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St. Johnstone 0–1 Hibernian

Sunday 23 August 2020, 16:30 · McDiarmid Park · Round 5 · Half-time 0–0

St. Johnstone Craig sent off 90'

Hibernian Mallan 90' (pen)

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	St. Johnstone	Hibernian
Goals	0	1
xG	0.52	1.53
Non-penalty xG	0.52	0.74
Expected Points	0.48	2.27

St. Johnstone 8%Draw 24%Hibernian 68%

Most likely score 0–1, 25%. Final score 0–1, 25%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Stoppage time is shaded as far as the last shot or event recorded in it. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

St. JohnstoneHibernian

0.52 −0.20xG1.53 −0.31

0.52Non-penalty xG0.74

0.00 −0.73xG on target1.24 −0.81

10 0Shots10 −2

0 −3.0Shots on target3 −1.0

0 −0.8Big chances2 −0.2

46% +5Possession54% +8

340 0Passes395 +81

66% −2Pass accuracy73% +10

64% +17Field tilt36% −7

38 +3Final-third entries26 −3

11 +4.8Box entries7 −4.8

14.1 −8Passes per defensive action11.4 −4

5 +2.2Corners4 −0.5

11 −5Tackles13 −2

9 −0.8Interceptions11 +2.5

25 +8Clearances26 −2

2 −0.5Saves0 −1.8

16 +5Fouls14 +2

1 −1.2Offsides1 −0.2

The small figure beside each value is its difference from the side's average per league match this season before this one. Field tilt is each side's share of the open-play passes completed in the final third; entries are completed open-play passes and carries into the final third and the box; passes per defensive action (PPDA) counts the opponent's passes in its own 60% of the pitch for each tackle, interception, challenge, or foul there.

Chance locations

Zones Shots

St. Johnstone

Hibernian

Each area's share of the side's xG from open play and set pieces, with the xG in it. The two wide areas of the box count together, as on the club pages. Shots shows each of those shots instead, sized by its xG, with goals filled in.

Chance types

St. JohnstoneHibernian

0.19 5 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.43 5 shots, 0 goals

0.07 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.26 4 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.32 4 shots, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsPenalties0.79 1 shot, 1 goal

xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.

Game state

0–0

Level: 90 min (99%) · St. Johnstone 0.52, Hibernian 1.53 xG
Hibernian ahead: 1 min (1%) · St. Johnstone 0.00, Hibernian 0.00 xG

Line-ups

St. Johnstone substitutes

64' Wotherspoon for Conway
64' May for Hendry
87' Robertson for O'Halloran

Hibernian substitutes

61' Wright for Horgan
66' Mallan for Allan · goal 90' (pen)
74' Gullan for Doig
74' Hallberg for Newell

Players

St. Johnstone

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Parish	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	2	2
Kerr	RB	90	0.06	0.14	1	0.19	2	6
Gordon	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	9
McCart	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.07	6	6
Tanser	LB	90	0.06	0.08	1	0.06	7	7
McNamara	DM	90	0.08	0.05	0	0.06	6	2
McCann	RM	90	0.14	0.01	0	0.03	3	4
Craig	LM	90	0.05	0.19	2	0.32	7	3
Conway	AM	64	0.00	0.07	2	−0.02	0	0
O'Halloran	AM	87	0.00	0.03	1	−0.03	1	3
Hendry	ST	64	0.13	0.01	0	0.05	3	4
Wotherspoon	MF	26	0.00	0.01	0	−0.01	3	0
May	FW	26	0.00	0.03	0	0.01	1	1
Robertson	FW	3	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0

Hibernian

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Marciano	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	1
McGinn	RB	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.05	7	4
Porteous	CB	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.04	3	10
Hanlon	CB	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.06	6	11
Doig	LB	74		0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	8
Boyle	RM	90		0.22	0.13	1	0.13	4	0
Gogic	CM	90		0.11	0.01	0	0.04	5	6
Newell	CM	74		0.00	0.10	1	−0.01	2	4
Horgan	LM	61		0.26	0.00	0	0.02	2	1
Allan	ST	66		0.00	0.27	2	0.10	5	1
Doidge	ST	90		0.16	0.07	2	0.08	1	1
Wright	DF	29		0.00	0.02	0	0.05	3	3
Mallan	MF	24	1	0.79	0.16	1	0.07	1	1
Gullan	FW	16		0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	1
Hallberg	MF	16		0.00	0.07	0	0.09	3	1

Starters, then substitutes in the order they came on. KP is chances created and Def defensive actions (tackles, blocks, clearances, and interceptions). xT is the expected threat added by the player's completed open-play passes and carries, and Prog counts progressive passes and carries.

Pass networks

St. Johnstone

Hibernian

Each starter at the average position of their passes and receptions until the side's first substitution or red card, sized by completed passes. Lines join pairs who passed to each other often, thicker for more passes.

