Week 27 features a match on Tuesday Feb 2nd, where St. Mirren hosts Hibernian at The Smisa Stadium in a clash of these two evenly matched Premiership teams. 6th placed St. Mirren is fresh off their 2-1 win against Celtic. Kristian Dennis scored the first goal for St. Mirren in the 18th minute, but Odsonne Édouard got the equalizer for Celtic in the 32nd minute. St. Mirren is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Hibernian recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Dundee United. Darren McGregor struck first for Hibernian in the 21st minute on a feed from Jackson Irvine, then Martin Boyle added another in the 69th minute on a feed from Jackson Irvine At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dundee United couldn’t manage to score, and Hibernian took the shutout win. Hibernian is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Dec 23rd, Hibernian hosted St. Mirren at the Easter Road Stadium in their last match together. Hibernian won by a score of 1 to 0. Kevin Nisbet scored the first goal for Hibernian in the 18th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Mirren couldn’t manage to score, and Hibernian took the shutout win.
Hibernian is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kevin Nisbet and Alexander Gogic each only have 1 goal in their last five. Jamie McGrath has been the most prolific scorer on St. Mirren in his last five matches with three goals.