Hearts tops St. Mirren 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

GREENHILL ROAD. Hearts prevailed over St. Mirren to win 2-1.

By
Luke Meyer
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Hearts tops St. Mirren 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

GREENHILL ROAD. Hearts bested St. Mirren to win 2-1. It was Hearts to strike first with a penalty of Jorge Grant at the 33′. Then Mikael Mandron scored again for Hearts in the 62′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, Toyosi Olusanya reduced the distance for St. Mirren (68′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. St. Mirren lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the The Smisa Stadium stadium in Greenhill Road on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 7,740 spectators.​ The referee was Alan James Muir with the help of David Roome and Drew Kirkland. The 4th official was Nick Walsh. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 13.01 degrees Celsius or 55.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

St. Mirren

1 - 2

Team 1

Hearts

  • 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
  • 6 Total 10
  • 1 On Target 2
  • 4 Off Target 5
  • 1 Shots blocked 3
  • 113 Attack 94
  • 48 Dangerous attack 47
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 8 Corners 7
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 14 Total 5
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

St. Mirren was in firm control of the ball 58% while Hearts was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Mirren was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Hearts managed to find the solution to win this match.​

St. Mirren shot 6 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hearts shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

St. Mirren received 1 yellow card (Scott Tanser). Regarding the opposition, Hearts received 2 yellow cards (Toby Sibbick and M. Tait).

Match Timeline

33'
Jorge Grant(penalty)
32'
K. Vargas(VAR)
45'
M. Tait- Yellow
Keanu Baccus- sub ->Hyeok-kyu Kwon
46'
Conor McMenamin- sub ->Elvis Bwomono
46'
46'
Toby Sibbick- sub ->Stephen Kingsley
59'
Aidan Denholm- sub ->M. Tait
Mikael Mandron(own-goal)
62'
62'
Toby Sibbick- Yellow
Jonah Ayunga- sub ->Mikael Mandron
64'
Mark O'Hara- sub ->Greg Kiltie
64'
Toyosi Olusanya(goal)
68'
73'
Nathaniel Atkinson- sub ->Dexter Lembikisa
73'
Barrie McKay- sub ->Alan Forrest
James Scott- sub ->Richard Taylor
79'
Scott Tanser- Yellow
82'
Conor McMenamin(VAR)
85'
86'
Scott Fraser- sub ->Jorge Grant

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
84
2
Rangers
78
1
Hearts
62
33
Kilmarnock
52
1
St. Mirren
46
2
Dundee
41
2
Hibernian
39
33
Motherwell
37
33
Aberdeen
35
33
St. Johnstone
31
33
Ross County
30
33
Livingston
18
33

After playing this contest, St. Mirren stays with 43 points to remain in the 5th place. On the other side, Hearts will has 59 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, St. Mirren will play away against Celtic on the 13th of April with a 37-3 head to head stats in favor of Celtic (5 draws).

Hearts will host Livingston on the 13th of April with a 9-2 head to head stats in favor of Hearts (6 draws).

St. Mirren – Formation

St. Mirren
G
Zach Hemming 1.England
6.4
D
Richard Taylor 5.England
6.3
79'
D
Alex Gogic 13.Cyprus
6.4
D
Marcus Fraser 22.Scotland
6.3
M
Scott Tanser 3.England
7.0
82'
M
Caolan Boyd-Munce 15.Northern Ireland
7.8
M
Hyeok-kyu Kwon 16.South Korea
6.4
46'
M
Elvis Bwomono 42.Uganda
6.8
46'
F
Mikael Mandron 9.France
6.6
64'
F
Greg Kiltie 11.Scotland
6.8
64'
F
Toyosi Olusanya 20.England
7.7
Goals68'
Substitutes
G
Peter Urminsky 27.Slovakia
D
J. Bolton 2.England
D
Charles Dunne 18.Republic of Ireland
D
Jaden Brown 21.England
M
Mark O'Hara 6.Scotland
6.4
64'
M
Conor McMenamin 10.Northern Ireland
6.3
46'
M
Keanu Baccus 17.Australia
6.4
46'
F
Jonah Ayunga 7.Kenya
6.8
64'
F
James Scott 14.Scotland
6.8
79'

St. Mirren started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Stephen Robinson decided to play with the following team: Zach Hemming (6.4), Marcus Fraser (6.3), Alex Gogic (6.4), Richard Taylor (6.3), Elvis Bwomono (6.8), Hyeok-kyu Kwon (6.4), Caolan Boyd-Munce (7.8), Scott Tanser (7.0), Toyosi Olusanya (7.7), Mikael Mandron (6.6) and Greg Kiltie (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: J. Bolton, Mark O’Hara (6.4), Jonah Ayunga (6.8), Conor McMenamin (6.3), James Scott (6.8), Keanu Baccus (6.4), Charles Dunne, Jaden Brown and Peter Urminsky.

St. Mirren could not rely on the presence of James Scott (injured).

Substitutions

St. Mirren made 5 changes: Hyeok-kyu Kwon for Keanu Baccus (46′), Elvis Bwomono for Conor McMenamin (46′), Richard Taylor for James Scott (79′), Greg Kiltie for Mark O’Hara (64′) and Mikael Mandron for Jonah Ayunga (64′).

Player of the match: Caolan Boyd-Munce​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Mirren was Caolan Boyd-Munce.

His rating is 7.8 with 57 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Hearts – Formation

Hearts
G
Z. Clark 28.Scotland
6.4
D
Frankie Kent 2.England
6.7
D
Stephen Kingsley 3.Scotland
6.7
46'
D
Kye Rowles 15.Australia
6.8
M
Jorge Grant 7.England
7.3
86' Goals33'
M
Cammy Devlin 14.Australia
7.5
M
Alan Forrest 17.Scotland
6.8
73'
M
Alex Cochrane 19.England
8.4
M
M. Tait 25.Scotland
6.4
59' 45'
M
Dexter Lembikisa 81.Jamaica
6.7
73'
F
K. Vargas 77.Costa Rica
6.6
Substitutes
G
C. Gordon 1.Scotland
D
Nathaniel Atkinson 13.Australia
6.4
73'
D
Toby Sibbick 21.England
6.4
46' 62'
M
Aidan Denholm 22.Scotland
6.7
59'
M
Scott Fraser 29.Scotland
6.4
86'
F
Y. Oda 11.Japan
F
Barrie McKay 18.Scotland
7.0
73'
F
Kyosuke Tagawa 30.Japan

Hearts started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Steven Naismith played with: Z. Clark (6.4), Stephen Kingsley (6.7), Frankie Kent (6.7), Kye Rowles (6.8), Dexter Lembikisa (6.7), Jorge Grant (7.3), Cammy Devlin (7.5), M. Tait (6.4), Alex Cochrane (8.4), K. Vargas (6.6) and Alan Forrest (6.8).

They had on the bench: C. Gordon, Y. Oda, Nathaniel Atkinson (6.4), Barrie McKay (7.0), Toby Sibbick (6.4), A. Denholm (6.7), Scott Fraser (6.4), Kyosuke Tagawa and J. Wilson.

Substitutions

Hearts made 5 changes: Stephen Kingsley for Toby Sibbick (46′), Dexter Lembikisa for Nathaniel Atkinson (73′), Alan Forrest for Barrie McKay (73′), M. Tait for A. Denholm (59′) and Jorge Grant for Scott Fraser (86′).

Player of the match: Alex Cochrane​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hearts was Alex Cochrane even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.4 with 22 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​