Week 21 features a match on Sat Jan 7th, where Hearts will travel to Greenhill Road to battle St. Mirren in a clash of these two evenly matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. St. Mirren is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock had 12 on net, and St. Mirren had 6, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. St. Mirren is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Hearts, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Hibernian. Lawrence Shankland struck first for Hearts in the 8th minute, then Lawrence Shankland added another in the 38th minute In the end, Hibernian was frustrated by Hearts’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hearts ended the match with the shutout victory. Hearts should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Hearts won the head to head battle with 3 wins.
Hearts is fortunate enough to have Lawrence Shankland in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored six goals. Both Greg Kiltie and Mark O’Hara have been the hottest scorers for St. Mirren in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.