EDINBURGH. Hearts defeats St. Johnstone 1-0 after L. Shankland scored just 1 goal (61′). Hearts was much better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
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 John Beaton with the collaboration of Daniel McFarlane and Graham McNeillie. The 4th official was Stewart Luke. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.22 degrees Celsius or 37.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 18 Total 10
- 4 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 1
- 5 Shots blocked 6
- 127 Attack 89
- 57 Dangerous attack 49
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 5 Total 17
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Hearts had a superior ball possession 61% while St. Johnstone was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Hearts was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hearts won the match.
Hearts shot 18 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, St. Johnstone shot 10 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Hearts received 3 yellow cards (Kenneth Vargas, Kenneth Vargas and Alex Cochrane ). On the other side, St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards (Daniel Phillips and Tony Gallacher).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Hearts will have 20 points to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, St. Johnstone will stay with 11 points like Ross County to hold in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, Hearts will host Livingston on the 13th of April with a 8-2 head to head record in favor of Hearts (6 draws).
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).
Hearts – Formation
Hearts started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Steven Naismith decided to play with the following team: Zander Clark , Stephen Kingsley , Frankie Kent , Kye Rowles , Alan Forrest , Jorge Grant , Beni Baningime , Alex Lowry , Alex Cochrane , Lawrence Shankland and Liam Boyce .
The home team had on the bench: Peter Haring, Calem Nieuwenhof , Yutaro Oda , Michael McGovern, Cammy Devlin , Toby Sibbick, Aidan Denholm, Kyosuke Tagawa and Kenneth Vargas .
Substitutions
Hearts made 4 changes: Alex Lowry for Calem Nieuwenhof (67′), Jorge Grant for Yutaro Oda (59′), Alan Forrest for Cammy Devlin (81′) and Stevie May for Kenneth Vargas (81′).
Player of the match: Alex Cochrane
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hearts was Alex Cochrane even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 37 passes (58% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 12 crosses.
St. Johnstone – Formation
St. Johnstone started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Craig Levein played with: Dimitar Mitov , Ryan McGowan , Liam Gordon , Andy Considine , Dara Costelloe , Daniel Phillips , Maksym Kucheryavyi , Luke Robinson , Matt Smith , Stevie May and Chris Kane .
These were the players on the bench: Tony Gallacher , Diallang Jaiyesimi , Luke Jephcott , Oludare Olufunwa, Sven Sprangler, Cammy Ballantyne, Jay Turner-Cooke, Dave Richards and Fran Franczak.
St. Johnstone could not rely on the presence of Diallang Jaiyesimi (injured).
Substitutions
St. Johnstone made 3 changes: Andy Considine for Tony Gallacher (46′), Andy Considine for Diallang Jaiyesimi (86′) and Chris Kane for Luke Jephcott (83′).
Player of the match: Ryan McGowan
The most impressive player for St. Johnstone was Ryan McGowan.
His rating is with 32 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- St. Mirren – Livingston – 1-0
- Ross County – Kilmarnock – 0-0
- Hearts – St. Johnstone – 1-0
- Dundee – Hibernian – 1-2
- Celtic – Motherwell – 1-1