Hearts 2-1 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 22 December 2024
Result
Hearts 2-1 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Sunday 22 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Hearts 2-1 St. Johnstone: match report
Hearts won against St. Johnstone 2-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 22 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.
James Penrice opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Hearts's goals came from James Penrice (16') and Blair Spittal (58'). St. Johnstone scored through Graham Carey (53', penalty).
Discipline: Hearts received 2 yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Hearts were 12th on 13 points from 17 and St. Johnstone 11th on 14 points from 17. Hearts went on to finish that season 5th with 52 points, and St. Johnstone 12th with 32.
Hearts lined up in a 4-4-2 and St. Johnstone in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cammy Devlin of Hearts (7.8), ahead of Adam Forrester (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Hearts wins, 0 draws and 0 for St. Johnstone.
Going into the match Hearts's last five read L-W-D-L-L and St. Johnstone's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · James Penrice
- 42'Yellow card · Cammy Devlin
- 53'Penalty goal · Graham Carey
- 58'Goal · Blair Spittal
- 83'Yellow card · S. Sprangler
- 90+4'Yellow card · Kenneth Vargas
Head-to-head
Team news
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Hearts line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Adam Forrester, Daniel Oyegoke, Kye Rowles, James Penrice, Musa Drammeh, Cammy Devlin, Malachi Boateng, Blair Spittal, James Wilson, Lawrence Shankland
St. Johnstone line-up (4-4-2)
Joshua Rae, Aaron Essel, Jack Sanders, B. Mikulić, André Raymond, Sven Sprangler, J. Holt, Drey Wright, Adama Sidibeh, Makenzie Kirk, B. Kimpioka