In a weekend match in week 5, on Sun May 15th, Hibernian will host St. Johnstone in a Premiership match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. Hibernian sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Dundee. Niall McGinn scored the first goal for Dundee in the 3rd minute, but James Scott got the equalizer for Hibernian in the 29th minute. Hibernian looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while st. Johnstone sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Aberdeen. Callum Hendry scored the first goal for St. Johnstone in the 17th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Aberdeen couldn’t manage to score, and St. Johnstone took the shutout win. St. Johnstone is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Easter Road Stadium, Hibernian and St. Johnstone battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Hibernian nor St. Johnstone could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
St. Johnstone is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Shaun Rooney and Glenn Middleton each only have 1 goal in their last five. Drey Wright and Ewan Henderson are the top scorers for Hibernian in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.