Premiership: Hearts tops St. Johnstone 3-2
EDINBURGH. Hearts beat St. Johnstone.
EDINBURGH. Hearts defeated St. Johnstone. Hearts took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Tynecastle Park stadium in Edinburgh on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was John Beaton who had the assistance of Ross MacLeod and Graham McNeillie. The 4th official was Euan Anderson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 16.9 degrees Celsius or 62.49 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 79%.
Match Statistics
Hearts was in firm control of the ball 60% while St. Johnstone was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Hearts was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Hearts won the match.
Hearts shot 27 times, 6 on target, 21 off target. On the opposite side, St. Johnstone shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Hearts. On the other side, St. Johnstone received 4 yellow cards (J. Murphy, D. Phillips, A. Crawford and A. Considine).
After playing this encounter, Hearts will have 7 points to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, St. Johnstone will stay with 3 points like Ross County to stay in the 10th place.
Match Events
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6'6'
G. Carey
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15'15'
J. Murphy
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20'20'
A. Crawford
M. Hallberg
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26'26'
K. Rowles
G. Mackay-Steven
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31'31'
L. Boyce
J. Ginnelly
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35'35'
B. McKay
K. Rowles
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45'45'
D. Phillips
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45'45'
L. Shankland
L. Boyce
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46'46'
A. Montgomery
J. Brown
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46'46'
L. Gordon
D. Phillips
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54'54'
A. Considine
S. May
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59'59'
A. Forrest
G. Mackay-Steven
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63'63'
C. Smith
N. Atkinson
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66'66'
A. Crawford
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76'76'
T. Bair
S. May
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81'81'
L. Shankland (Penalty)
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84'84'
A. Considine
Next match
In the upcoming Premiership match, Hearts will play away with Livingston on the 3rd of September with a 6-1 head to head in favor of Hearts (4 draws).
St. Johnstone will host St. Mirren on the 3rd of September with a 15-7 head to head statistic in favor of St. Johnstone (12 draws).
Hearts: Formation and Lineups
Hearts started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Robbie Neilson chose to play with the following team: Craig Gordon , Michael Smith , Lewis Neilson , Kye Rowles , Nathaniel Atkinson , Peter Haring , Cameron Devlin , Andy Halliday , Josh Ginnelly , Liam Boyce and Gary Mackay-Steven .
Substitutes
Hearts made 4 changes: K. Rowles for B. McKay (35′), L. Boyce for L. Shankland (45′), G. Mackay-Steven for A. Forrest (59′) and N. Atkinson for C. Smith (63′).
Top player: Josh Ginnelly
Probably the most impressive player in Hearts was Josh Ginnelly even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 17 passes (76% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
St. Johnstone: Formation and Lineups
St. Johnstone started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
On the other side, Callum Davidson played with: Remi Matthews , Ryan McGowan , Alex Mitchell , Andy Considine , Drey Wright , Melker Hallberg , Daniel Phillips , James Brown , Graham Carey , Stevie May and Jamie Murphy .
Substitutes
St. Johnstone made 4 changes: M. Hallberg for A. Crawford (20′), J. Brown for A. Montgomery (46′), D. Phillips for L. Gordon (46′) and S. May for T. Bair (76′).
Top player: Andy Considine
Probably the most impressive player in St. Johnstone was Andy Considine.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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