Only a few games have been played in the Premiership so far, with St. Johnstone placed 7th and Hibernian sitting in the 2nd position.
The hosts Johnstone saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premiership. Thankfully the previous game, versus Aberdeen, was also a home game here at McDiarmid Park. The away team is better rested.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone's first Premiership home game here at McDiarmid Park ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 16 matches.
The Johnstone crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Aberdeen here at McDiarmid Park in a Premiership match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Kilmarnock and winning 2-1.
At McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian, who have the most scored goals (5) away in Premiership, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Premiership.
The Hibernian goalkeeper Ofir Meir Marciano is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 210 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Hibernian's last game was the home draw against Motherwell (0-0). Preceding that game was the away victory against Dundee United with the score of 1-0.
5 goals so far away for Hibernian, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
St. Johnstone-Hibernian H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Johnstone three wins, Hibernian three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Nisbet 3 goals |  M. Boyle 2 goals |  C. Doidge 2 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Hibernian missing players
| St. Johnstone | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 2.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 46 |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 47% |
- Hibernian has the most scored goals (5) away
- Hibernian has the most scored goals in the first half (5)
- Hibernian has the the best goal difference (+4) away
- St. Johnstone has the most points from losing position (4)
| St. Johnstone | Last season | Hibernian | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 42 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Conceded | C | 27 | 49 | ||
| 90% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 62% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 45% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 67% | ||
| 34% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | ||
| 14% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 7% | ||
| 45% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | ||
| 28% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 17% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 266 | 158 | Total Shots | T S | 111 | 276 | ||
| 100 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 122 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Ross County | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Celtic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Livingston | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 45 | 67 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | Hearts | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -21 | 23 |