On the 4th of March, Hearts hosts St. Johnstone in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Hearts recorded a 0-2 loss against Motherwell. Jonathan Obika struck first for Motherwell in the 40th minute, then Blair Spittal added another in the 46th minute In the end, Hearts couldn’t muster any offence and Motherwell ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Hearts should be reasonably happy with their performance, while st. Johnstone sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against St. Mirren. Zak Rudden scored the first goal for St. Johnstone in the 75th minute, then in the 86th minute, Joe Shaughnessy sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Alexander Gogic squeezing out at least the one point for St. Mirren. St. Johnstone looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Wed Dec 28th, St. Johnstone hosted Hearts in their last match together. Hearts was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Lawrence Shankland scored the first goal for Hearts in the 14th minute on a penalty shot, then Alan Forrest added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Andy Halliday.
St. Johnstone is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Drey Wright and Stevie May each having 2 goals in their last 5. Lawrence Shankland has been the most prolific scorer on Hearts in his last five matches with 2 goals.