Hibernian 1-0 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 26 September 2021

Result

Hibernian 1-0 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Sunday 26 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Hibernian 1-0 St. Johnstone: match report

Hibernian beat St. Johnstone 1-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 26 September 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Martin Boyle of Hibernian in the 61st minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Hibernian received 4 yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Hibernian were 4th on 12 points from 6 and St. Johnstone 9th on 6 points from 6. Hibernian went on to finish that season 7th with 45 points, and St. Johnstone 11th with 35.

Hibernian lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and St. Johnstone in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Hanlon of Hibernian (7.8), ahead of Matt Macey (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hibernian wins, 2 draws and 3 for St. Johnstone.

Going into the match Hibernian's last five read D-D-W-D-W and St. Johnstone's W-L-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · R. PorteousHibernian
  • 54'Yellow card · Hayden MullerSt. Johnstone
  • 59'Yellow card · Jamie McCartSt. Johnstone
  • 60'Yellow card · Liam CraigSt. Johnstone
  • 61'Penalty goal · Martin BoyleHibernian · 1-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Joe NewellHibernian
  • 75'Second yellow · Jamie McCartSt. Johnstone
  • 87'Yellow card · Kevin NisbetHibernian
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jake Doyle-HayesHibernian

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Hibernian 2, draws 2, St. Johnstone 3.

Team news

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Hibernian line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matt Macey, Paul McGinn, Ryan Porteous, Paul Hanlon, Josh Doig, Joe Newell, Kyle Magennis, Chris Cadden, Scott Allan, Martin Boyle, Kevin Nisbet

St. Johnstone line-up (3-4-2-1)

Zander Clark, Hayden Muller, Jordan Northcott, Jamie McCart, Shaun Rooney, David Wotherspoon, Liam Craig, Callum Booth, Michael O'Halloran, Ali Crawford, Chris Kane