PERTH. Hearts beats St. Johnstone 1-0 after L. Shankland scored just 1 goal (55′).
The match was played at the McDiarmid Park stadium in Perth on Thursday and it started at 5:15 am local time. The referee was Iain Snedden who had the assistance of David Roome and Gordon McCabe. The 4th official was John Beaton. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.14 degrees Celsius or 86.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 10 Total 8
- 2 On Target 4
- 4 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 98 Attack 104
- 40 Dangerous attack 90
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 4
Fouls
- 9 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. St. Johnstone was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Hearts that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Hearts was more pushing with 90 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hearts won the match.
St. Johnstone shot 10 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hearts shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
St. Johnstone received 5 yellow cards (Andy Considine, Luke Robinson, Diallang Jaiyesimi, Ryan McGowan and Diallang Jaiyesimi). On the other side, Hearts received 1 yellow card (Kenneth Vargas).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, St. Johnstone stays with 24 points to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Hearts will has 48 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, St. Johnstone will play away with Dundee on the 11th of February with a 12-8 head to head in favor of St. Johnstone (6 draws).
Hearts will host Motherwell on the 17th of February with a 26-22 head to head stats in favor of Hearts (7 draws).
St. Johnstone – Formation
St. Johnstone
52'
65'
St. Johnstone started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Craig Levein decided to play with the following team: Dimitar Mitov , Oludare Olufunwa , Andy Considine , Ryan McGowan , Luke Robinson , Fran Franczak, Filip Franczak , C. Smith , Graham Carey , Maksym Kucheryavyi , Tony Gallacher and Benjamin Kimpioka .
The home team had on the bench: Stevie May, Chris Kane, Nicky Clark , Diallang Jaiyesimi , Adama Sidibeh , Sven Sprangler , Dave Richards and Kerr Smith.
Substitutions
St. Johnstone made 4 changes: Fran Franczak for Sven Sprangler (46′), Tony Gallacher for Adama Sidibeh (65′), Benjamin Kimpioka for Nicky Clark (65′) and C. Smith for Diallang Jaiyesimi (84′).
Player of the match: Graham Carey
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Johnstone was Graham Carey.
His rating is with 73 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Hearts – Formation
Hearts
55'
Hearts started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Steven Naismith played with: Zander Clark , Dexter Lembikisa , Frankie Kent , Stephen Kingsley , Alex Cochrane , Calem Nieuwenhof , Beni Baningime , Kenneth Vargas , Scott Fraser , Alan Forrest , Lawrence Shankland .
These were the players on the bench: Craig Gordon , Craig Halkett , Jorge Grant , Yutaro Oda , Cammy Devlin, Toby Sibbick, Aidan Denholm, Macaulay Tait and Kyosuke Tagawa.
Substitutions
Hearts made 3 changes: Stephen Kingsley for Craig Halkett (75′), Scott Fraser for Yutaro Oda (82′) and Kenneth Vargas for Jorge Grant (82′).
Player of the match: Frankie Kent
The player that probably impressed the most for Hearts was Frankie Kent even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 74 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- St. Mirren – Dundee – 2-0
- St. Johnstone – Hearts – 0-1
- Kilmarnock – Livingston – 1-0
- Hibernian – Celtic – 1-2
