Saturday , 14 November 2026

St. Johnstone FC vs Heart of Midlothian FC, Premier League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Premier League · 2023-24
St. Johnstone FC
0 – 2
Full Time
Heart of Midlothian FC
Sat 5 Aug 2023 · 14:00 UTC McDiarmid Park 6,818 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 75' Yutaro Oda
0–2 90+6' Lawrence Shankland
Y 16' Kye Rowles
Sam McClelland 17' Y
Daniel Phillips 29' Y
Y 80' Cameron Devlin
Y 90' Liam Boyce

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Steven McLean
  • Assistant 1 Daniel McFarlane
  • Assistant 2 Gordon Crawford
  • 4th Official Colin Whyte (Scotland)
6 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Celtic FC 13 31
2 Rangers FC 12 27
3 Falkirk FC 13 21
4 Heart of Midlothian FC 12 20
5 Dundee FC 12 17
6 Dundee United FC 12 17
7 St. Johnstone FC 13 17
8 St. Mirren FC 13 14
9 Motherwell FC 13 13
10 Hibernian FC 12 11
11 Aberdeen FC 12 11
12 Kilmarnock FC 13 9

Head-to-Head

3
3
13
St. Johnstone FC 19 games · Avg 2.8 goals Heart of Midlothian FC
Last 5 meetings
2023-08-05 St. Johnstone FC 0–2 Heart of Midlothian FC 2023-03-04 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–0 St. Johnstone FC 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

Recent Form

St. Johnstone FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug Heart of Midlothian FC H 0–2 L
28 May Livingston FC H 2–0 W
24 May Ross County FC A 3–3 D
20 May Kilmarnock FC A 1–0 W
13 May Motherwell FC H 0–2 L
06 May Dundee United FC H 1–0 W
Heart of Midlothian FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug St. Johnstone FC A 2–0 W
27 May Hibernian FC H 1–1 D
24 May Rangers FC A 2–2 D
20 May Aberdeen FC H 2–1 W
13 May St. Mirren FC A 2–2 D
07 May Celtic FC H 0–2 L

Season Stats

St. Johnstone FC Heart of Midlothian FC
#7 Position #4
17 Points 20
13 Played 12
4 / 5 / 4 W / D / L 6 / 2 / 4
17 Scored 26
20 Conceded 22
-3 GD +4
1.31 PPG 1.67
31% Win % 50%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
8% Clean Sheets
St. Johnstone FC this season
25% Clean Sheets
Heart of Midlothian FC this season

St. Johnstone FC are 7th (17 pts). Heart of Midlothian FC are 4th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

St. Johnstone FC
0-15
2/2
16-30
4/2
31-45
2/4
46-60
2/6
61-75
3/3
76+
4/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Heart of Midlothian FC
0-15
4/4
16-30
3/4
31-45
5/4
46-60
6/4
61-75
3/1
76+
5/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

St. Johnstone FC
Josh Fowler 5 G
Josh Campbell 3 G
Enes Alic 2 G 4 A
Kai Fotheringham 2 G
Fowler Josh 1 G 1 A
Heart of Midlothian FC
Claudio Braga 6 G 2 A
Calvin Miller 5 G 1 A
James Wilson 3 G
Laurent Mendy 3 G
Joshua McPake 2 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at McDiarmid Park!
  • 5' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. heart of midlothian fc needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 15' heart of midlothian fc is showing some good football. However, heart of midlothian fc are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 16' The referee calls foul for Kye Rowles. He receives a card.
  • 17' The referee calls foul for Sam McClelland. He receives a card.
  • 22' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 27' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 29' That looks like a foul for a card for Daniel Phillips.
  • 34' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His st. johnstone fc side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 39' Zander Clark is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for st. johnstone fc so far.
  • 44' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 49' With 0 assists to his name this season, Liam Gordon is clearly more than just a goal scorer for st. johnstone fc.
  • 54' Stephen Kingsley has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 59' The Heart of Midlothian FC manager makes a substitution. Calem Nieuwenhof departs to be replaced by Alex Lowry.
  • 63' Maksym Kucheriavyi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Drey Wright at the 63 minute mark.
  • 68' 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.
  • 69' Fresh legs for Heart of Midlothian FC! Kyosuke Tagawa comes on to replace Alan Forrest.
  • 74' Kyosuke Tagawa has been relatively quiet despite scoring 26 goals in his last 279 appearances.
  • 75' Goal! Yutaro Oda scores his 10 goal in 457 matches.
  • 77' St. Johnstone FC make a change. Daniel Phillips trudges off to be replaced by Luke Jephcott on 77 minutes.
  • 80' It’s gonna be a card for Cameron Devlin.
  • 84' Liam Boyce has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cameron Devlin on 84 minute.
  • 89' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 90' A moment of madness from Liam Boyce on 90 minutes earns him a card. Heart of Midlothian FC will be frustrated.
  • 90' Taylor Steven has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cameron Ballantyne on 90 minute.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from heart of midlothian fc to claim maximum points.

Lineups

St. Johnstone FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Heart of Midlothian FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2023-08-05 St. Johnstone FC 0–2 Heart of Midlothian FC 2023-03-04 Heart of Midlothian FC 3–0 St. Johnstone FC 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

St. Johnstone FC Form

2023-08-05 St. Johnstone FC 0–2 Heart of Midlothian FC L 2023-05-28 St. Johnstone FC 2–0 Livingston FC W 2023-05-24 Ross County FC 3–3 St. Johnstone FC D 2023-05-20 Kilmarnock FC 0–1 St. Johnstone FC W 2023-05-13 St. Johnstone FC 0–2 Motherwell FC L 2023-05-06 St. Johnstone FC 1–0 Dundee United FC W

Heart of Midlothian FC Form

2023-08-05 St. Johnstone FC 0–2 Heart of Midlothian FC W 2023-05-27 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–1 Hibernian FC D 2023-05-24 Rangers FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2023-05-20 Heart of Midlothian FC 2–1 Aberdeen FC W 2023-05-13 St. Mirren FC 2–2 Heart of Midlothian FC D 2023-05-07 Heart of Midlothian FC 0–2 Celtic FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.51 St. Johnstone FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.09 Heart of Midlothian FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct
St. Johnstone FC29% Draw25% Heart of Midlothian FC46%
Actual: Heart of Midlothian FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes68% 0% No32%
Avg goals/match: 3.6
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 69%
31%
± 3.5 48%
52%
± 4.5 29%
71%

Double Chance

St. Johnstone FC or Draw
53%
Draw or Heart of Midlothian FC
71%
St. Johnstone FC or Heart of Midlothian FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
St. Johnstone FC23% Draw40% Heart of Midlothian FC37%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.5%
1 – 2
8.7%
2 – 2
6.5%
2 – 1
6.3%
1 – 3
6%
0 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
5.2%
2 – 3
4.6%
0 – 3
4.1%
0 – 0
4.1%
1 – 0
3.5%
3 – 2
3.3%

Asian Handicap — St. Johnstone FC

Handicap St. Johnstone FC covers Push Heart of Midlothian FC covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 8% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 14% 73%
-0.5 27% — 73%
+0.5 50% — 50%
+1 50% 20% 30%
+1.5 70% — 30%
+2 70% 15% 15%
+2.5 85% — 15%

Clean Sheet

St. Johnstone FC keeps clean sheet
13% ✓
Heart of Midlothian FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✗

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