Heart of Midlothian 2-1 St. Johnstone · Scottish Premiership
Heart of Midlothian beat St. Johnstone 2-1 in the Scottish Premiership. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Heart of Midlothian and St. Johnstone met in the Scottish Premiership at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh on Saturday, 29 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Heart of Midlothian: J. Wilson 9'; E. Alić 39'. St. Johnstone: R. Paton 48'.
How the match went
St. Johnstone saw more of the ball, 53% of it. Heart of Midlothian had 16 shots with 7 on target, St. Johnstone 9 with 4 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 8 to Heart of Midlothian and 4 to St. Johnstone. Heart of Midlothian conceded 11 fouls, St. Johnstone 14.
Line-ups
Heart of Midlothian started in a 4-2-3-1: Beau Reus, Jordi Altena, Oisin McEntee, Stuart Findlay, Christian Borchgrevink, Tomas Magnusson, Laurent Mendy, Sabah Kerjota, Cláudio Braga, Josh McPake, James Wilson.
St. Johnstone started in a 4-4-2: Toby Steward, Liam Smith, Zach Mitchell, Cheick Diabate, Enes Alić, Sam Stanton, Reece McAlear, Jason Holt, Jamie Gullan, Josh Fowler, Ruari Paton.
More from this competition: Scottish Premiership fixtures, results and table.