Hibernian 2-3 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 21 January 2012
Result
Hibernian 2-3 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Saturday 21 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Hibernian 2-3 St. Johnstone: match report
Hibernian were beaten by St. Johnstone 2-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 21 January 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Lee Croft opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Hibernian's goals came from Leigh Griffiths (70', penalty) and Callum Booth (84'). St. Johnstone scored through Lee Croft (30'), Liam Craig (71') and Fran Sandaza (87').
Discipline: Hibernian received 2 yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hibernian were 11th on 18 points from 22 and St. Johnstone 5th on 32 points from 22. Hibernian went on to finish that season 11th with 33 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 50.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hibernian wins, 3 draws and 4 for St. Johnstone.
Going into the match Hibernian's last five read W-L-D-L-L and St. Johnstone's L-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Lee Croft
- 30'Goal · Lee Croft
- 41'Yellow card · P. Hanlon
- 45+1'Yellow card · Callum Davidson
- 66'Yellow card · Lewis Stevenson
- 70'Penalty goal · Leigh Griffiths
- 71'Goal · Liam Craig
- 71'Yellow card · Liam Craig
- 84'Goal · Callum Booth
- 87'Goal · Fran Sandaza
- 88'Yellow card · Fran Sandaza
Head-to-head
Team news
Hibernian line-up
Mark Brown, Michael Hart, Callum Booth, Paul Hanlon, Lewis Stevenson, David Stephens, George Francomb, Ivan Sproule, Isaiah Osbourne, Garry O'Connor, Leigh Griffiths
St. Johnstone expected line-up
Peter Enckelman, Steven Anderson, Kevin Moon, Jody Morris, Fran Sandaza, Cillian Sheridan, David Mackay, Liam Craig, Chris Millar, Callum Davidson