PERTH. St. Johnstone overcomes Ross County 1-0 after G. Carey scored just 1 goal (71′). Ross County lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the McDiarmid Park stadium in Perth on Saturday and it started at 11:00 pm local time. The referee was Nick Walsh who was helped by Calum Spence and David Dunne. The 4th official was Ross Hardie. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.84 degrees Celsius or 74.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ross County had a superior ball possession 56% while St. Johnstone was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Johnstone had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Johnstone won the match​.

St. Johnstone shot 10 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Ross County shot 8 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

St. Johnstone received 4 yellow cards (Stevie May, Graham Carey, Sven Sprangler and Luke Robinson). Talking about the opposition, Ross County received 3 yellow cards (George Harmon, Jordan White and Victor Loturi).

Standings

After this encounter, St. Johnstone will have 11 points to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Ross County will stay with 10 points like Livingston to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, St. Johnstone will host Kilmarnock on the 13th of April with a 19-15 head to head stats in favor of St. Johnstone (8 draws).

Ross County will host Rangers on the 13th of April with a 16-0 head to head statistic in favor of Rangers (4 draws).

St. Johnstone – Formation

St. Johnstone adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Craig Levein decided to play with the following team: Dimitar Mitov (7.3), Ryan McGowan (7.5), Liam Gordon  (7.3), Andy Considine (7.3), James Brown (7.0), Daniel Phillips (7.5), Graham Carey (7.8), Luke Robinson (7.3), Matt Smith (6.7), Chris Kane (7.0) and Nicky Clark (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Tony Gallacher, Stevie May (6.4), Cammy MacPherson, Maksym Kucheryavyi, Luke Jephcott, Oludare Olufunwa, Sven Sprangler (6.8), Jay Turner-Cooke and Dave Richards.

St. Johnstone could not rely on the presence of Stevie May (injured).

Substitutions

St. Johnstone made 2 changes: Chris Kane for Sven Sprangler (81′) and Nicky Clark for Stevie May (64′).

Best player: Graham Carey​

The player that probably impressed the most for St. Johnstone was Graham Carey.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 43 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 6 crosses.

Ross County – Formation

Also Ross County adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Malky Mackay played with: Ross Laidlaw (6.8), William Nightingale (7.0), Jack Baldwin (7.0), Ryan Leak (7.5), Connor Randall (7.0), Victor Loturi (6.3), Scott Allardice (6.8), Ben Purrington (6.8), Yan Dhanda (7.7), Simon Murray (6.7) and Jordan White (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kyle Turner (6.3), Max Sheaf, George Harmon (6.6), Scott High, Ross Munro, Alex Samuel (6.8) and Josh Reid.

Ross County could not rely on the presence of George Harmon (injured).

Substitutions

Ross County made 4 changes: Scott Allardice for Alex Samuel (73′), Victor Loturi for Kyle Turner (46′), Ben Purrington for George Harmon (52′) and Connor Randall for Max Sheaf (89′).

Best player: Yan Dhanda​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ross County was Yan Dhanda.

His rating is (7.7) with 43 passes (58% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​

• St. Johnstone – Ross County – 1-0
• Motherwell – Hearts – 1-2
• Hibernian – Kilmarnock – 1-0
• Dundee – St. Mirren – 4-0