About Match
The table reads 8th (St. Johnstone, 4 pts) against 7th (Hibernian, 6 pts), 2 points apart. In league terms the two rates read 1.5/1.75 for St. Johnstone and 1.67/1.33 for Hibernian (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.42. Three points here take St. Johnstone to 7 and up to 4th, overtaking Hibernian, assuming other results stand.
Momentum sits with Hibernian, winners of their last three, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, St. Johnstone hold 5 points of 15 and Hibernian 12.
Across 40 recorded meetings, St. Johnstone have 14 wins to Hibernian's 15, with 11 draws, at 2.35 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings.
McDiarmid Park stages the fixture, a ground that holds 10,696.