St. Johnstone hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 9th position in the Premiership table. Visiting Ross County holds 8th place with 20 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for St. Johnstone and Ross County.
Ross County are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone's results here at McDiarmid Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for St. Johnstone.
The St. Johnstone goalkeeper Zander Clark is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 361 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
St. Johnstone are returning here after visiting Hamilton Academical in a Premiership game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus St. Mirren.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how St. Johnstone have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for St. Johnstone here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Ross County form and stats
There's been little loot from Ross County's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Premiership. Ross County, who have the most conceded goals (41) in Premiership, only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Ross County are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Ross County failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Motherwell (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Livingston's place.
We have checked recent matches where Ross County have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were W2-D1-L4.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ross County as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. The Ross County manager S. Kettlewell has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ross County - St. Johnstone 2-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for St. Johnstone, 4 draws and 2 wins for Ross County. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
 
B. Graham
4 goals
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M. Kennedy
3 goals
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C. Hendry
3 goals
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St. Johnstone missing players
Ross County missing players
| St. Johnstone | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 33 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 41 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 89% |
| 61% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 84% |
| 44% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 84% |
| 44% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 39% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 58% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 21% |
| 44% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 32% |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 171 | 88 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 55 | 130 |
| 62 | 35 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 20 | 52 |
| 24% | 23% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 40% |
- Ross County has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (41)
- Ross County has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- Ross County has the most points from losing position (9)
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-20)
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (15)
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (8) at home
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 43 | 52 |
| 2 | Rangers | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 41 | 47 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 25 |
| 6 | Kilmarnock | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 7 | Livingston | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Ross County | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 19 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 12 | Hearts | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 12 |