The Premiership league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. St. Johnstone and St. Mirren are placed 8th and 6th respectively.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Premiership games here at McDiarmid Park. The Johnstone manager C. Davidson might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
M. O'Halloran was the last player to score a league goal for St. Johnstone and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as St. Johnstone haven't scored in 180 minutes.
St. Johnstone's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Hibernian (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match, St. Johnstone lost 0-1 at home to Aberdeen.
The defeat against Hibernian was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by S. Mallan).
At McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
St. Mirren form and stats
Things could have gone better for St. Mirren in their Premiership away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
There were no winners in Mirren's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 1-1 vs Ross County (placed 3rd). Prior to that result Mirren won their away game at Hamilton Academical. The scoreline was 1-0.
St. Mirren have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Johnstone five wins, three draws and St. Mirren two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Obika 2 goals |   L. Craig 1 goals |  D. Wotherspoon 1 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| St. Johnstone | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 3.2 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 5 | 2.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6.2 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | 12 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 23 | 40 |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 18% |
- St. Johnstone has the most points from losing position (4)
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (0)
| St. Johnstone | Last season | St. Mirren | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 11 | 15 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Conceded | C | 28 | 41 | ||
| 90% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 83% | ||
| 62% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | ||
| 45% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 43% | ||
| 34% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 13% | ||
| 14% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 10% | ||
| 45% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 33% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 43% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 266 | 158 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 280 | ||
| 100 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 48 | 87 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Ross County | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Celtic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Livingston | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 2 |