EDINBURGH. Hearts was in the end too much to handle for St. Johnstone with the goal of Josh Ginnelly (21′), Josh Ginnelly (63′) and Jorge Grant (73′). Hearts took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Tynecastle Park stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Steven McLean with the collaboration of Graeme Stewart and Drew Kirkland. The 4th official was Nick Walsh. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 15 Total 12
- 5 On Target 7
- 8 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 96 Attack 109
- 55 Dangerous attack 48
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 8
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 7
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Hearts had a strong ball possession 58% while St. Johnstone was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
St. Johnstone was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Hearts succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
St. Johnstone shot 15 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hearts shot 12 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, St. Johnstone will stay with 31 points to hold in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Hearts will have 45 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, St. Johnstone will host Hibernian on the 22nd of April with a 12-12 head to head record.
Hearts will host Ross County on the 22nd of April with a 10-2 head to head record in favor of Hearts (13 draws).
St. Johnstone – Formation
St. Johnstone
87'
St. Johnstone started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Robbie Neilson decided to play with the following team: Remi Matthews , Drey Wright , Alex Mitchell , Liam Gordon , James Brown , Adam Montgomery , Cameron MacPherson , Melker Hallberg , Graham Carey , Stevie May and Connor McLennan .
The home team had on the bench: Ross Sinclair, Liam Parker, Tony Gallacher, David Wotherspoon , Cameron Ballantyne, Jamie Murphy , Zak Rudden , Thelonius Bair and Liam Parker.
Substitutions
St. Johnstone made 5 changes: Connor McLennan for Zak Rudden (71′), Graham Carey for Jamie Murphy (75′), Stevie May for Thelonius Bair (75′), Melker Hallberg for David Wotherspoon (75′) and Adam Montgomery for Tony Gallacher (87′).
Best player: Graham Carey
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Johnstone was Graham Carey.
His rating is with 30 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.
Hearts – Formation
Hearts
73'
Hearts started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Callum Davidson played with: Zander Clark , James Hill , Kye Rowles , Stephen Kingsley , Michael Smith , Jorge Grant , Robert Snodgrass , Alex Cochrane , Lawrence Shankland , Josh Ginnelly and Barrie McKay .
They had on the bench: Ross Stewart, Nathaniel Atkinson, Toby Sibbick, Orestis Kiomourtzoglou , Cameron Devlin , Garang Kuol , Andy Halliday , Yutaro Oda and Alan Forrest.
Substitutions
Hearts made 5 changes: Alex Cochrane for Andy Halliday (71′), Robert Snodgrass for Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (71′), Barrie McKay for Cameron Devlin (78′), Josh Ginnelly for Garang Kuol (79′) and Michael Smith for Alan Forrest (87′).
Best player: Jorge Grant
The player that probably impressed the most for Hearts was Jorge Grant.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- Ross County – Motherwell – 0-2
- Rangers – Kilmarnock – 3-1
- Livingston – Hibernian – 1-4
- Hearts – St. Johnstone – 3-0
- Dundee United – Aberdeen – 1-3
