The Premiership league table tells a tale about these participants up until now, with Hearts leading St. Johnstone by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
- Hearts have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premiership
Hearts form and stats
Hearts are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at Tynecastle Park. 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games.
The Hearts supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ross County in Premiership and win 2-1. Midfielder Smith was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Smith scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Dundee and winning 1-0.The manager Neilson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Auchinleck Talbot in only four days.
The Hearts fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Hearts have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Johnstone form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Johnstone so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Football is a nightmare at the moment for Johnstone who have suffered through a seven match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters.
St. Johnstone's previous game was their home loss versus Celtic (1-3). It is not a good sign for St. Johnstone that their goalie Parish pulled off six saves in the Celtic game, but still could not hinder a beating. Midfielder Booth was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Booth hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Ross County.St. Johnstone have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Scottish Cup fixture versus Kelty Hearts. A demanding calendar for them!
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Johnstone's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on St. Johnstone as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date reported scoreline involving both these participants is the St. Johnstone - Hearts 1-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Hearts won four, St. Johnstone triumphed in two and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 7 goals |  S. Kingsley 4 goals |  J. Souttar 3 goals |
Hearts missing players
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| Hearts | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 29 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 85% |
| 80% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 55% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 35% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 25% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 78% | 55% |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.8 | 14.4 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 35% | 35% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 13 | 11.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 14.8 | 14.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Hearts have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
- Hearts have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 51 |
| 2 | Celtic | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 45 |
| 3 | Hearts | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Livingston | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 19 |
| 10 | Ross County | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Dundee | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 16 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 14 |
