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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 19
Dec 28, 2022 at 7.45pm UK
McDiarmid Park
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St Johnstone
2 - 3
Hearts

May (55' pen.), Murphy (79')
Carey (9'), McGowan (13'), Mitchell (84'), Gordon (90+2')
FT(HT: 0-2)
Shankland (14' pen.), Forrest (33'), McKay (64')
Snodgrass (55')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Scottish Premiership clash between St Johnstone and Hearts, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Celtic 4-1 St Johnstone
Saturday, December 24 at 12.30pm in Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Dundee Utd 2-2 Hearts
Saturday, December 24 at 2pm in Scottish Premiership

We said: St Johnstone 1-0 Hearts

Although St Johnstone came back from Celtic Park without any points on Christmas Eve, there were positives to take away from the performance as they look to record a victory on home soil. Hearts did not get the win they expected at Dundee United and lost many players to injury in the process, meaning a trip to face the Saints could be a real struggle on Wednesday night. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Hearts win with a probability of 40.85%. A win for St Johnstone had a probability of 30.35% and a draw had a probability of 28.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Hearts win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.22%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.05%) and 0-2 (8.02%). The likeliest St Johnstone win was 1-0 (10.93%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.26%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 1.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Hearts would win this match.

Result
St JohnstoneDrawHearts
30.35% (-0.0050000000000026 -0.01) 28.8%40.85% (0.009999999999998 0.01)
Both teams to score 44.5% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
38.16% (0.011000000000003 0.01)61.84% (-0.0080000000000027 -0.01)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
18.38% (0.010999999999999 0.01)81.62% (-0.0069999999999908 -0.01)
St Johnstone Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
63.33% (0.0019999999999953 0)36.67% (0.0010000000000048 0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
26.54% (0.0030000000000001 0)73.45%
Hearts Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
70.26% (0.013000000000005 0.01)29.73% (-0.0090000000000003 -0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
34.2% (0.014000000000003 0.01)65.8% (-0.012 -0.01)
Score Analysis
    St Johnstone 30.34%
    Hearts 40.84%
    Draw 28.79%
St JohnstoneDrawHearts
1-0 @ 10.93% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
2-1 @ 6.66% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
2-0 @ 5.49% (-0.0019999999999998 -0)
3-1 @ 2.23%
3-0 @ 1.84% (-0.0010000000000001 -0)
3-2 @ 1.35% (0.0010000000000001 0)
Other @ 1.86%
Total : 30.34%
1-1 @ 13.26%
0-0 @ 10.9%
2-2 @ 4.04% (0.00099999999999945 0)
Other @ 0.59%
Total : 28.79%
0-1 @ 13.22%
1-2 @ 8.05% (0.0019999999999989 0)
0-2 @ 8.02% (0.0019999999999989 0)
1-3 @ 3.25% (0.0020000000000002 0)
0-3 @ 3.24% (0.00099999999999989 0)
2-3 @ 1.63% (0.00099999999999989 0)
1-4 @ 0.99%
0-4 @ 0.98% (0.001 0)
Other @ 1.46%
Total : 40.84%

How you voted: St Johnstone vs Hearts

St Johnstone
46.9%
Draw
31.3%
Hearts
21.9%
32
Head to Head
Aug 28, 2022 3pm
Hearts
3-2
St Johnstone
Rowles (25'), Boyce (31'), Shankland (81' pen.)
Carey (6'), Considine (54')
Murphy (15'), Phillips (45'), Crawford (66'), Considine (84')
Feb 19, 2022 3pm
Jan 18, 2022 7.45pm
Hearts
2-0
St Johnstone
Ginnelly (46', 75')
Souttar (73'), Smith (89')

Cleary (60'), Davidson (70'), Gordon (90+3')
Oct 27, 2021 7.45pm
St Johnstone
1-1
Hearts
Gordon (11')
Davidson (56'), May (67'), McCart (69'), Gordon (83')
Ginnelly (40')
Souttar (35'), Devlin (86')
Feb 1, 2020 3pm
St Johnstone
3-3
Hearts
May (17', 62' pen.), McCann (52')
O'Halloran (45'), Craig (59')
Boyce (26'), Naismith (31'), Clare (91')
Irving (58'), Halkett (61'), Naismith (86')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
Championship Group
1Celtic330087285987
2RangersRangers320179275281
3Hearts311149371266
4Kilmarnock31114538755
5St Mirren31024247-546
6Dundee30034662-1641
Relegation Group
1Aberdeen33004149-844
2Motherwell32015554143
3Hibernian31024858-1042
4Ross County31023564-2933
5St Johnstone30032652-2631
RLivingston32012764-3724
 
First Phase
1Celtic33246380265478
2RangersRangers33243672234975
3Hearts33195946341262
4Kilmarnock33131284334951
5St Mirren33127143843-543
6Dundee331011124454-1041
7Hibernian33912124451-739
8Motherwell33813124651-537
9Aberdeen33811143549-1435
10St Johnstone33710162446-2231
11Ross County3379173256-2430
RLivingston3339212259-3718


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