St. Mirren vs Hibernian Match Preview


Dec 11th features a match where St. Mirren will host Hibernian in a meeting of these two evenly 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. 8th placed St. Mirren is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Aberdeen. Marley Watkins struck first for Aberdeen in the 7th minute, then Christian Ramirez added another in the 9th minute on a feed from Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. St. Mirren looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, 7th placed Hibernian, recorded a 0-1 loss against Livingston. Jack McMillan scored the first goal for Livingston in the 16th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Hibernian couldn’t muster any offence and Livingston ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.

In their last match together, Hibernian and St. Mirren battled to a 2-2 draw. Eamonn Brophy struck first for St. Mirren in the 42nd minute, then Paul McGinn tied it up for Hibernian in the 57th minute on a feed from Scott Allan .

Hibernian’s most prolific scorer has been Kevin Nisbet. The Scotish attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. St. Mirren hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Jamie McGrath and Scott Tanser, and they each have 1 goal.