Hearts are welcoming St. Johnstone for another important game after their 0-1 result against 3rd-placed Motherwell.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Hearts form and stats
Hearts's struggle is real here at Tynecastle Park with only 7 points collected from 7 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-2.
The fans are hoping that Hearts will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premiership game against Motherwell (placed 3rd). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Livingston.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hearts handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D3-L2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Celtic are coming to town in four days.
Hearts have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tynecastle Park with 11 goals in 7 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
St. Johnstone form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Johnstone so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
St. Johnstone aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 199 league minutes without a goal. M. Kennedy was the last player to find the net.
St. Johnstone are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Kilmarnock (placed 5th). A 0-4 defeat away at Motherwell before that.
St. Johnstone are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that St. Johnstone concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the St. Johnstone - Hearts 1-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 2 - 3 (Hearts wins - draws - St. Johnstone wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
M. Kennedy
3 goals
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U. Ikpeazu
2 goals
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J. Walker
2 goals
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Hearts missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Hearts | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 27 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 33 |
| 81% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 50% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 38% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 143 | 74 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 68 | 150 |
| 54 | 32 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 22 | 55 |
| 30% | 34% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 24% |
- Hearts has the fewest points (7) at home
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals at home as St. Johnstone have scored away.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- St. Johnstone has the the worst goal difference (-13) away
- St. Johnstone has the the worst goal difference (-20)
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Johnstone have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 37 | 40 |
| 2 | Rangers | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 35 | 38 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 22 |
| 7 | Livingston | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Ross County | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 17 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 14 |
| 10 | Hearts | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 12 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 12 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 12 |