St. Johnstone v Hearts betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Wed 30.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: McDiarmid Park (10696 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premiership, St. Johnstone holding 12th place and Hearts lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It's no vacation for neither St. Johnstone nor Hearts 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.

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St. Johnstone form and stats

When playing at home in the Premiership, St. Johnstone, who have the most conceded goals (24) in Premiership, have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.

St. Johnstone's last game was hosting Hamilton Academical (placed 8th) and winning 3-2. Prior to that, an away loss at St. Mirren.

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 St. Johnstone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 4 Lost 3.

The manager T. Wright will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rangers in only three days.

The St. Johnstone fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for St. Johnstone with 10 goals conceded in these matches.

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Hearts form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. Visiting Hearts has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Hearts has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Livingston for a Premiership game that ended a draw (0-0). A draw for Hearts before that, at their own venue hosting Rangers (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Hearts in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Hearts, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Cup trip to Rangers.

Hearts have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Hearts have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: St. Johnstone won 2, Hearts won 5 and 3 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

St. JohnstoneM. O'Halloran
M. O'Halloran
2 goals / 1 assists
St. JohnstoneM. Kennedy
M. Kennedy
2 goals / 2 assists
St. JohnstoneD. Wotherspoon
D. Wotherspoon
2 goals

St. Johnstone missing players

Hearts missing players

St. Johnstone Hearts
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 2 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
5 3 0 Lost L 0 2 4
10 5 0 Scored S 2 5 10
24 10 0 Conceded C 1 7 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 60% 70%
80% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 60%
60% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 50%
60% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
50% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 60%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 30%
50% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 40%
 
4.7 5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 7.5 5 4.7
5.2 4.2 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.2 5.5
1.6 0.6 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

St. Johnstone
All Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
22-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 4 Rangers
28-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 1 Motherwell
05-10-19 PR Ross County 2 - 2 St. Johnstone
19-10-19 PR St. Mirren 2 - 0 St. Johnstone
26-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 3 - 2 Hamilton Academical
30-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 20:45 Hearts
02-11-19 PR Rangers 16:00 St. Johnstone
09-11-19 PR St. Johnstone 16:00 Hibernian
24-11-19 PR St. Johnstone 16:00 Aberdeen
30-11-19 PR Motherwell 16:00 St. Johnstone
Hearts
All Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
25-09-19 LC Hearts 2 - 2 Aberdeen
28-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hearts
05-10-19 PR Hearts 0 - 1 Kilmarnock
20-10-19 PR Hearts 1 - 1 Rangers
26-10-19 PR Livingston 0 - 0 Hearts
30-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 20:45 Hearts
03-11-19 LC Rangers 16:00 Hearts
09-11-19 PR Hearts 16:00 St. Mirren
23-11-19 PR Kilmarnock 16:00 Hearts
01-12-19 PR Rangers 16:00 Hearts

  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 9 7 1 1 28 7 4 4 0 0 19 2 5 3 1 1 9 5 21 22
2 Rangers 9 7 1 1 27 6 5 4 0 1 19 4 4 3 1 0 8 2 21 22
3 Kilmarnock 10 5 2 3 9 8 6 3 2 1 6 3 4 2 0 2 3 5 1 17
4 Motherwell 9 5 1 3 15 13 5 2 0 3 8 10 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 16
5 Aberdeen 9 4 3 2 13 10 4 2 2 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 5 6 3 15
6 Ross County 10 3 4 3 12 19 4 2 1 1 8 7 6 1 3 2 4 12 -7 13
7 Livingston 10 3 3 4 13 13 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 1 1 3 9 10 0 12
8 Hamilton Academical 10 2 3 5 10 19 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 0 2 3 4 13 -9 9
9 Hearts 10 1 5 4 10 14 5 0 3 2 5 7 5 1 2 2 5 7 -4 8
10 St. Mirren 10 2 2 6 5 9 5 2 2 1 3 1 5 0 0 5 2 8 -4 8
11 Hibernian 10 1 5 4 10 20 5 1 3 1 7 7 5 0 2 3 3 13 -10 8
12 St. Johnstone 10 1 4 5 10 24 5 1 1 3 5 10 5 0 3 2 5 14 -14 7

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