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Hearts vs St. Johnstone
29 Aug 2026, 15:00 · Premiership · 2026/2027
Referee
Ryan LeePremiership 2026/2027 · 4 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
HeartsMin
St. Johnstone- ⚽
James Wilson 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Josh McPake
Left foot shot
9′ - ⚽
Enes Alic 2-0
Own Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
39′ - 48′⚽
R. Paton 2-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Sam Stanton
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Pierre Landry Kaboré
Substitution
Off: James Wilson
57′ - ⇄
Blair Spittal
Substitution
Off: Laurent Mendy
57′ - 72′⇄
Macaulay Tait
Substitution
Off: Sam Stanton
- 73′⇄
Kai Fotheringham
Substitution
Off: R. Paton
- 73′⇄
T. Steven
Substitution
Off: Jamie Gullan
- ⇄
Calvin Miller
Substitution
Off: Sabah Kerjota
81′ - 90+2′⇄
Logan Chalmers
Substitution
Off: Liam Smith
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.64 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.02 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.87 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.02 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.58 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 7.94 | |
| 57 | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 6.86 | |
| 81 | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | 7.16 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.06 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.40 | |
| 57 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7.12 | |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.71 | |
| 33 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.48 | |
| 33 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6.82 | |
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Before this match
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Hearts
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Match stats
9 Aug 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Dundee United · 2026/2027
St. Johnstone
Latest: St. Mirren · 0–1
Match stats
8 Aug 2026, 15:00 · Away vs St. Mirren · 2026/2027
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Hearts’s ground: 23 previous meetings, 15 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Hearts’s home games with St. Johnstone’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2026/2027. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Hearts
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
St. Johnstone
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Hearts
St. Johnstone
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Hearts
St. Johnstone
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Hearts
St. Johnstone
Previous meetings
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