Heart of Midlothian have a brilliant opportunity this evening when they travel to St Mirren. They can ramp up the pressure on both Celtic and Rangers by opening up a nine-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
To do so, they will need to win at a ground where they have failed to do so twice this season.
In their two previous visits to Paisley, in the League Cup and league, Hearts have come from behind to earn a draw. In the former, it led to a penalty shootout defeat and, in the latter, a respectable draw.
Hearts will face a St Mirren side who are on a terrible run since winning the League Cup back in December. After following it up with a 1-0 win over Livingston, they have not won in seven games in the league and are still looking over their shoulder at Kilmarnock in 11th.
Derek McInnes' side come into the game off the back of a comfortable 3-0 win over Dundee United at the weekend. Confidence will be coursing through the team and the fans.
There will likely be a change or two, but the starting XI is unlikely to look too much different to what was fielded against United.
An obvious change will be at right-back. McInnes will likely want more presence and size in the team when going to Paisley, therefore Michael Steinwender could replace Jordi Altena.
In reality, that could quite easily be the only change.
It will depend on how McInnes wants his midfield to set up. If he is fine with the lopsided 4-4-2, it will be as is in the middle of the park with Alexandros Kyziridis pushed up on the left to essentially make a front three alongside Claudio Braga and Landry Kabore.
With Beni Baningime available again, it could allow McInnes to change up the midfield to come in alongside Marc Leonard with Oisin McEntee in a narrow role on the right, especially with Magnusson playing a fair amount of football across the last 12 months.
If Stephen Kingsley was fit, it would perhaps have made it easier to push Harry Milne into a right-sided role in front of Steinwender. That could still happen with Jamie McCart in at left-back.
If that was to be the case, Hearts would set up with an incredibly solid base, which would be effective at stopping St Mirren's quick and direct transitions.
Fans are keen to see Sabah Kerjota, Islam Chesnokov and Rogers Mato get a starting role in what would be a front four. However, it is hard to see McInnes doing that from the start at St Mirren.
It means these forward players could have a big role to play off the bench, as well as Ageu, depending on how the first half or first 60 minutes go.
As ever, McInnes will seek a balance in his line-up, one that gives the trusted front three the platform to cause the Buddies problems.
