St. Johnstone 2-2 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 5 December 2018

Result

St. Johnstone 2-2 Hearts

Premiership · Wednesday 5 December 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

St. Johnstone · Hearts · Premiership predictions

St. Johnstone 2-2 Hearts: match report

St. Johnstone drew with Hearts 2-2 in the Premiership on Wednesday 5 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Arnaud Djoum opened the scoring in the 6th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from Blair Alston (20') and Matty Kennedy (69', penalty). Hearts scored through Arnaud Djoum (6') and Oliver Bozanic (41').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards; Hearts received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 5th on 24 points from 14 and Hearts 4th on 26 points from 15. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Hearts 7th with 51.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Hearts in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 St. Johnstone wins, 3 draws and 3 for Hearts.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Arnaud DjoumHearts · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · Blair AlstonSt. Johnstone · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Oliver BozanicHearts · 1-2
  • 47'Yellow card · Peter HaringHearts
  • 54'Yellow card · David WotherspoonSt. Johnstone
  • 61'Yellow card · Sean ClareHearts
  • 69'Penalty goal · Matty KennedySt. Johnstone · 2-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Liam CraigSt. Johnstone
  • 86'Yellow card · Christophe BerraHearts
  • 90+3'Yellow card · R. FosterSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 4, draws 3, Hearts 3.

Team news

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

Zander Clark, Richard Foster, Jason Kerr, Joe Shaughnessy, Scott Tanser, Blair Alston, Murray Davidson, Liam Craig, David Wotherspoon, Matty Kennedy, Tony Watt

Hearts line-up (4-5-1)

Zdeněk Zlámal, Michael Smith, Clevid Dikamona, Christophe Berra, Demetri Mitchell, Arnaud Djoum, Oliver Lee, Peter Haring, Oliver Božanić, Sean Clare, Craig Wighton