In this week 19 match on Dec 28th, St. Johnstone will host Hearts at Mcdiarmid Park in a Premiership match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 6th placed St. Johnstone, recorded a 1-4 loss against Celtic. Reo Hatate scored the first goal for Celtic in the 14th minute, then Kyogo Furuhashi added another in the 18th minute on a feed from Matt O’Riley. St. Johnstone should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Hearts is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Dundee United. Neither Dundee United nor Hearts could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Hearts is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Tynecastle Park, Hearts was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Graham Carey scored the first goal for St. Johnstone in the 6th minute, then Kye Rowles got the equalizer for Hearts in the 25th minute on a feed from Gary Mackay-Steven But luckily in the 81st minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Lawrence Shankland.
Hearts is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Lawrence Shankland and Josh Ginnelly each having 2 goals in their last five. St. Johnstone is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Nicholas Clark and Ali Crawford each having 2 goals in their last five.