Why Hearts' game with St Mirren is not on TV but how fans can watch the full game

Hearts travel to Paisley on Wednesday night to face St Mirren in the latest crucial relegation clash.

Daniel Stendel’s men will know that three points would see them move off the bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership, replacing the Buddies in 11th place on either goal difference or goals scored.

The meeting is the rescheduled fixture from last month. The teams had been due to meet on Friday, February 21 with the game being shown live on BT Sport, but horrible conditions brought flooding to areas around St Mirren Park.

Despite the game having originally been set for broadcast, plus the importance of the fixture, fans won’t be able to watch it live.

A Uefa directive means top-flight action or cup ties are not permitted to be shown at the same time as Champions League matches. Liverpool face Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain host Borussia Dortmund on the same evening as St Mirren v Hearts.

These are directives, however, which can be broken as will be the case on Wednesday night. Manchester City v Arsenal will be shown live on Sky Sports with a fine to be paid, likely covered by either the Premier League or the broadcaster show the game.

Meanwhile, fans of Hearts, St Mirren and Scottish football in general will have to make to do with radio coverage via BBC Scotland, or the club’s subscription channels.

Neither club are allowed to even provide live TV coverage to their subscribers outwith UK and Ireland due to the rules passed down by Uefa.

There is some good news for supporters who are unable to make the game. BBC Alba will be showing the match 30 minutes after full-time. Fans will be able to watch delayed coverage of the full 90 minutes at 10pm.