Hearts vs St. Mirren Prediction: Home team to turn things around here

In the Scottish Premiership's Round 31 matches, Hearts will play host to St. Mirren at Tynecastle Park. St. Mirren had a convincing victory against Livingston the previous weekend, but the home squad are in poor form heading into this encounter.

After losing their previous Premiership match to Kilmarnock by a score of 2-1, Hearts will be looking for a different outcome this time around. Throughout that game, Hearts had 64% of the possession and 10 shots on goal, with three of them finding the targer. Their lone goal was scored by Lawrence Shankland in the seventh minute. Kilmarnock, the team that they played against, had 17 shots on goal, with 4 of them landing in the net. Kilmarnock got goals from Daniel Armstrong in the 22nd minute and Christian Doidge in the 45th minute. In the most recent matches, Hearts have only won a few times without allowing an opponent to score. The evidence suggests that Hearts' defense has been penetrated in five of their past six matches, resulting in the team allowing 13 goals during that span. In the run-up to this confrontation, Hearts had gone their last five games without suffering a defeat at the hands of St. Mirren in the league. Also, the home team have not suffered a loss in either of their last two league contests played at home.

St. Mirren comes into this matchup on the heels of a 3-0 victory over Livingston in their most recent Premiership match. Throughout that match, St. Mirren held 41% of the possession and had 15 shots on goal, with 7 of them finding their intended target. Mark O'Hara scored for St. Mirren in the fifth and 42nd minutes, and Tony Watt scored in the eighteenth minute. Livingston had 13 shots on goal, but only three of them were successful. St. Mirren has scored eight goals for themselves in their last six matches against each of their opponents. St. Mirren's name have also been recorded on the scoresheet for each of those games. During that period, their defenders have been on the receiving end of nine goals that have been scored into their own net. In the run-up to this confrontation, St. Mirren have not been able to win against Hearts when playing them away from their home venue in any of the past six league encounters. Also, the visiting team are currently undefeated in their past two league matches played away from home.

In the previous 42 seasons, Hearts and St. Mirren have competed against one another 42 times, with Hearts claiming victory in 21 of those games and St. Mirren claiming victory in 9 of those games. There were a total of 12 games that ended in ties. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Hearts scored 68 goals, while St. Mirren only managed to score 43 goals.

After a string of underwhelming performances in recent games, the squad playing at home should not lose this time, and we anticipate that they will get back to their winning ways. On the other hand, the performance that St. Mirren displayed against Livingston ought to serve as inspiration for them in this match, as we expect them to score in this match.