On Aug 28th, Hearts will play host to St. Johnstone in a clash of the Premiership. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. Hearts is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Celtic. Kyogo Furuhashi scored the first goal for Celtic in the 13th minute, then Giorgos Giakoumakis added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Josip Juranović In the end, Hearts was frustrated by Celtic’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celtic ended the match with the shutout victory. Hearts is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed St. Johnstone is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Aberdeen. Leighton Clarkson scored the first goal for Aberdeen in the 56th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, St. Johnstone was frustrated by Aberdeen’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aberdeen ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw each.
Graham Carey and Thelonius Bair are the top scorers for St. Johnstone in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Lawrence Shankland has been the most prolific scorer on Hearts in his last five matches with 3 goals.