St Mirren vs Hibernian - prediction, team news, lineups

St Mirren and Hibernian volition travel face-to-face astatine the Marbill Coaches Stadium successful the Scottish Premiership connected Wednesday. 

The hosts are sixth successful the standings with 13 points from 10 games, portion the visitors are propping up the array with 7 points from 10 league fixtures.

Match preview

St Mirren ended a miserable five-game losing streak with a constrictive 2-1 triumph implicit Dundee connected Saturday, leaving the Saints with a much-needed assurance boost coming into this fixture. 

Craig McLeish's broadside had really enjoyed a superb commencement to the season, winning 3 and drafting 1 of their opening 4 Scottish Premiership fixtures, including keeping 3 cleanable sheets during that time. 

However, a disastrous tally of 5 consecutive defeats followed, which saw the Saints people conscionable doubly portion conceding a sizeable 14 goals - contributing to St Mirren having the joint-second worst antiaircraft grounds successful the division. 

The triumph against Dundee, therefore, came astatine a important clip for some the nine and manager, ending their gaffe down the standings and easing immoderate of the unit connected McLeish's shoulders. 

The hosts volition beryllium anxious to physique connected that triumph successful midweek, and they volition gully further assurance from their location grounds this term, taking 7 of their 13 points astatine the Marbill Coaches Stadium. 

Hibernian's catastrophic commencement to the 2026-27 play volition besides springiness St Mirren plentifulness of belief, particularly arsenic Hibs present caput into Wednesday's fixture enduring a five-game winless tally crossed each competitions. 

Hibernian likewise had an encouraging commencement to the Scottish Premiership term, winning 2 of their opening 3 fixtures, including a peculiarly promising 2-1 triumph against Rangers. 

However, Hibs subsequently mislaid each of their adjacent 3 matches, including a 3-1 derby decision to Hearts and a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Kilmarnock astatine location - which marked Hibernian's sixth consecutive league nonaccomplishment astatine Easter Road Stadium and culminated successful nine fable David Gray's dismissal. 

Hibernian's fortunes person failed to amended since Gray's departure, with interim John Potter signaling a 1-1 gully with Aberdeen earlier caller brag Marink Reedijk recorded defeats successful each of his 3 games astatine the helm. 

Scoring goals has been a peculiar occupation for the visitors successful caller weeks, with Hibernian scoring lone 5 goals successful their past 7 matches, including failing to people aggregate times successful a league crippled since their 2-1 triumph against Dundee successful August. 

Hibernian, arsenic a result, person the joint-worst violative grounds successful the league this term, with 10 goals scored, and they volition beryllium hoping to capitalise connected St Mirren's antiaircraft vulnerabilities to adhd to that tally. 

While Hibernian's location grounds this word makes for miserable viewing, having failed to triumph immoderate of six location league fixtures, Hibs person won 2 and drawn 2 of 4 distant matches. 

Hibernian besides boast a beardown caller grounds successful this fixture, remaining undefeated successful their past 5 meetings with St Mirren, including back-to-back wins heading into Wednesday's encounter.

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Team News

St Mirren are contending with 4 wounded absences heading into this match, with Nikolas Agrafiotis, Malik Dijksteel, Keanu Baccus and Jonah Ayunga each unavailable. 

After ending their five-game losing streak with a 2-1 triumph astatine the weekend, McLeish could opt to sanction an unchanged starting 11 for this match, including goalscorers Calvin Ramsay and Eseosa Sule. 

Meanwhile, Hibernian are dealing with up to 5 wounded absences from Wednesday's fixture, including Callum Wright, Nathan Lowe, Kanayochukwu Megwa, Rocky Bushiri and Jordan Obita. 

Owen Elding has scored successful back-to-back matches for Hibs and should pb the enactment erstwhile again, with Jamie McGrath, Rabbi Matondo and Ante Suto perchance providing violative support.

St Mirren imaginable starting lineup:

Chapman; Fraser, Gogic, Fieldson; Ramsay, Carr, Phillips, John; Thomas, Sule, Kabia

Hibernian imaginable starting lineup:

Sallinger; Passlack, Kerr, Ivezic, Mayor; Chaiwa, Newell; Suto, McGrath, Matondo; Elding

We say: St Mirren 2-1 Hibernian

St Mirren volition person a caller boost successful assurance pursuing their streak-snapping win, portion Hibernian's morale remains debased fixed their ongoing winless tally successful the league. 

The hosts will, therefore, beryllium the favourites to win, but fixed the Saint's antiaircraft vulnerabilities, an distant extremity should marque this a constrictive triumph for the location team.

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