Heart of Midlothian 1-0 St. Johnstone · Scottish Premiership
Heart of Midlothian beat St. Johnstone 1-0 in the Scottish Premiership. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Heart of Midlothian and St. Johnstone met in the Scottish Premiership at Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh on Saturday, 25 November 2023.
Goalscorers
Heart of Midlothian: L. Shankland 61'. St. Johnstone did not score.
How the match went
The referee showed 4 yellow cards (2 for Heart of Midlothian, 2 for St. Johnstone).
Line-ups
Heart of Midlothian started in a 3-5-2: Zander Clark, Stephen Kingsley, Frankie Kent, Kye Rowles, Alan Forrest, Jorge Grant, Beni Baningime, Alex Lowry, Alex Cochrane, Lawrence Shankland, Liam Boyce.
St. Johnstone started in a 3-4-1-2: Dimitar Mitov, Ryan McGowan, Liam Gordon, Andy Considine, Dara Costelloe, Daniel Phillips, Maksym Kucheryavyi, Luke Robinson, Matt Smith, Stevie May, Chris Kane.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Heart of Midlothian 0-0 St. Johnstone.
- 61'Goal! Heart of Midlothian 1-0 St. Johnstone. L. Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) scores, assisted by L. Boyce.
- 90'Full-time. Heart of Midlothian 1-0 St. Johnstone.
Full commentary (44 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Heart of Midlothian vs St. Johnstone.
- 3'Attempt missed. K. Rowles (Heart of Midlothian), header from a set piece. xG 0.02.
- 4'Attempt saved. A. Cochrane (Heart of Midlothian), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 7'Attempt saved. L. Boyce (Heart of Midlothian), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 8'Attempt missed. K. Rowles (Heart of Midlothian), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
- 11'Attempt missed. L. Boyce (Heart of Midlothian), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 22'Attempt missed. L. Boyce (Heart of Midlothian), right-footed shot. xG 0.22.
- 22'Attempt blocked. A. Lowry (Heart of Midlothian), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 24'Attempt blocked. D. Costelloe (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.26.
- 24'Attempt saved. L. Robinson (St. Johnstone), left-footed shot. xG 0.68.
- 24'Attempt blocked. L. Robinson (St. Johnstone), header. xG 0.13.
- 26'Attempt missed. L. Shankland (Heart of Midlothian), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 28'Attempt missed. M. Smith (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 28'Attempt missed. B. Baningime (Heart of Midlothian), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 28'Attempt blocked. L. Shankland (Heart of Midlothian), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 29'Attempt missed. L. Shankland (Heart of Midlothian), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 33'Attempt blocked. L. Gordon (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.15.
- 40'Yellow card for D. Phillips (St. Johnstone) for foul.
- 45'2 minutes of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Heart of Midlothian 0-0 St. Johnstone.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, St. Johnstone: T. Gallacher comes on for A. Considine.
- 50'Attempt blocked. D. Phillips (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 56'Attempt saved. A player (St. Johnstone), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 57'Attempt saved. S. May (St. Johnstone), header. xG 0.05.
- 58'Yellow card for T. Gallacher (St. Johnstone) for foul.
- 59'Substitution, Heart of Midlothian: Y. Oda comes on for A. Forrest.
- 61'Goal! Heart of Midlothian 1-0 St. Johnstone. L. Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) scores, assisted by L. Boyce.
- 61'Attempt blocked. L. Boyce (Heart of Midlothian), left-footed shot. xG 0.19.
- 66'Attempt saved. L. Boyce (Heart of Midlothian), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 68'Substitution, Heart of Midlothian: C. Nieuwenhof comes on for A. Lowry.
- 68'Attempt missed. L. Boyce (Heart of Midlothian), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 70'Attempt missed. Y. Oda (Heart of Midlothian), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 77'Yellow card for A. Cochrane (Heart of Midlothian) for foul.
- 77'Attempt blocked. C. Kane (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 78'Attempt blocked. D. Phillips (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 81'Substitution, Heart of Midlothian: K. Vargas comes on for L. Boyce.
- 81'Substitution, Heart of Midlothian: C. Devlin comes on for J. Grant.
- 81'Attempt blocked. L. Boyce (Heart of Midlothian), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.13.
- 83'Substitution, St. Johnstone: L. Jephcott comes on for C. Kane.
- 86'Substitution, St. Johnstone: D. Jaiyesimi comes on for S. May.
- 88'Yellow card for K. Vargas (Heart of Midlothian) for simulation.
- 90'3 minutes of added time.
- 90'Full-time. Heart of Midlothian 1-0 St. Johnstone.