The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. St. Johnstone are in the 8th position while the guesting Hearts worry at 12th.
The hosts St. Johnstone saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premiership. This match was also played here at McDiarmid Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Hearts have had more rest.
St. Johnstone have had a bad season and will be relegated from Premiership.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone have collected 13 points from their Premiership home games so far after 3-4-5.
The St. Johnstone fans got no joy from their last match, a Premiership game also here at McDiarmid Park: A 0-3 defeat against Celtic (placed 1st). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Kilmarnock.
The game against Celtic was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.
St. Johnstone are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Aberdeen awaits in four days.
St. Johnstone aren't scoring a lot here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the St. Johnstone defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hearts form and stats
There's been little loot from Hearts's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Premiership. Hearts only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.
Impressive finishing from Steven Naismith and Liam Boyce secured the home win 2-1 against Rangers in their previous game. A 0-0 draw at Ross County's stadium before that.
A new game in only four days for Hearts, the Premiership home match versus Kilmarnock. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hearts have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Hearts - St. Johnstone 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for St. Johnstone, 2 draws and 5 wins for Hearts. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Hendry 4 goals |  D. Wotherspoon 3 goals |   S. Naismith 3 goals |
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| St. Johnstone | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 39 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 36 |
| 91% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 73% | 83% |
| 64% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 55% | 65% |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 43% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 14% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 41% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 48% |
| 23% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 17% |
| 45% | 42% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 64% | 52% |
| 5 | 5.1 | 7.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 212 | 122 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 88 | 223 |
| 77 | 46 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 23 | 78 |
| 23% | 24% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | 26% |
- Hearts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- St. Johnstone has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 50 | 61 |
| 2 | Rangers | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 44 | 56 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | Livingston | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 29 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -21 | 23 |
| 9 | Ross County | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -25 | 22 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 20 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
| 12 | Hearts | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 17 |