St Johnstone vs Hearts Predictions

• Both teams have scored in each of St Johnstone’s last five games, which have contained a total of 17 goals.
• Hearts have seen goals scored at both ends in eight of their last nine matches.
• Hearts claimed a thrilling 3-2 win when the teams met in late August.

Entertainment expected at McDiarmid

Wednesday’s Scottish Premiership meeting between St Johnstone and Hearts should offer plenty of entertainment if their last clash is anything to go by. Robbie Neilson’s Hearts clinched a 3-2 victory on their own ground against St Johnstone back in August, and with both teams in decent form and being involved in several end-to-end affairs, another goal-fest could be in store.

St Johnstone fell to a 4-1 loss to leaders Celtic on Christmas Eve, but that is their only defeat in their last seven games, of which they have won four. Callum Davidson’s men have claimed two wins and a draw from their last three home games – including an upset of Rangers last month, though they have struggled to keep the goals out. Each of St Johnstone’s last five matches have seen both teams net, with a total of 17 goals being scored in that run.

Hearts, meanwhile, have only lost two of their last eight games – a 1-0 defeat to Rangers and a 3-1 Europa Conference League reverse to Istanbul Basaksehir. The Jambos have seen both teams net in eight of their last nine games, scoring multiple goals in six of those matches themselves, while in Lawrence Shankland, they have the Scottish top-flight’s second-highest goalscorer, with 12 strikes.

Both teams to net the strong play

The decent form displayed by both sides in recent weeks may turn punters away from the result markets, meaning both teams to net appears a very strong play for what should be an evenly matched affair.

Meanwhile, three of the teams’ last five head-to-head meetings have contained over 2.5 goals, and an entertaining 2-2 draw could offer correct score value.