In this week 12 match on Oct 21st, Hibernian hosts St. Johnstone at Easter Road Stadium in a clash of these two mismatched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Hibernian sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-6 blowout loss against Celtic. James Forrest scored the first goal for Celtic in the 9th minute, then Giorgos Giakoumakis added another in the 18th minute. Hibernian is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while st. Johnstone is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Livingston. Dylan Bahamboula struck first for Livingston in the 35th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, St. Johnstone couldn’t muster any offence and Livingston ran away with the shutout win. St. Johnstone looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Hibernian was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Josh Campbell struck first for Hibernian in the 90th minute on a feed from Ewan Henderson, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Johnstone couldn’t manage to score, and Hibernian took the shutout win.
St. Johnstone hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Melker Hallberg and Stevie May, and they each have 1 goal. Both Josh Campbell and Martin Boyle have been the hottest scorers for Hibernian in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.