PERTH. St. Johnstone overcame Hearts to win 2-1. It was St. Johnstone to strike first with an early goal of A. Crawford at the 1′. Then it was a goal in the 6′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. McCart gave the win to St. Johnstone in the 57′ minute with a goal. Hearts was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the McDiarmid Park stadium in Perth on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Grant Irvine with the assistance of Craig Ferguson and Chris Rae. The 4th official was Scott Lambie. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.3 degrees Celsius or 81.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.​

Match Statistics​

St. Johnstone

2 - 1

Hearts

  • ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
  • 13 Total 12
  • 4 On Target 5
  • 9 Off Target 7
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 84 Attack 93
  • 44 Dangerous attack 55
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 8
  • 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 11 Total 8
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Hearts had a superior ball possession 65% while St. Johnstone was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hearts was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, St. Johnstone managed to find the solution to win this match.​

St. Johnstone shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hearts shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards (C. Hendry and J. Butterfield). Regarding the opposition, Hearts didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Ali Crawford(goal)M. Hallberg
1'
6'
Nathaniel Atkinson(goal)
36'
57'
65'
65'
65'
Charlie Gilmour- sub ->M. Hallberg
74'
78'
78'
87'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
93
5
Livingston
49
5
Rangers
89
5
Hibernian
45
5
Hearts
61
5
St. Mirren
44
5
Aberdeen
41
5
Dundee United
48
5
St. Johnstone
35
5
Motherwell
46
5
Dundee
29
5
Ross County
41
5

After playing this match, St. Johnstone will have 23 points to hold in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Hearts will stay with 43 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, St. Johnstone will play away against Ross County on the 26th of February with a 10-7 head to head statistic in favor of St. Johnstone (12 draws).

Hearts will play away agasint St. Mirren on the 26th of February with a 17-8 head to head record in favor of Hearts (10 draws).

St. Johnstone – Formation

St. Johnstone
G
Elliot Parish 12.England
7.2
D
Dan Cleary 5.Republic of Ireland
6.3
D
Liam Gordon 6.Scotland
7.0
D
Jamie McCart 4.Scotland
7.4
57'
M
Thomas Sang 27.England
7.0
M
M. Hallberg 29.Sweden
8.2
74'
M
Murray Davidson 8.Scotland
7.4
M
Tony Gallacher 3.Scotland
7.6
F
Ali Crawford 21.Scotland
7.4
78' 1'
F
Glenn Middleton 14.Scotland
6.8
87'
F
Callum Hendry 22.Scotland
7.1
78' 36'
Substitutes
G
Ross Sinclair 20.Scotland
D
J. Brown 2.Malta
D
John Mahon 16.Republic of Ireland
M
Charlie Gilmour 15.Scotland
6.4
74'
M
Jacob Luke Butterfield 34.England
6.6
78' 90'
F
Stevie May 7.Scotland
F
Michael O'Halloran 11.Scotland
F
N. Çiftçi 23.Turkey
7.1
78'
F
T. Bair 17.Canada
6.4
87'

St. Johnstone started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Callum Davidson decided to play with the following team: Elliot Parish (7.2), Dan Cleary (6.3), Liam Gordon (7.0), Jamie McCart (7.4), Thomas Sang (7.0), Melker Hallberg (8.2), Murray Davidson (7.4), Tony Gallacher (7.6), Ali Crawford (7.4), Glenn Middleton (6.8) and Callum Hendry (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Ross Sinclair, James Brown, John Mahon, Charlie Gilmour (6.4), Jacob Luke Butterfield (6.6), Stevie May, Michael O’Halloran, Nadir Çiftçi (7.1) and Thelonius Bair (6.4).

St. Johnstone could not rely on the presence of C. Gilmour (injured).

Substitutions

St. Johnstone made 4 changes: M. Hallberg for C. Gilmour (74′), C. Hendry for N. Ciftci (78′), A. Crawford for J. Butterfield (78′) and G. Middleton for T. Bair (87′).

Best player: Melker Hallberg​

The most impressive player for St. Johnstone was Melker Hallberg even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 23 passes (82% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Hearts – Formation

Hearts
G
R. Stewart 13.Scotland
6.4
D
J. Souttar 4.Scotland
7.2
D
Stephen Kingsley 3.Scotland
6.9
D
Toby Sibbick 21.England
6.1
M
Nathaniel Atkinson 12.Australia
6.8
6'
M
Cammy Devlin 14.Australia
6.3
65'
M
Peter Haring 5.Austria
6.9
M
Alex Cochrane 17.England
6.1
65'
F
Josh Ginnelly 30.England
7.0
65'
F
Ellis Simms 20.England
6.4
F
Barrie McKay 18.Scotland
7.1
Substitutes
G
Liam MacFarlane 39.Scotland
D
T. Moore 15.England
M
Andy Halliday 16.Scotland
6.8
65'
M
Beni Baningime 6.DR Congo
M
Aaron McEneff 8.Northern Ireland
M
F. Pollock 38.Scotland
M
Gary Mackay-Steven 11.Scotland
6.1
65'
F
Ben Woodburn 9.Wales
6.9
65'

Hearts started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Robbie Neilson played with: Ross Stewart (6.4), Toby Sibbick (6.1), John Souttar (7.2), Stephen Kingsley (6.9), Nathaniel Atkinson (6.8), Cameron Devlin (6.3), Peter Haring (6.9), Alex Cochrane (6.1), Josh Ginnelly (7.0), Ellis Simms (6.4) and Barrie McKay (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Liam McFarlane, Taylor Moore, Andy Halliday (6.8), Beni Baningime, Aaron McEneff, Finlay Pollock, Gary Mackay-Steven (6.1) and Ben Woodburn (6.9).

Substitutions

Hearts made 3 changes: C. Devlin for A. Halliday (65′), A. Cochrane for G. Mackay-Steven (65′) and J. Ginnelly for B. Woodburn (65′).

Best player: John Souttar​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hearts was John Souttar.

His rating is (7.2) with 76 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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