Hibernian - St. Johnstone. 3rd position meets 9th position. The ball is round - get a comprehensive preview here!
- Hibernian have the most points from losing position (5) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the most conceded goals (12) away in Premiership
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hibernian form and stats
3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Hibernian so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Easter Road Stadium after three straight home wins.
Hibernian lost their last game at Celtic (placed 1st) after a 1-6 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Hibernian suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Newell got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Newell hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dundee United (0-1).Hibernian have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Easter Road Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Hibernian have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Johnstone form and stats
There's been little loot from St. Johnstone's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premiership. St. Johnstone only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws. Recent form does not give St. Johnstone much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Hibernian will be a tough nut to crack.
Johnstone are travelling again after losing away to Livingston in their previous match (0-1). Gordon was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender Gordon hit one key pass and won 14 of 21 duels.
A 1-2 loss hosting Celtic before that.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far St. Johnstone have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Hibernian have won at least one point in the last 5 fixtures (4-1-0) against St. Johnstone.The two duelists also encountered each other before this season: St. Johnstone - Hibernian 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Campbell 4 goals |  M. Boyle 4 goals |  R. Porteous 2 goals |
Hibernian missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Hibernian | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 45% |
| 36% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 45% |
| 8 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.2 | 15.4 | 24 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 21% | 26% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 37% |
| 9.9 | 8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 25 | 16 | 14.5 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
- Hibernian have created more than twice as many corners as St. Johnstone.
- Hibernian have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hibernian have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Hibernian have the most points from losing position (5) in Premiership
- Hibernian have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- St. Johnstone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the most conceded goals (12) away in Premiership
- St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 29 | 27 |
| 2 | Rangers | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 22 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Mirren | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 5 | Livingston | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 6 | Hearts | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -11 | 9 |
| 11 | Dundee United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 9 |
| 12 | Ross County | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -13 | 9 |
