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- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (9) in Premiership
- Ross County have the most dropped points from leading position (12) 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
St. Johnstone's struggle is real here at McDiarmid Park with only 6 points collected from 9 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-5. When St. Johnstone hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like St. Mirren, Dundee and St. Johnstone), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Johnstone with their five defeats in a row. Not since the St. Mirren game, 46 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Johnstone haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 410 minutes ago. Porteous (own goal) scored that one.
Johnstone are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Motherwell. Booth (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Booth hit one key pass and had 55 successful passes (of 64 total).
Heartbreak before that as Johnstone lost 0-2 at Rangers's place.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 Johnstone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Celtic in only four days. This game is also played here at McDiarmid Park.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Johnstone here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). On the other hand, Johnstone have conceded 12 goals.
Ross County form and stats
There's been little loot from Ross County's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Premiership. Ross County only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Visiting Ross County has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
County are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Livingston (placed 8th). Defender Randall was the best team player with a rating of 7.14. Randall won 10 of 16 duels.
A 1-2 loss hosting Celtic before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Ross County in our archives, and the results are: two wins for County, two draws and two defeats.
Ross County have another game away from home in just four nights, a Premiership match vs Hearts. A hard diary for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far County have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. In the opposite end, County have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded match between these squads is the Ross County - St. Johnstone 0-0 played not long ago this season. Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): St. Johnstone won two games, six matches ended in a draw and Ross County managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  R. Charles-Cook 5 goals |  B. Spittal 4 goals |  H. Clarke 3 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Ross County missing players
| St. Johnstone | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 32 |
| 83% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 89% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 78% |
| 22% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 61% |
| 6% | 11% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 39% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 28% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 61% |
| 28% | 11% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 22% | 22% |
| 61% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 28% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 8.2 | 6.6 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 9.4 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11.6 | 10.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 22% | 29% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 34% |
| 14.1 | 13.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 16.8 | 15.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 5 |
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Ross County have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
- Ross County have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest points (6) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (9) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Celtic | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | Hearts | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 28 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 25 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Livingston | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 18 |
| 10 | Dundee | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 11 | Ross County | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 14 |