Match Report
| St. Johnstone | St. Johnstone |  |  | Heart of Midlothian | Heart of Midlothian | ||||||||||||||||
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| Stuart Caldwell | S. Caldwell |  | 73 | G |  | 1 | | G | 70 |  | Carlos Bento | C. Bento | |||||||||
| Scott Young | S. Young | | 66 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 61 | | David Mcallister | D. Mcallister | |||||||||
| Colin Law | C. Law | | 62 | D | | 3 | | D | 58 |  | Alejandro Pascual | A. Pascual | |||||||||
| Callum McStay | C. McStay | | 61 | D | | 4 | | D | 58 |  | Stan Deane | S. Deane | |||||||||
| Franceco Turato | F. Turato |  | 60 | D | | 5 | | D | 58 | | Scott Souness | S. Souness | |||||||||
| Sergio Lima | S. Lima | | 74 | M | | 6 | | M | 74 | | Callum Rae | C. Rae | |||||||||
| Ron Van Vliet | R. Van Vliet |  | 70 | M | | 7 | | M | 69 | | Stuart Greig | S. Greig | |||||||||
| Ron Landzaat | R. Landzaat | | 63 | M | | 8 | | M | 61 |  | Diego Bayle | D. Bayle | |||||||||
| David Ferguson | D. Ferguson | | 60 | M | | 9 | | M | 57 | | Kevin Collins | K. Collins | |||||||||
| Billy Souness | B. Souness | | 67 | A | | 10 | | A | 62 | | Neil Souness | N. Souness | |||||||||
| Scott McGrory | S. McGrory | | 65 | A | | 11 | | A | 60 | | Gary Brady | G. Brady | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at McDiarmid Park where St. Johnstone play host to Heart of Midlothian. A crowd of 18,116 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both St. Johnstone and Heart of Midlothian are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both St. Johnstone and Heart of Midlothian are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Heart of Midlothian kicking off!
4.45
0-0Ron Landzaat kicks a strong pass forward to Billy Souness. Billy Souness finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
9.10
0-0Callum McStay makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Sergio Lima. Sergio Lima kicks a strong pass forward to Billy Souness. Billy Souness knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Stan Deane.
12.57
0-0Ron Landzaat makes a simple pass to Billy Souness. Billy Souness knocks in a cross ball towards Scott McGrory. Scott McGrory is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but somehow Carlos Bento manages to keep it out.
16.03
Colin Law makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ron Van Vliet. Ron Van Vliet threads the ball through to Billy Souness. Billy Souness shoots from outside the area but he balloons it over the crossbar!
21.28
Sergio Lima makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Scott McGrory. Scott McGrory lofts in a cross ball towards Billy Souness. Billy Souness flicks the ball with his head. The ball is well placed but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
24.02
Kevin Collins makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Neil Souness. Neil Souness knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Scott Young.
34.35
Colin Law makes a beautiful pass to the feet of David Ferguson. David Ferguson kicks a strong pass forward to Billy Souness. Billy Souness shoots from distance. Carlos Bento easily smothers it.
40.38
Ron Landzaat makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Scott McGrory. Scott McGrory knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Stan Deane.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
St. Johnstone kick off the second half!
54.57
Stuart Greig deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Gary Brady. Gary Brady tries a spectacular long range effort. Magnificent save by Stuart Caldwell!
57.10
Scott Young threads the ball through to Ron Van Vliet. Ron Van Vliet knocks the ball forward to Billy Souness. Billy Souness knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
66.22
Ron Van Vliet passes the ball forward to Billy Souness. Billy Souness sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. Carlos Bento easily smothers it.
71.30
Ron Van Vliet threads the ball through to Scott McGrory. Scott McGrory goes all the way! Scott McGrory rockets a shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
75.56
1-0Callum McStay controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, David Ferguson. David Ferguson flicks the ball to his team mate, Billy Souness. Billy Souness lofts in a cross ball towards Scott McGrory. Scott McGrory is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
87.14
Alejandro Pascual makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Stuart Greig. Stuart Greig passes the ball forward to Neil Souness. Neil Souness knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
5
1
Shots off Target
3
0
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
57.7%
42.3%
Play Area
25.4%
49.3%
25.4%
Scorers