This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premiership, St. Johnstone holding 10th place and Hamilton Academical lying 11th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- St. Johnstone has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (45) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Johnstone nor Hamilton Academical as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
8-4-26 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Hamilton Academical when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 38 matches are 32-84 (scored/conceded).
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone's results here at McDiarmid Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Johnstone with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Celtic game, 24 days ago, have they avoided a loss. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Johnstone, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Johnstone are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Aberdeen. Before that game, the home loss against Rangers with the scoreline 0-3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Johnstone as they are travelling to their away game against Ross County in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Johnstone have scored 4 goals here in 10 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Johnstone's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Playing away, Hamilton Academical, who have the most conceded goals (45) in Premiership, have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 6 defeats in the Premiership this season.
The attacking players of Academical have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 208 minutes.
Academical might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Celtic proved too strong as Hamilton Academical slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at The Hope CBD Stadium. A loss against Livingston was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Motherwell in just three days.
Academical are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Academical's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 25 goals in 10 travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Hamilton Academical - Johnstone 3-5. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): St. Johnstone won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Hamilton Academical has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  S. May 5 goals |   R. Callachan 4 goals |  D. Wotherspoon 3 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
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| St. Johnstone | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| 30 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 25 | 45 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 55% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 45% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 45% |
| 15% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| 45% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8 | 7.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 34% | 19% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 35% |
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (25) away in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (45) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hamilton Academical have scored at least twice as many goals away as St. Johnstone have scored home.
- Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
| 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 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 49 | 56 |
| 2 | Celtic | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 28 | 40 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 6 | Livingston | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 21 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 17 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -24 | 17 |
| 12 | Ross County | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -28 | 13 |
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