St. Johnstone FC vs Heart of Midlothian FC, Premier League 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2022-23

St. Johnstone FC

2 – 3

Full Time

Heart of Midlothian FC

Wed 28 Dec 2022 · 19:45 UTC McDiarmid Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Graham Carey 9' Y

Ryan McGowan 13' Y

Y 55' Robert Snodgrass

Alex Mitchell 84' Y

Liam Gordon 90' Y

Overview

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St. Johnstone FC vs Heart of Midlothian FC — Premier League at McDiarmid Park.

St. Johnstone FC 7 games · 8 pts (2026/27)
Heart of Midlothian FC 7 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Celtic FC	7	18
2	Rangers FC	7	16
3	Heart of Midlothian FC	7	13
4	Dundee FC	7	10
5	St. Mirren FC	7	10
6	St. Johnstone FC	7	8
7	Aberdeen FC	7	8
8	Motherwell FC	7	8
9	Dundee United FC	7	8
10	Hibernian FC	7	7
11	Falkirk FC	7	6
12	Kilmarnock FC	7	5

Head-to-Head

St. Johnstone FC 19 games · Avg 2.8 goals Heart of Midlothian FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-12-28 St. Johnstone FC 2–3 Heart of Midlothian FC 2022-08-28 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–2 St. Johnstone FC 2022-02-19 St. Johnstone FC 2–1 Heart of Midlothian FC 2021-10-27 St. Johnstone FC 1–1 Heart of Midlothian FC 2020-02-01 St. Johnstone FC 3–3 Heart of Midlothian FC

Recent Form

St. Johnstone FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	Heart of Midlothian FC	H	2–3	L
24 Dec	Celtic FC	A	1–4	L
17 Dec	Ross County FC	A	2–1	W
12 Nov	Motherwell FC	H	1–1	D
09 Nov	St. Mirren FC	A	2–2	D
06 Nov	Rangers FC	H	2–1	W

Heart of Midlothian FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	St. Johnstone FC	A	3–2	W
24 Dec	Dundee United FC	A	2–2	D
17 Dec	Kilmarnock FC	H	3–1	W
12 Nov	Livingston FC	H	1–1	D
09 Nov	Rangers FC	A	0–1	L
06 Nov	Motherwell FC	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

St. Johnstone FC		Heart of Midlothian FC
#6	Position	#3
8	Points	13
7	Played	7
2 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	4 / 1 / 2
9	Scored	14
10	Conceded	8
-1	GD	+6
1.14	PPG	1.86
29%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
St. Johnstone FC this season

14% Clean Sheets
Heart of Midlothian FC this season

St. Johnstone FC are 6th (8 pts). Heart of Midlothian FC are 3rd (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

St. Johnstone FC

0-15

–/1

16-30

2/1

31-45

1/2

46-60

2/4

61-75

1/1

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Heart of Midlothian FC

0-15

4/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

1/2

61-75

2/1

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

St. Johnstone FC

Josh Fowler	3 G
Enes Alic	2 G
Fowler Josh	1 G	1 A
Cheick Diabate	1 G
Kai Fotheringham	1 G

