St. Johnstone vs Hibernian Match Preview


In this 15th week match, on Saturday Nov 27th, St. Johnstone will host Hibernian at Mcdiarmid Park in a clash of these two evenly matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 9th placed St. Johnstone, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against St. Mirren. St. Johnstone had 5 on net, and St. Mirren had 16, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. St. Johnstone is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while hibernian sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Celtic. Anthony Ralston struck first for Celtic in the 10th minute on a feed from David Turnbull, then Cameron Carter-Vickers added another in the 14th minute. Hibernian is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.

Hibernian and St. Johnstone last played eachother at the Easter Road Stadium on the 26th of September. Hibernian won by a score of 1 to 0. Martin Boyle struck first for Hibernian in the 61st minute on a penalty kick, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Johnstone couldn’t manage to score, and Hibernian took the shutout win.

Martin Boyle has been the most prolific scorer on Hibernian in the last five matches with 2 goals. Liam Gordon and Ali Crawford are the top scorers for St. Johnstone in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.