Heart Of Midlothian vs ST Mirren 5-0

Heart of Midlothian beat St Mirren 5-0 at Tynecastle Park after taking the game away with two first-half goals, then adding three more after the break. Calvin Miller had a hand in three of the five and finished with two penalties and an assist.

Laurent Mendy opened the scoring in the 20th minute, and Miller was booked three minutes later before making it 2-0 from the spot on 32 minutes. St Mirren saw Alexander Gogić booked on 30 minutes and Chris Mochrie booked on 45 minutes, before Mochrie, Fraser Taylor and Ryan Carr were all replaced at the interval. Heart of Midlothian led 2-0 at half-time.

Miller scored again from a penalty in the 50th minute for his second of the match, then set up Claudio Rafael Soares Braga four minutes later for 4-0. Hearts made two changes on 56 minutes, with Miller among those coming off, and St Mirren made another change on 67 minutes. Josh McPake then made it 5-0 on 80 minutes from Malachi Walcott's assist before he too was replaced on 82 minutes. Heart of Midlothian had 57% of the ball and 418 passes to St Mirren's 438, and they finished with 18 shots to seven, six on target to one and 3.51 xG to 0.72. They also won six corners to two, and the visitors only managed one save against Heart of Midlothian's one.

Heart of Midlothian were booked twice, for Calvin Miller on 23 minutes and Severin Sabri Guendouz on 65 minutes. St Mirren had three cautions, for Alexander Gogić on 30 minutes, Chris Mochrie on 45 minutes and Killian Phillips three minutes into stoppage time.