Premiership: Two teams in decent form get together for this fixture. Hearts hold a wee advantage with their 4th place in the standings?
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Hearts have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
St. Johnstone form and stats
3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for St. Johnstone so far this season.
St. Johnstone are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Celtic. Before that fixture this club had gone six consecutive league fixtures without a defeat. Matthews had a busy but productive day in the Celtic match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The attacker May was announced as "man of the match" for Johnstone with the rating of 6.51/10. May hit one key pass.
Before that match, a win away at Ross County.Betting people might want to know that 9 of the most recent 11 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.
St. Johnstone are not conceding a lot of goals here at McDiarmid Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Dundee United (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. Shankland, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.84. Shankland hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Hearts secured a home win against Kilmarnock with the score 3-1.Hearts have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Hearts in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head game ended Hearts - St. Johnstone 3-2, earlier this season. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two participants are: three wins for St. Johnstone, three draws and four wins for Hearts. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 11 goals |   N. Clark 4 goals |  G. Carey 3 goals |
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| St. Johnstone | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 29 |
| 26 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 88% |
| 67% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 65% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 47% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 61% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 65% |
| 17% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 28% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 29% |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 6.6 | 8 | 11 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8.8 | 8.4 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.9 | 12.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 4.2 |
| 43% | 47% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 43% | 41% |
| 13.7 | 12 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 15.3 | 15 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
- Hearts have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
| 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 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 51 |
| 2 | Rangers | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 42 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 25 |
| 4 | Hearts | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -4 | 24 |
| 6 | St. Johnstone | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Livingston | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 16 |
| 11 | Ross County | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -15 | 15 |
| 12 | Dundee United | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
