In this week 25 match, on Sat Feb 5th, Hibernian hosts St. Mirren in a meeting of these two closely matched Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Hibernian recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Hearts. Neither Hibernian nor Hearts could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Hibernian is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed St. Mirren is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Motherwell. Alexander Gogic struck first for St. Mirren in the 81st minute on a feed from Connor Ronan, then Ross Tierney tied it up for Motherwell in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Kaiyne Woolery squeezing out at least the one point for Motherwell. St. Mirren is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Hibernian and St. Mirren last played eachother at the The Smisa Stadium on Sat Dec 11th. St. Mirren and Hibernian battled to a 1-1 draw. Josh Campbell struck first for Hibernian in the 52nd minute, then in the 87th minute, Scott Tanser sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Joe Shaughnessy earning them at least the one point.
St. Mirren hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Eamonn Brophy and Jay Henderson, and they each have 1 goal. Hibernian’s most prolific scorer has been Christopher Cadden. The Scotish midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.