Hearts vs St Mirren - prediction, team news, lineups

Hearts and St Mirren, some looking to extremity winless runs, volition conscionable astatine Tynecastle Park connected Saturday day successful the Scottish Premiership. 

The hosts are 3rd successful the standings with 13 points from 7 games, portion the visitors are 5th with 10 points.

Match preview

Hearts made a dilatory commencement to the 2026-27 play nether caller manager Wouter Vrancken, who was fixed the pugnacious task of replacing Derek McInnes aft helium near for Rangers pursuing a constrictive rubric miss with the Jambos past term.

Vrancken failed to triumph immoderate of his opening 4 competitory matches, including their elimination from the Champions League qualifiers and a humiliating 6-1 decision to Benfica successful the archetypal limb of their Europa League 3rd qualifying circular tie.

The Belgian manager yet oversaw his archetypal triumph arsenic Hearts defeated Dundee United 4-0 connected matchday 2 successful the Scottish Premiership, and that effect has sparked a sizeable upturn successful form. 

Hearts subsequently won five, drew 4 - including a punishment shootout triumph to unafraid their Conference League league signifier spot - and mislaid conscionable 1 of their adjacent 10 matches. 

The Jambos did neglect to triumph either of their last 2 matches earlier the planetary break, suffering a daze 2-1 decision to Falkirk and snatching a 1-1 gully with Kilmarnock, and Vrancken volition beryllium anxious to extremity their winless tally connected Saturday.

Hearts volition beryllium capable to gully immense assurance from their grounds astatine Tynecastle Park successful the Scottish premiership this season, winning each 3 of their location league fixtures.

Meanwhile, St Mirren caput into Saturday's brushwood hopeless to drawback their 3 crippled losing streak, with consecutive defeats to Celtic (2-1), Rangers (1-0) and Dundee United (3-0).

That tally of defeats marks a disappointing downturn successful signifier from St Mirren this term, having mislaid lone 2 of their opening 9 matches crossed each competitions. 

Alongside progressing from the League Cup radical stage, earlier losing to Rangers successful the 2nd round, St Mirren recorded 3 wins and 1 gully successful their archetypal 4 league matches. 

McLeish volition beryllium anxious for his broadside to instrumentality to specified signifier by starting with a triumph connected Saturday, and the Saints volition gully assurance from winning 2 of their 3 distant league fixtures this term.

Hearts have, however, won each of the past 4 clashes with St Mirren astatine Tynecastle Park.

Hearts Scottish Premiership form:

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St Mirren Scottish Premiership form:

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Team News

Hearts volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon Craig Halkett, Malachi Fagan-Walcott, Tom Renaud and Blair Spittal owed to wounded issues, though each 4 should instrumentality aboriginal this month. 

James Wilson has scored 3 goals successful his past 5 league appearances for Hearts, and the teen should proceed starring the enactment alongside Claudio Braga.

As for St Mirren, Jonah Ayunga, Keanu Baccus, Malik Dijksteel, Samuel Ramos and Liam Donnelly are each unavailable owed to wounded issues.

Killian Phillips is the Saints' apical scorer with 3 goals successful the league, and the attacking midfielder should proceed down Eseosa Sule successful attack.

Hearts imaginable starting lineup:

Reus; Borchgrevink, McCart, Findlay, Kingsley; Miller, Mendy, Magnusson, McPake; Wilson, Braga

St Mirren imaginable starting lineup:

Chapman; Ramsay, Gogic, Fieldson, John; Carr, Taylor; Kabia, Phillips, Nsio; Sule

We say: Hearts 2-1 St Mirren

Hearts are undefeated astatine location successful the league this word and besides person a beardown caller grounds against St Mirren astatine Tynecastle Park, and with the visitors' caller struggles, we are predicting the hosts to win.

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