In this week 5 match on Aug 28th, Hearts will play host to St. Johnstone in a meeting of these two mismatched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. Hearts sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Celtic. Kyogo Furuhashi scored the first goal for Celtic in the 13th minute, then Giorgos Giakoumakis added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Josip Juranović In the end, Hearts was frustrated by Celtic’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celtic ended the match with the shutout victory. Hearts is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed St. Johnstone is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Aberdeen. Leighton Clarkson struck first for Aberdeen in the 56th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, St. Johnstone couldn’t muster any offence and Aberdeen ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win and 1 draw apiece.
Graham Carey and Thelonius Bair are the top scorers for St. Johnstone in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Hearts’s most prolific scorer has been Lawrence Shankland. The Scotish attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.