Passing combinations

St. Johnstone

From	To	Passes
McNamara	Kerr	9
Kerr	McNamara	9
Conway	Tanser	8
Tanser	McCart	8
Kerr	McCann	6

Hibernian

From	To	Passes
McGinn	Allan	18
Porteous	Hanlon	12
Porteous	McGinn	11
Doig	Hanlon	9
Hanlon	Porteous	9

The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.

Defensive actions

St. Johnstone

Against its average of 4 matches

Hibernian

Against its average of 4 matches

Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page. Areas are shaded by the difference from the side's average per match this season before this one: amber for more, blue for fewer.

Threat

St. Johnstone

Hibernian

Expected threat added by completed open-play passes and carries, by where the move started, attacking up the page. Expected threat is the chance that possession in an area leads to a goal; a move adds the difference between where it ends and where it starts.

Ratings

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday (ring) and after it (dot); a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs after the matchday, spread up and down only so they don't overlap. The change takes in the whole matchday.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
St. Johnstone
Top six	31%	24%	−7
11th	11%	13%	+2
Bottom	9%	11%	+2
Hibernian
Title	<1%	1%	+1
Top six	89%	94%	+5
11th	<1%	<1%	0

From the forecast before the match (23 August 2020): each chance then, and across the simulations in which the match ended this way. The change is in percentage points.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	St. Johnstone	Hibernian
Expected goals	0.78	1.21
Win	23%	45%
Expected Points	1.01	1.68
Clean sheet	30%	46%

St. Johnstone 23%Draw 31%Hibernian 45%

Most likely score 0–1, 16%. Both sides score 39%.

From the forecast as it stood on 23 August 2020: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	St. Johnstone win	Draw	Hibernian win
St. Johnstone
Top six	31%	43%	32%	24%
11th	11%	7%	10%	13%
Bottom	9%	5%	7%	11%
Hibernian
Title	<1%	<1%	<1%	1%
Top six	89%	81%	88%	94%
11th	<1%	1%	1%	<1%

Each chance before the match and across the simulations ending in each result. Other teams are listed where a chance moves by at least 3 percentage points.

Form

St. Johnstone

Hibernian

The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.

Season to date

Measure	St. Johnstone	Hibernian
Position	8th	2nd
Played	4	4
Won, drawn, lost	1–⁠1–⁠2	3–⁠1–⁠0
Points	4 (1.00 per game)	10 (2.50 per game)
Expected Points per game	0.99	1.93
Goals	3–⁠6	7–⁠2
xG per game	0.72–⁠1.18	1.84–⁠0.96
Home: points, xG per game	0.00, 0.42–⁠0.29	2.00, 1.31–⁠0.79
Away: points, xG per game	1.33, 0.82–⁠1.48	3.00, 2.37–⁠1.12
Manager	Callum Davidson (4)	Jack Ross (4)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

Ratings

This season

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.

Strengths and weaknesses

Chances	St. Johnstone		Hibernian
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−17%	−12%	+29%	−31%
Counter-attacks	−33%	−21%	−38%	−67%
Set pieces	−43%	−6%	+30%	+2%
Penalties	−67%	+30%	+30%	+30%
Headers	−35%	−3%	+39%	−1%
Left side	−15%	+3%	+9%	−22%
Centre	−24%	−11%	+44%	−41%
Right side	−36%	−25%	+11%	+13%

xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.

Matchups

St. Johnstone attacking

St. Johnstone createdHibernian concededLeft side−15%+13%Centre−24%−41%Right side−36%−22%Open play−17%−31%Counter-attacks−33%−67%Set pieces−43%+2%Headers−35%−1%

Hibernian attacking

Hibernian createdSt. Johnstone concededLeft side+9%−25%Centre+44%−11%Right side+11%+3%Open play+29%−12%Counter-attacks−38%−21%Set pieces+30%−6%Headers+39%−3%

Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.

Season averages

St. JohnstoneHibernian

0.72xG1.84

1.18xG against0.96

41%Possession46%

10.2Shots12.2

12.0Shots against12.8

3.0Shots on target4.0

0.8Big chances2.2

340Passes314

67%Pass accuracy63%

2.8Corners4.5

47%Field tilt43%

35.3Final-third entries29.0

6.2Box entries11.8

21.7Passes per defensive action15.3

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

St. Johnstone

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	52	0.60	1.12
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	38	0.89	1.25

Hibernian

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	46	1.73	0.77
Ahead	44	1.95	1.17
Behind	0	–	–

xG by period

St. Johnstone

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.07	0.26	0–1
16–30	0.03	0.07	0–1
31–45	0.00	0.11	0–1
46–60	0.12	0.41	1–1
61–75	0.14	0.15	0–1
76–90	0.37	0.18	2–1

Hibernian

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.29	0.12	1–0
16–30	0.21	0.11	1–0
31–45	0.55	0.10	3–1
46–60	0.07	0.30	0–1
61–75	0.42	0.06	1–0
76–90	0.30	0.28	1–0

Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.

Most used players by position

St. Johnstone

Formations: 3-4-2-1 (2), 4-1-2-1-2 (1), 3-4-3 (1)

Hibernian

Formations: 4-4-2 (3), 3-5-2 (1)

This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.