Team News: Hearts name unchanged side for St Mirren clash

Hearts manager Gary Locke has named an unchanged side for tonight's visit of St Mirren to Tynecastle.

The league's bottom side will be looking to push on from their victory last time out, sticking with the same lineup that overcame Ross County on the weekend.

Callum Patterson and Dale Carrick lead the lead for the hosts in a 4-4-2 formation.

Ex-Jambo keeper Marian Kello starts in goal for the Saints, returning to a ground he knows well having spent four years at Hearts.

Hearts: MacDonald, McGowan, McKay, Wilson, McHattie, Smith, Hamill, Robinson, Nicholson, Carrick, Paterson Subs: Ridgers, B.King, Tapping, McGhee, Beith, Oliver

St Mirren: Kello, Naismith, McAusland, McGregor, Kelly, Newton, McGinn, Goodwin, McGowan, Campbell, Thomson.