Heart of Midlothian FC

James Wilson	3 G
Claudio Braga	2 G	2 A
Joshua McPake	1 G	1 A
Calvin Miller	1 G
Tom Renaud	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! St. Johnstone FC welcome Heart of Midlothian FC for this crunch clash at McDiarmid Park.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. St. Johnstone FC and Heart of Midlothian FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
9' That is a Yellow card for St. Johnstone FC. Graham Carey will be fuming at that decision.
13' Ryan McGowan picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
14' Lawrence Shankland does the damage! The net is bulging and Heart of Midlothian FC surge ahead!
19' Heart of Midlothian FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
24' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Heart of Midlothian FC winning 100% of all matches.
25' Fresh legs for St. Johnstone FC! Alex Mitchell comes on to replace Melker Hallberg.
26' A change in the St. Johnstone FC ranks — Melker Hallberg exits the field as Alex Mitchell enters on 26.
31' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
33' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Alan Forrest makes no mistake. 0-2!
38' Josh Ginnelly has been relatively quiet despite scoring 25 goals in his last 65 appearances.
43' The 28-year-old Cameron Devlin has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
48' Over 48 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
53' Heart of Midlothian FC have won 334 goals from 312 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
55' Robert Snodgrass picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
55' Stevie May doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
60' Heart of Midlothian FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
63' Fresh legs for Heart of Midlothian FC! Michael Smith comes on to replace Alan Forrest.
64' Barrie McKay is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
65' St. Johnstone FC make a change. Nicky Clark trudges off to be replaced by Jamie Murphy on 65 minutes.
67' The St. Johnstone FC bench stirs into life. Alistair Crawford is withdrawn and Connor McLennan gets his opportunity.
70' The St. Johnstone FC manager makes a substitution. Graham Carey departs to be replaced by Cameron MacPherson.
75' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Robbie Neilson will be considering his options from the bench.
77' A change in the Heart of Midlothian FC ranks — Josh Ginnelly exits the field as Orestis Kiomourtzoglou enters on 77.
79' Jamie Murphy is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
84' Alex Mitchell has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 84.
89' Heart of Midlothian FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Liam Gordon.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — St. Johnstone FC 2-3 Heart of Midlothian FC.

Lineups

St. Johnstone FC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Remi Matthews
21
Alistair Crawford ↓ Connor McLennan 67'
13
Ryan McGowan ↓ David Wotherspoon 70'
23
Graham Carey ↓ Cameron MacPherson 70'
7
Stevie May
4
Andrew Considine
14
Drey Wright
6
Liam Gordon
37
Nicky Clark ↓ Jamie Murphy 65'
22
Melker Hallberg ↓ Alex Mitchell 26'
19
Adam Montgomery

Bench

Heart of Midlothian FC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Toby Sibbick
77
Robert Snodgrass
30
Josh Ginnelly ↓ Orestis Kiomourtzoglou 77'
7
Jorge Grant ↓ Barrie McKay 63'
14
Cameron Devlin
15
Kye Rowles
28
Zander Clark
16
Andrew Halliday
17
Alan Forrest ↓ Michael Smith 63'
9
Lawrence Shankland
19
Alex Cochrane

Bench

Coach Robbie Neilson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lawrence Shankland	5
Josh Ginnelly	3
Graham Carey	3
Stevie May	3
Kye Rowles	2
Liam Boyce	2
Elton Kabangu	2
Alan Forrest	2

Head to Head

St. Johnstone FC Form

2022-12-28 St. Johnstone FC 2–3 Heart of Midlothian FC L 2022-12-24 Celtic FC 4–1 St. Johnstone FC L 2022-12-17 Ross County FC 1–2 St. Johnstone FC W 2022-11-12 St. Johnstone FC 1–1 Motherwell FC D 2022-11-09 St. Mirren FC 2–2 St. Johnstone FC D 2022-11-06 St. Johnstone FC 2–1 Rangers FC W

Heart of Midlothian FC Form

2022-12-28 St. Johnstone FC 2–3 Heart of Midlothian FC W 2022-12-24 Dundee United FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2022-12-17 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–1 Kilmarnock FC W 2022-11-12 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–1 Livingston FC D 2022-11-09 Rangers FC 1–0 Heart of Midlothian FC L 2022-11-06 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–2 Motherwell FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.62 St. Johnstone FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.14 Heart of Midlothian FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

St. Johnstone FC30% Draw24% Heart of Midlothian FC46%

Actual: Heart of Midlothian FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.76

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

St. Johnstone FC or Draw

55%

Draw or Heart of Midlothian FC

70%

St. Johnstone FC or Heart of Midlothian FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

St. Johnstone FC24% Draw39% Heart of Midlothian FC37%

Actual: Heart of Midlothian FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.9%

1 – 2

8.4%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 1

6.4%

1 – 3

5.9%

0 – 2

5.4%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 1

4.5%

0 – 3

3.8%

3 – 2

3.6%

0 – 0

3.6%

3 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — St. Johnstone FC

Handicap	St. Johnstone FC covers	Push	Heart of Midlothian FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	15%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	19%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	15%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

St. Johnstone FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.