In this week 30 match on Mar 5th, St. Johnstone will travel to Edinburgh to battle Hibernian in a clash of the Premiership. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Hibernian is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Celtic. Neither Hibernian nor Celtic could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 2 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Hibernian is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while st. Johnstone sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Ross County. Callum Hendry struck first for St. Johnstone in the 24th minute, then Regan Charles-Cook tied it up for Ross County in the 35th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 53rd minute on a goal by Regan Charles-Cook to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Hibernian took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Ryan Porteous struck first for St. Johnstone on an own goal in the 40th minute, but Kevin Nisbet got the equalizer for Hibernian in the 83rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 86th minute on a goal by Jamie Murphy.
St. Johnstone’s most prolific scorer has been Callum Hendry. The Scotish attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.