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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 28
Mar 4, 2023 at 3pm UK
Tynecastle
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Hearts
3 - 0
St Johnstone

Ginnelly (21', 63'), Grant (73')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Hallberg (63')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Motherwell 2-0 Hearts
Sunday, February 19 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership
Last Game: St Johnstone 1-1 St Mirren
Saturday, February 25 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

We said: Hearts 3-1 St Johnstone

After a fortnight stewing over an uncharacteristically blunt display against Motherwell, we are backing Hearts to return to league action with a burning vengeance, taking out their frustrations on a St Johnstone side which could cause them problems, but not enough to avoid defeat. 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 56.13%. A draw had a probability of 22% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 21.88%.

The most likely scoreline for a Hearts win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.03%) and 2-0 (8.74%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.19%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 1-2 (5.76%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 5.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Hearts would win this match.

Result
HeartsDrawSt Johnstone
56.13% (0.668 0.67) 22% (-0.269 -0.27) 21.88% (-0.402 -0.4)
Both teams to score 57.91% (0.372 0.37)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
59.12% (0.749 0.75)40.88% (-0.754 -0.75)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
36.73% (0.761 0.76)63.27% (-0.76600000000001 -0.77)
Hearts Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
85.56% (0.471 0.47)14.43% (-0.475 -0.48)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
57.62% (0.906 0.91)42.37% (-0.91 -0.91)
St Johnstone Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
67.68% (0.057999999999993 0.06)32.32% (-0.061 -0.06)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
31.17% (0.066000000000003 0.07)68.83% (-0.070000000000007 -0.07)
Score Analysis
    Hearts 56.13%
    St Johnstone 21.88%
    Draw 21.99%
HeartsDrawSt Johnstone
2-1 @ 9.87% (0.010999999999999 0.01)
1-0 @ 9.03% (-0.158 -0.16)
2-0 @ 8.74% (-0.004999999999999 -0)
3-1 @ 6.37% (0.113 0.11)
3-0 @ 5.64% (0.091 0.09)
3-2 @ 3.6% (0.07 0.07)
4-1 @ 3.08% (0.105 0.11)
4-0 @ 2.73% (0.089 0.09)
4-2 @ 1.74% (0.062 0.06)
5-1 @ 1.19% (0.06 0.06)
5-0 @ 1.06% (0.051 0.05)
Other @ 3.09%
Total : 56.13%
1-1 @ 10.19% (-0.17 -0.17)
2-2 @ 5.57% (0.016 0.02)
0-0 @ 4.67% (-0.162 -0.16)
3-3 @ 1.35% (0.029 0.03)
Other @ 0.2%
Total : 21.99%
1-2 @ 5.76% (-0.081 -0.08)
0-1 @ 5.27% (-0.174 -0.17)
0-2 @ 2.98% (-0.093 -0.09)
1-3 @ 2.17% (-0.026 -0.03)
2-3 @ 2.1% (0.01 0.01)
0-3 @ 1.12% (-0.034 -0.03)
Other @ 2.48%
Total : 21.88%

How you voted: Hearts vs St Johnstone

Hearts
89.5%
Draw
0.0%
St Johnstone
10.5%
19
Head to Head
Dec 28, 2022 7.45pm
St Johnstone
2-3
Hearts
May (55' pen.), Murphy (79')
Carey (9')
Shankland (14' pen.), Forrest (33'), McKay (64')
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')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
Championship Group
1Celtic330087285987
2RangersRangers320179275281
3Hearts311149371266
4Kilmarnock31114538755
5St Mirren31024247-546
6Dundee30034662-1641
Relegation Group
1Motherwell32015554143
2Hibernian21014854-642
3Aberdeen22003749-1241
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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