Match Report
| St. Johnstone | St. Johnstone |  |  | Dundee | Dundee | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Abdeliah Marchal | A. Marchal |  | 51 | G |  | 1 | | G | 67 |  | Stuart Thomson | S. Thomson | |||||||||
| Callum Dickov | C. Dickov | | 59 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 74 | | Alex Law | A. Law | |||||||||
| Craig Matteo | C. Matteo | | 54 | D | | 3 | | D | 72 | | Alec Meiklejohn | A. Meiklejohn | |||||||||
| Sander Overmars | S. Overmars |  | 52 | D | | 4 | | D | 70 | | Stuart Booth | S. Booth | |||||||||
| Stuart Booth | S. Booth | | 48 | D | | 5 | | D | 63 |  | Dale Montague | D. Montague | |||||||||
| Nuno Moutinho | N. Moutinho |  | 62 | M | | 6 | | M | 72 | | Nabil Van Eijk | N. Van Eijk | |||||||||
| Richard Meiklejohn | R. Meiklejohn | | 58 | M | | 7 | | M | 68 | | Billy Mcallister | B. Mcallister | |||||||||
| Garry Henderson | G. Henderson | | 56 | M | | 8 | | M | 63 | | Billy Ritchie | B. Ritchie | |||||||||
| Gavin Mccall | G. Mccall | | 54 | M | | 9 | | A | 69 | | Scott Ritchie | S. Ritchie | |||||||||
| Don Hendry | D. Hendry | | 52 | A | | 10 | | A | 68 | | Callum Hopkin | C. Hopkin | |||||||||
| Neil Hutchison | N. Hutchison | | 46 | A | | 11 | | A | 66 | | Craig Souness | C. Souness | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at McDiarmid Park where St. Johnstone play host to Dundee. A crowd of 8,338 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
St. Johnstone are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Dundee appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
St. Johnstone are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Dundee appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Dundee kick off the first half!
6.14
0-1Nabil Van Eijk chips the ball to his team mate, Craig Souness. Craig Souness plays a perfect one-two with Scott Ritchie and rushes in on goal... Craig Souness takes a shot at goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
12.18
0-1Richard Meiklejohn controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Don Hendry. Don Hendry controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
14.04
Richard Meiklejohn advances with the ball. Richard Meiklejohn shoots from outside the area but he balloons it over the crossbar!
15.01
0-1Billy Ritchie knocks the ball forward to Scott Ritchie. Scott Ritchie makes a probing pass to Craig Souness. Craig Souness tries a spectacular strike but Abdeliah Marchal is on top of it.
16.11
Alec Meiklejohn threads the ball through to Billy Mcallister. Billy Mcallister makes a probing pass to Craig Souness. Craig Souness plays a perfect one-two with Scott Ritchie and rushes in on goal... Craig Souness shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
20.04
0-1Stuart Booth hits it upfield. Neil Hutchison knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Stuart Booth.
26.37
Nuno Moutinho makes a probing pass to Neil Hutchison. Neil Hutchison shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
28.43
Billy Ritchie knocks the ball forward to Craig Souness. Craig Souness shoots from long range. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
39.40
Richard Meiklejohn advances with the ball. Richard Meiklejohn shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
44.24
Alec Meiklejohn makes a probing pass to Nabil Van Eijk. Nabil Van Eijk controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Scott Ritchie. Scott Ritchie tries a spectacular long range effort but it is miles over!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The whistle blows and St. Johnstone kick off!
51.43
Billy Ritchie deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Craig Souness. Craig Souness knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
53.52
0-2Stuart Booth surges forward with the ball. Stuart Booth knocks the ball forward to Scott Ritchie. Scott Ritchie kicks a strong pass forward to Callum Hopkin but the referee indicates it's offside!
59.35
Billy Mcallister makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Craig Souness. Craig Souness goes all the way! Craig Souness cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
65.30
Stuart Booth kicks a strong pass forward to Billy Mcallister. Billy Mcallister passes the ball forward to Callum Hopkin. Callum Hopkin sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but somehow Abdeliah Marchal manages to keep it out.
69.27
Alec Meiklejohn controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Nabil Van Eijk. Nabil Van Eijk deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Scott Ritchie. Scott Ritchie shoots from distance. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Scott Ritchie!
83.56
Stuart Booth makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Billy Ritchie. Billy Ritchie knocks the ball to his team mate, Craig Souness. Craig Souness knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
84.30
0-3Nuno Moutinho catches Billy Ritchie on the ankles. The referee calls over Nuno Moutinho and warns him to calm down! Billy Ritchie gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
89.22
Nabil Van Eijk threads the ball through to Scott Ritchie. Scott Ritchie shoots from 20 yards. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
4
Shots on Target
0
6
Shots off Target
4
3
Offsides
0
2
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
36%
64%
Play Area
32%
44%
24%
Scorers
| Craig Souness 6, 28 Scott Ritchie 69, 89 |