Heart Of Midlothian vs ST Johnstone
Scotland · Scottish Premiership
Heart Of Midlothian2 – 1
ST Johnstone
Hearts vs ST Johnstone
01Match reportEvents and team stats
Events
1st Half2 – 0
- 9'
GOALJames wilson(Josh Mcpake) - 39'
2nd Half0 – 1
GOALRuari Paton(Sam Stanton) 48'- 57'
James wilsonPierre Landry Kabore - 57'
Laurent mendyBlair Spittal - 72'
Jamie GullanTaylor Steven 73'Ruari PatonKai Fotheringham 73'- 81'
Sabah KerjotaCalvin Miller - 90+2'
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04StatsAverages and trends from our results data
Prematch averages
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Hearts have played since this match — see their current form on their team page.
ST Johnstone have played since this match — see their current form on their team page.
Key trendsBuilt from our results
Hearts have of their last 7 games7 in a row
Hearts are in their last 5 gamesW2 D3
ST Johnstone have kept 4 in their last 8 games50%05Head to head
No previous meetings between these clubs in our records.
06Line-upsStarting XIs and benches
Hearts4-2-3-14-4-2ST Johnstone
1Reus
2Borchgrevink
17Findlay
6McEntee
23Altena
78Mendy
22Magnússon
15McPake
10Braga
29Kerjota
21Wilson
1Steward
2Alıç
3Diabate
5Mitchell
33Smith
10Gullan
8Holt
42McAlear
11Stanton
99Paton
Hearts substitutesCoach: Wouter Vrancken
9J. Williams
16B. Spittal
30R. Fulton
19S. Guendouz
11P. Kabore
24Michael-John Kamson-Kamara
7C. Miller
77A. Ba-Sy
ST Johnstone substitutesCoach: Simo Valakari
18K. Fotheringham
14M. Foulds
6B. Mikulić
20R. Sinclair
25M. Tait
23L. Chalmers
4M. Boyes
26M. Todd
7T. Steven
Promotion / Title race European places (UCL / UEL / UECL, league-dependent) Relegation
About this match
Hearts 2-1 ST Johnstone: match report
Hearts won 2-1 at home to ST Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership on Sat 29 Aug 2026.
In the table as it stands, Hearts sit 3rd on 16 points, while ST Johnstone are 5th on 12 points, a gap of 4 points in Hearts' favour.
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