Hibernian 2-0 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 25 August 2012
Result
Hibernian 2-0 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Hibernian 2-0 St. Johnstone: match report
Hibernian defeated St. Johnstone 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 25 August 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
P. Hanlon opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Hibernian's goals came from P. Hanlon (45') and E. Doyle (53'). St. Johnstone did not score.
Discipline: Hibernian received 1 yellow card; St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hibernian were 7th on 4 points from 3 and St. Johnstone 11th on 1 point from 3. Hibernian went on to finish that season 8th with 48 points, and St. Johnstone 2nd with 61.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hibernian wins, 3 draws and 5 for St. Johnstone.
Going into the match Hibernian's last five read W-D-L and St. Johnstone's L-D-L.
Key events
- 45'Goal · P. Hanlon
- 53'Goal · E. Doyle
- 69'Yellow card · David Mackay
- 80'Yellow card · David Wotherspoon
- 90+1'Yellow card · Murray Davidson
Head-to-head
Team news
Hibernian line-up
Ben Williams, Paul Hanlon, Alan Maybury, Gary Deegan, Jorge Claros, Paul Cairney, David Wotherspoon, Eoin Doyle, Tim Clancy, James McPake, Leigh Griffiths
St. Johnstone expected line-up
Alan Mannus, Steven Anderson, Alan Maybury, Jody Morris, Fran Sandaza, Cillian Sheridan, Lee Croft, David Mackay, Chris Millar, Liam Craig, David McCracken