5 – 0
“Laurent Mendy opens the scoring from a corner to put Hearts ahead 1-0.”
Pivotal“Calvin Miller converts a penalty to double Hearts' advantage to 2-0.”
Pivotal“Calvin Miller nets his second penalty of the game to make it 3-0 just after half-time.”
Pivotal“Claudio Braga finishes off a Calvin Miller assist to put Hearts 4-0 ahead.”
“Josh McPake caps off the rout with a fifth goal, assisted by Malachi Walcott.”
Hearts
St. Mirren
Outstanding performance
Hearts•MidfielderHearts dismantled St. Mirren with a clinical first-half platform built on Laurent Mendy's opener and two Calvin Miller penalties, before pulling away completely after the break. The hosts dominated in every metric that mattered - doubling St. Mirren's shot count, creating four big chances to their opponents' one, and controlling 66% of overall match dominance - and converted that control into goals through Miller's influence, both as scorer and creator for Claudio Braga's fourth. St. Mirren never found a foothold, managing just one shot on target all game, and their afternoon was compounded by Wouter Vrancken picking up a card on the touchline as frustration boiled over. For Hearts this result is a statement in mid-table given their position heading into the fixture, while St. Mirren will need to regroup quickly after a performance offering little to build on.
How entertaining was this match?
Corner awarded.
Shot by Joshua McPake with his right foot results in a goal.
assist: Malachi Fagan-Walcott
Goal! Joshua McPake scores to make it 5-0, assisted by Malachi Walcott.
Corner awarded.
Calvin Ramsay takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Corner awarded.
Declan John takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Sabri Guendouz comes on for Claudio Braga.
JJ Williams is on, and James Wilson is off.
Offside.
Eseosa Sule takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Eseosa Sule is on, and Ismeal Kabia is off.
Killian Phillips takes a right-footed shot but misses.
James Wilson takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Offside.
On Oisin McEntee, off Ageu Almeida Santos.
Calvin Miller is substituted off for Sabah Kerjota.
Offside.
Luke Thomas takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Claudio Braga takes a shot with his left foot and scores.
assist: Calvin Miller
Goal! Claudio Braga scores to make it 4-0, assisted by Calvin Miller.
Claudio Braga takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Goal! The score is now 3-0.
Goal in the penalty shootout! Calvin Miller scores, bringing the score to 3-0.
Calvin MillerCalvin Miller takes a left-footed shot and scores.
Ismeal Kabia takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Liam Donnelly comes on for Ryan Carr.
Luke Thomas is on, and Chris Mochrie is off.
Jake Young is substituted for Fraser Taylor.
First half ends with a score of 2-0.
Chris MochrieYellow CardChris Mochrie receives a yellow card.
Laurent Mendy takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Joshua McPake takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Joshua McPake takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
James Wilson took a shot with his head, but it missed the target.
Joshua McPake takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Offside.
Harry Milne takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Joshua McPake takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Calvin MillerCalvin Miller takes a shot with his left foot and scores.
Goal in the penalty shootout! Calvin Miller scores, making it 2-0.
Yellow card for Alexandros Gogic.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Calvin MillerYellow CardCalvin Miller receives a yellow card.
Corner awarded.
Laurent MendyShot! Laurent Mendy scores with a left-footed shot.
Goal! Laurent Mendy scores to make it 1-0.
Corner awarded.
Harry Milne takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Killian Phillips takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Joshua McPake takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Calvin Miller takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Harry Milne attempts a header but misses the shot.
Corner awarded.
Kick-off! The referee is Nick Walsh.
Hearts and St Mirren both arrive at Tynecastle desperate to halt winless skids, with third-placed Hearts leaning on a perfect home record and a dominant recent head-to-head edge over the Buddies. Manager Wouter Vrancken knows a misstep could let Rangers and Celtic stretch further clear at the top.
