Hearts vs St Johnstone

22 December 2024 · Scottish Premiership · 2024/25 · Referee J Beaton

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • James Penrice 16’
  • Blair Spittal 58’
  • Graham Carey 53’ (pen)

Match summary

Hearts beat St Johnstone 2-1. Hearts led 1-0 at half-time.

James Penrice put Hearts ahead with a header in the 16th minute, Graham Carey equalised from the penalty spot in the 53rd minute, and Blair Spittal won it from a corner in the 58th minute.

Shots finished 11-8 to Hearts, with 6 on target for Hearts and 2 for St Johnstone.

Match stats

Hearts St Johnstone
11 Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 0
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Hearts St Johnstone
Kick-off
James Penrice1-0 (Hearts)
16’
Half-time1-0
53’
Graham Carey
Penalty
1-1 (St Johnstone)
Blair Spittal2-1 (Hearts)
58’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Hearts
  • Cameron Devlin
  • Kenneth Vargas
St Johnstone
  • Sven Sprangler

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 St Johnstone attacking Hearts attacking 
16’ James Penrice (Hearts), open play, goal 17’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, saved 25’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, saved 32’ Makenzie Kirk (St Johnstone), open play, off target 45’ Blair Spittal (Hearts), from a corner, blocked 46’ James Penrice (Hearts), from a corner, saved 50’ Aaron Essel (St Johnstone), set piece, off target 53’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), penalty, goal 54’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, off target 58’ Blair Spittal (Hearts), from a corner, goal 63’ Jason Holt (St Johnstone), open play, off target 64’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, off target 66’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, off target 76’ Blair Spittal (Hearts), direct free kick, off target 88’ Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka (St Johnstone), set piece, off target 89’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, off target 89’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), open play, saved 89’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, saved 90+1’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, blocked 16’ James Penrice (Hearts), open play, goal 17’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, saved 25’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, saved 32’ Makenzie Kirk (St Johnstone), open play, off target 45’ Blair Spittal (Hearts), from a corner, blocked 46’ James Penrice (Hearts), from a corner, saved 50’ Aaron Essel (St Johnstone), set piece, off target 53’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), penalty, goal 54’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, off target 58’ Blair Spittal (Hearts), from a corner, goal 63’ Jason Holt (St Johnstone), open play, off target 64’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, off target 66’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, off target 76’ Blair Spittal (Hearts), direct free kick, off target 88’ Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka (St Johnstone), set piece, off target 89’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, off target 89’ Alan Forrest (Hearts), open play, saved 89’ Kenneth Vargas (Hearts), open play, saved 90+1’ Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
Craig Gordon
90′ – – – – – – –
Adam Forrester
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Musa Drammeh Taken off
61′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Malachi Boateng
90′ – – – – – – –
Blair Spittal Taken off
80′ 1 – 3 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Lawrence Shankland Taken off
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Alan Forrest Came on as a substitute
29′ – – 1 – – – –
Kenneth Vargas Came on as a substitute
10′ – – 2 – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Hearts win 58% Avg odds 1.62
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.92
St Johnstone win 18% Avg odds 5.29

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.