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St. Mirren 1–2 Hearts

Saturday 7 August 2021, 15:00 · The SMISA Stadium · Round 2 · Half-time 0–1 · Attendance 1,039

St. Mirren Shaughnessy 85' · Dennis sent off 86'

Hearts Halliday 16', Boyce 73'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	St. Mirren	Hearts
Goals	1	2
xG	0.73	0.47
Expected Points	1.56	1.01

St. Mirren 37%Draw 44%Hearts 19%

Most likely score 0–0, 29%. Final score 1–2, 3%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Stoppage time is shaded as far as the last shot or event recorded in it. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

St. MirrenHearts

0.73 −1.08xG0.47 −0.93

0.95 −1.92xG on target0.74 −0.59

10 −4Shots11 0

3 −2.0Shots on target4 0.0

1 −2.0Big chances0 −1.0

16Touches in the opposition box13 −7

49% −4Possession51% +25

361 +91Passes409 +193

70% +5Pass accuracy76% +9

53% −9Field tilt47% +28

23 −12Final-third entries52 +29

8 −12.0Box entries7 −1.0

13.9 +6.1Passes per defensive action11.3 −10.6

4 −7.0Corners0 −6.0

14 −2Tackles18 −7

7 −4Interceptions8 −11

12 −2Clearances25 −7

2 −1.0Saves2 −4.0

11 −3.0Fouls11 +7.0

5 0.0Offsides1 −7.0

The small figure beside each value is its difference from the side's average per league match this season before this one. Field tilt is each side's share of the open-play passes completed in the final third; entries are completed open-play passes and carries into the final third and the box; passes per defensive action (PPDA) counts the opponent's passes in its own 60% of the pitch for each tackle, interception, challenge, or foul there.

Chance locations

Zones Shots

St. Mirren

Hearts

Each area's share of the side's xG from open play and set pieces, with the xG in it. The two wide areas of the box count together, as on the club pages. Shots shows each of those shots instead, sized by its xG, with goals filled in.

Chance types

St. MirrenHearts

0.26 7 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.47 11 shots, 2 goals

0.47 3 shots, 1 goalSet pieces0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.

Game state

0–00–10–21–2

Level: 16 min (17%) · St. Mirren 0.09, Hearts 0.08 xG
Hearts ahead: 77 min (83%) · St. Mirren 0.64, Hearts 0.39 xG

Line-ups

St. Mirren substitutes

77' MacPherson for Kiltie
77' Henderson for Tait
77' Dennis for Brophy · red card 86'

Hearts substitutes

64' Gnanduillet for Ginnelly
76' McEneff for Mackay-Steven
89' Henderson for Boyce

Players

St. Mirren

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Alnwick	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.06	4	1
Fraser	CB	90			0.00	0.06	1	0.13	6	4
Shaughnessy	CB	90	1		0.45	0.01	0	0.01	2	9
Dunne	CB	90			0.00	0.02	0	0.04	6	5
Tait	RWB	77			0.00	0.03	1	0.00	3	4
McGrath	CM	90			0.03	0.13	4	0.02	4	2
Power	CM	90			0.00	0.04	0	0.05	3	5
Tanser	LWB	90		1	0.00	0.30	2	0.20	4	3
Kiltie	AM	77			0.04	0.01	0	0.00	1	0
Main	ST	90			0.12	0.01	1	−0.02	0	0
Brophy	ST	77			0.09	0.00	0	−0.02	0	1
MacPherson	MF	13			0.00	0.01	0	−0.01	1	0
Henderson	FW	13			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	2	0
Dennis	FW	9			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0

Hearts

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Gordon	GK	90			0.00	0.01	1	0.07	5	2
Souttar	CB	90			0.00	0.03	1	0.16	16	6
Halkett	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.09	10	10
Cochrane	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	6
M. Smith	RWB	90			0.07	0.14	2	0.18	5	4
Haring	CM	90			0.00	0.07	1	0.11	5	2
Baningime	CM	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.01	4	4
Halliday	LWB	90	1		0.10	0.01	0	0.03	4	9
Ginnelly	AM	64			0.04	0.03	0	0.02	3	0
Mackay-Steven	AM	76		1	0.10	0.04	1	0.01	3	3
Boyce	ST	89	1	1	0.14	0.08	2	0.03	1	6
Gnanduillet	FW	26			0.00	0.01	1	0.01	2	0
McEneff	MF	14			0.02	0.00	0	0.02	1	3
Henderson	FW	1			0.00	0.02	1	0.02	1	0

Starters, then substitutes in the order they came on. KP is chances created and Def defensive actions (tackles, blocks, clearances, and interceptions). xT is the expected threat added by the player's completed open-play passes and carries, and Prog counts progressive passes and carries.

Pass networks

St. Mirren

Hearts

Each starter at the average position of their passes and receptions until the side's first substitution or red card, sized by completed passes. Lines join pairs who passed to each other often, thicker for more passes.

