St. Johnstone want to fill the stadium for this match despite that the season has been back-breaking so far with 14 points and a 9th position in the Premiership table. Visiting Hibernian have 7th place with 15 pts.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premiership
- Hibernian is in the worst form (1-0-5)
Hibernian could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Ross County. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
St. Johnstone form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. St. Johnstone have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at McDiarmid Park. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The St. Johnstone goalkeeper Zander Clark is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 230 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
St. Johnstone lost their last game at Celtic (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline.
In the match before that, Johnstone hosted St. Mirren and drew the Premiership game 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Johnstone as they are travelling to their away game against Dundee in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
Johnstone aren't scoring a lot here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. On the other hand, Johnstone have conceded 9 goals.
Hibernian form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hibernian so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Hibernian who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. St. Johnstone was the last time a defeat was avoided.
There might be some fixture complaints from Hibernian as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premiership match against Ross County (0-1). Paul McGinn, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. McGinn won 11 of 14 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rangers at their stadium, the result 3-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rangers in just four days.
Hibernian are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). 8 goals have been conceded by Hibernian in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date past result involving both these contenders is the Hibernian - Johnstone 1-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Johnstone victories, two draws and four Hibernian wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Boyle 7 goals |   C. Kane 2 goals |  S. May 2 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Hibernian missing players
| St. Johnstone | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 77% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 46% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 23% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 31% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 38% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 54% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 5 | 6.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 9.6 | 10.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.5 | 11.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 25% | 32% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 25% | 32% |
| 12.7 | 12 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.2 | 11.2 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- Hibernian have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hibernian is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have won significantly more corners at 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 | Rangers | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Celtic | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 26 |
| 3 | Hearts | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 21 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Livingston | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Dundee | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | Ross County | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 9 |