken just one point from their first five.
An opening day 0-0 draw with Rangers at Tynecastle, coupled with a good performance, saw Hearts start the season in a positive fashion. But Stephen Naismith's men have since lost seven on the bounce in all competitions.
Amongst those seven defeats have been three losses away from home in the league to Celtic (0-2), Motherwell (1-3) and Dundee (1-3), while there was also a 1-0 defeat to Dundee United at Tynecastle.
The previous meeting between Saints and Hearts came at The SMiSA Stadium in May in what was our final home match of the 2023/24 season. Goals from James Scott and James Bolton twice saw Saints ahead but equalisers from Kyosuke Tagawa and Lawrence Shankland saw the points shared in a 2-2 draw.
James Scott scored his first St Mirren goal the last time we faced Hearts
The Officials
The referee on Saturday is Don Robertson and he's assisted by Jonathan Bell and Graham McNeillie.
Steven McLean is on VAR duty.