Passing combinations

St. Mirren

From	To	Passes
Shaughnessy	Fraser	12
Power	Fraser	11
Tait	Fraser	9
Dunne	Alnwick	8
Alnwick	Dunne	7

Hearts

From	To	Passes
Halkett	Souttar	13
Gordon	Halkett	11
Souttar	Haring	11
Halkett	Haring	9
Gordon	Boyce	9

The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.

Defensive actions

St. Mirren

Against its average of 1 match

Hearts

Against its average of 1 match

Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page. Areas are shaded by the difference from the side's average per match this season before this one: amber for more, blue for fewer.

Threat

St. Mirren

Hearts

Expected threat added by completed open-play passes and carries, by where the move started, attacking up the page. Expected threat is the chance that possession in an area leads to a goal; a move adds the difference between where it ends and where it starts.

Ratings

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday (ring) and after it (dot); a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs after the matchday, spread up and down only so they don't overlap. The change takes in the whole matchday.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
St. Mirren
Top six	27%	19%	−8
11th	9%	11%	+2
Bottom	5%	7%	+2
Hearts
Title	3%	4%	+1
Top six	70%	80%	+10
11th	3%	2%	−1
Bottom	3%	1%	−2

From the forecast before the match (7 August 2021): each chance then, and across the simulations in which the match ended this way. The change is in percentage points.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	St. Mirren	Hearts
Expected goals	1.04	1.20
Win	31%	39%
Expected Points	1.23	1.47
Clean sheet	30%	35%

St. Mirren 31%Draw 30%Hearts 39%

Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 46%.

From the forecast as it stood on 7 August 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	St. Mirren win	Draw	Hearts win
St. Mirren
Top six	27%	36%	28%	19%
11th	9%	6%	9%	11%
Bottom	5%	3%	5%	7%
Hearts
Title	3%	1%	2%	4%
Top six	70%	60%	68%	80%
11th	3%	4%	3%	2%
Bottom	3%	4%	3%	1%

Each chance before the match and across the simulations ending in each result. Other teams are listed where a chance moves by at least 3 percentage points.

Form

St. Mirren

Hearts

W2–131 JulCeltic (H)xG 1.40–1.49

The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.

Season to date

Measure	St. Mirren	Hearts
Position	6th	4th
Played	1	1
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠1–⁠0	1–⁠0–⁠0
Points	1 (1.00 per game)	3 (3.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.93	1.30
Goals	2–⁠2	2–⁠1
xG per game	1.81–⁠1.11	1.40–⁠1.49
Home: points, xG per game	–⁠	3.00, 1.40–⁠1.49
Away: points, xG per game	1.00, 1.81–⁠1.11	–⁠
Manager	Jim Goodwin (39)	Robbie Neilson (1)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

Ratings

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.

Strengths and weaknesses

Chances	St. Mirren		Hearts
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−18%	+8%	+10%	+12%
Counter-attacks	−8%	−38%	−17%	−17%
Set pieces	−15%	+1%	+2%	+1%
Penalties	+83%	−47%	−17%	−17%
Headers	−9%	+11%	+3%	−9%
Left side	+2%	+16%	−13%	+10%
Centre	−18%	+2%	+25%	−8%
Right side	−35%	average	−11%	+35%

xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.

Matchups

St. Mirren attacking

St. Mirren createdHearts concededLeft side+2%+35%Centre−18%−8%Right side−35%+10%Open play−18%+12%Counter-attacks−8%−17%Set pieces−15%+1%Headers−9%−9%

Hearts attacking

Hearts createdSt. Mirren concededLeft side−13%averageCentre+25%+2%Right side−11%+16%Open play+10%+8%Counter-attacks−17%−38%Set pieces+2%+1%Headers+3%+11%

Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.

Season averages

St. MirrenHearts

1.81xG1.40

1.11xG against1.49

53%Possession26%

14.0Shots11.0

11.0Shots against19.0

5.0Shots on target4.0

3.0Big chances1.0

270Passes216

65%Pass accuracy67%

11.0Corners6.0

62%Field tilt20%

35.0Final-third entries23.0

20.0Box entries8.0

7.8Passes per defensive action21.9

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

St. Mirren

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	44	2.95	0.47
Ahead	46	0.72	1.72
Behind	0	–	–

Hearts

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	43	2.72	0.52
Ahead	47	0.21	2.37
Behind	0	–	–

xG by period

St. Mirren

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.07	0.34	1–0
16–30	0.21	0.03	0–0
31–45	0.12	0.12	0–1
46–60	0.88	0.60	1–1
61–75	0.48	0.01	0–0
76–90	0.06	0.00	0–0

Hearts

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	1.01	0.33	1–0
16–30	0.04	0.10	0–0
31–45	0.07	0.25	0–0
46–60	0.02	0.20	0–1
61–75	0.02	0.05	0–0
76–90	0.24	0.57	1–0

Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.

Most used players by position

St. Mirren

Hearts

This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.

Key players

St. Mirren

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Dennis	6	604	3	1	0.42	0.09
McGrath	35	2,930	11	1	0.31	0.15
Tait	31	2,639	1	2	0.08	0.08
Fraser	38	3,360	1	0	0.01	0.06

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes. Until a side has played six matches, last season's minutes at the club count too.