Possible nail-biting contest in Ross County - St. Johnstone game

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Global Energy Stadium (6590 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Ross County are in the 5th position while the guests worry at 12th.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Ross County form and stats

Ross County must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premiership games here at Global Energy Stadium.

The home team returns to Global Energy Stadium after sharing the points with Kilmarnock (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 0-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Motherwell with a 2-1 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ross County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 4 Lost 0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Ross County's attacking play is working. Ross County have conceded 5 from these games.

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St. Johnstone form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Premiership for St. Johnstone, who have the most conceded goals (18) in Premiership, with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts. St. Johnstone has drawn their two previous away games.

St. Johnstone failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Motherwell (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Rangers.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with St. Johnstone playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 3 St. Johnstone wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

St. Johnstone are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). The St. Johnstone defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 10 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ross County 2 wins, 4 draws and St. Johnstone 4 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. O'Halloran
2 goals / 1 assists
B. Graham
1 goals
B. McKay
1 goals / 2 assists

Ross County missing players

St. Johnstone missing players

Ross County St. Johnstone
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 0
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
8 6 2 Scored S 0 3 5
9 5 1 Conceded C 0 10 18
71% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 71%
71% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 57%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 57%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 14%
43% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 43%
43% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
43% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 57%
 
5.1 6.7 5 Corners For (avg) C F 0 3 3.4
4.9 4 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 6.3 5.3
1.4 1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Ross County's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of St. Johnstone's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ross County have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • St. Johnstone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • St. Johnstone have yet to win a game.
  • St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Ross County
All Premiership Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 PR Ross County 1 - 4 Livingston
31-08-19 PR Aberdeen 3 - 0 Ross County
14-09-19 PR Ross County 2 - 1 St. Mirren
21-09-19 PR Motherwell 1 - 2 Ross County
28-09-19 PR Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Ross County
05-10-19 PR Ross County 14:00 St. Johnstone
19-10-19 PR Celtic 14:00 Ross County
26-10-19 PR Hibernian 14:00 Ross County
30-10-19 PR Ross County 19:45 Rangers
02-11-19 PR Hamilton Academical 15:00 Ross County
St. Johnstone
All Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 PR Hibernian 2 - 2 St. Johnstone
31-08-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 1 Kilmarnock
14-09-19 PR Aberdeen 1 - 1 St. Johnstone
22-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 4 Rangers
28-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 1 Motherwell
05-10-19 PR Ross County 14:00 St. Johnstone
19-10-19 PR St. Mirren 14:00 St. Johnstone
26-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Hamilton Academical
30-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 19:45 Hearts
02-11-19 PR Rangers 15:00 St. Johnstone

  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 7 6 1 0 22 5 3 3 0 0 13 2 4 3 1 0 9 3 17 19
2 Rangers 7 6 0 1 21 5 4 3 0 1 14 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 16 18
3 Motherwell 7 4 1 2 13 10 3 1 0 2 6 7 4 3 1 0 7 3 3 13
4 Aberdeen 7 3 2 2 9 9 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 1 1 2 2 6 0 11
5 Ross County 7 3 2 2 8 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 2 4 -1 11
6 Livingston 7 2 2 3 10 11 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 8 8 -1 8
7 Kilmarnock 7 2 2 3 5 7 4 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 8
8 Hamilton Academical 7 2 2 3 7 10 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 1 2 5 -3 8
9 Hearts 7 1 3 3 9 12 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 1 1 2 5 7 -3 6
10 St. Mirren 7 1 2 4 3 6 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3 5
11 Hibernian 7 1 2 4 6 16 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 0 0 3 1 11 -10 5
12 St. Johnstone 7 0 3 4 5 18 4 0 1 3 2 8 3 0 2 1 3 10 -13 3

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