A quick look at the Premiership table indicate an edge to Hearts when they arrive at St. Johnstone. Yet; let's wait for the game before we elect a winner!
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premiership
- Hearts have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
Johnstone have less rest than Hearts in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Aberdeen.
St. Johnstone form and stats
With 1 Premiership win, 5 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, St. Johnstone are certainly not brimming with confidence. St. Johnstone are slowly digging their own grave here at McDiarmid Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Dundee match.
The St. Johnstone manager Davidson and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Aberdeen (placed 8th). Hendry, a forward, was the declared top performer for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.33 (out of 10). Hendry scored one goal.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at St. Mirren.Johnstone have scored 9 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded.
Hearts form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
A loss against Dundee was the result prior to that, in a Premiership home game.The attacking power of Hearts when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Hearts have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Hearts - Johnstone 2-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' latest H2H match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (St. Johnstone wins - draws - Hearts wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 8 goals |  S. Kingsley 4 goals |   C. Kane 3 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Hearts missing players
| St. Johnstone | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| 31 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 81% | 77% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 58% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 81% |
| 31% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 38% |
| 8% | 15% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 38% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 46% |
| 27% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 38% |
| 54% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 8.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.8 | 9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 11.1 | 12.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 22% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 32% |
| 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 14.9 | 13.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
- Hearts have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
- 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.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest points (8) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (15) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Premiership
| 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 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 42 | 63 |
| 2 | Rangers | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 34 | 62 |
| 3 | Hearts | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 43 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 33 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 33 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 32 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 31 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Livingston | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 10 | Ross County | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 11 | Dundee | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -21 | 21 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -16 | 20 |
