With their 8 point advantage in the league table, St. Johnstone fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Ross County.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Premiership
- Ross County have the fewest scored goals (26) in Premiership
St. Johnstone and Ross County should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for St. Johnstone, who have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Premiership, are 4-4-7 (wins-draw-losses).
Johnstone's last game was hosting Hibernian (placed 3rd) and winning 1-0. 1-1 away at Hamilton Academical before that.
The lack of attacking qualities in St. Johnstone means that they have only scored 7 goals in 15 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Johnstone are not conceding a lot of goals here at McDiarmid Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.
Ross County form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ross County, who have the fewest scored goals (26) in Premiership, so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-10 (win-draw-lose).
Ross County failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Hibernian (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Kilmarnock.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as County have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Ross County - St. Johnstone 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - seven - two (Johnstone wins - draws - Ross County wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Shaw 6 goals |   S. May 5 goals |  G. Melamed 5 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Ross County missing players
| St. Johnstone | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 33 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| 40 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | 58 |
| 91% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 62% | 33% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 78% |
| 41% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | 47% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 28% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 12% |
| 47% | 20% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 33% | 41% |
| 25% | 47% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 38% | 53% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 47% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11.1 | 10.4 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 8.7 | 9 |
| 3 | 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | 31% |
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ross County have the fewest scored goals (26) in Premiership
- Ross County have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Premiership
- Ross County have the the worst goal difference (-32) in Premiership
- Ross County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (7) 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 | Rangers | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 68 | 88 |
| 2 | Celtic | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 42 | 68 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 49 |
| 5 | Livingston | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 43 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | -8 | 39 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 8 | Dundee United | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 36 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -16 | 35 |
| 10 | Ross County | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -32 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -29 | 26 |
| 12 | Kilmarnock | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 29 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 25 | -17 | 25 |