St Johnstone v Hibernian (15:00)
Hibs are sticking with Nathan Lowe up top despite a barren run of nine games for the on-loan Stoke City striker.
The 20-year-old thought he's scored against Hearts on Thursday but that effort was rather harshly ruled out for an earlier infringement.
Can he break his Premiership duck today?
Image source, SNSHearts v Dundee (15:00)
Hearts are aiming to make it 10 successive home league victories today.
The last club outside Celtic and Rangers to do reach that mark were Aberdeen in November 2024.
Hearts v Dundee (15:00)
Dundee manager Steven Pressley says his team changes are to provide freshness in a three-game week along with "a couple of tactical tweaks".
The former Hearts skipper adds: "We are still searching for our ideal way. We've had some really strong performances and we're working hard to find solutions.
"We need to get more control of the ball. Defensively, we've shown good strength but we haven't controlled games in the way we would like.
"When you come to places like Tynecastle you need to stand up to pressure but we also have to play without fear. We will need to do a lot of the basics very well and bring our own personality to the game."
Image source, SNSSt Johnstone v Hibernian (15:00)
Hibs have enjoyed victories on both of their Premiership away days, beating Rangers and Dundee, 2-1 each time.
The Edinburgh side won their final two games on the road last season and are hoping to make it five in a row for the first time since November 2005.
Hearts v Dundee (15:00)
Hearts head coach Wouter Vrancken tells BBC Scotland that the injured Blair Spittal will be missing "for more than a few weeks", so that will likely mean a change to the club's registered Conference League squad.
"It was a nice win," he says of Thursday's derby before adding "the next game is always the most important.
"This is top football, you can't stay with the emotions of one game You need to be ready to go again."
St Johnstone v Hibernian (15:00)
These two last met in Perth in January 2025.
From the starting line-ups that day, only captains Jason Holt and Martin Boyle will be on the pitch for kick-off.
Image source, SNSSt Johnstone v Hibernian (15:00)
After their opening day 4-3 win over Kilmarnock, St Johnstone are looking to win their first two home games of a Scottish Premiership season for the first time since 2017-18.
Three points would see them leapfrog the seventh-placed visitors too.
Hearts v Dundee (15:00)
Hearts won all three of their league meetings with Dundee last season and are looking to win four in a row against the Dark Blues in the top-flight for the first time since October 2004.
St Johnstone v Hibernian (15:00)
Hibs make two changes with Adam Mayor and Miguel Chaiwa in for the injured Jordan Obita and the benched Callum Wright.
New loan signing Alex Williams is among the subs but there's still no sign of defender Marko Ivezic, who was also signed last week.
St Johnstone v Hibernian (15:00)
Simo Valakari has made two changes to the side that started midweek draw at Dens Park.
Matty Todd and Ruari Paton drop to the bench, Liam Smith and Josh Fowler, who scored the equaliser against Dundee, start.
Image source, SNSHearts v Dundee (15:00)
Dundee make four changes from the 1-1 draw at home to St Johnstone.
Drey Wright and Imari Samuels occupy the full-back slots, Finlay Robertson is in midfield and Bradley Fink is up front.
Bobby Wales, Joe Bevan, Brad Halliday and Idris Odutayo are the men making way.
Hearts v Dundee (15:00)
Just the one change for Hearts from Thursday night, and an expected one.
Blair Spittal was seen in a moon boot at full-time, hobbling about the park on crutches, so he drops out and is replaced by Tomas Magnusson.
On the bench, Norwegian right-back Christian Borchgrevink makes a return after missing out on the squad for the derby.
New signings Aron Benjaminsen and Leart Kabashi are not involved.
Image source, SNSHearts duo Oisin McEntee (left) and Tomas Bent Magnusson
St Johnstone v Hibernian (15:00)
St Johnstone: Steward, Alic, Diabate, Mitchell, Smith, Steven, Holt, Stanton, McAlear, Gullan, Fowler.
Substitutes: Sinclair, Boyes, Foulds, Fotheringham, Schmidt, Tait, Todd, Cotterill, Paton.
Hibernian: Sallinger, Passlack, Kerr, Hanley, Mayor, Chaiwa, Devaney, Mulligan, McGrath, Boyle, Lowe.
Substitutes: Smith, Newell, Williams, Klidje, Cadden, Suto, Wright, Megwa, Abdulai.
Hearts v Dundee (15:00)
Heart of Midlothian: Reus, Altena, McEntee, Finday, McCart, Magnusson, Mendy, Miller, McPake, Braga, Wilson.
Substitutes: Fulton, Williams, Kabore, Milne, Borchgrevink, Mato, Ba-Sy, Guendouz, Kerjota.
Dundee: Goodman, D Wright, Astley, O Bevan, Samuels, Finnigan, Robertson, Hamilton, Forrest, Westley, Fink.
Substitutes: O'Hara, Halliday, Odutayo, Wales Moorhouse, Besir, Reilly, J Wright, J Bevan
The Edinburgh sides are back in action after Hearts won Thursday's derby at Easter Road.
The men in maroon will be in good spirits as they host Dundee. Wouter Vrancken's side are building some positive momentum, having gone unbeaten in seven matches across all competitions.
Hibs have suffered two painful defeats in a row at home, blowing a golden chance to reach the Conference League before losing to their neighbours. They travel to St Johnstone looking to make it three league wins from three on the road this term.
Saints and Dundee drew on Wednesday and have both shown signs of promise at this early stage. The Tayside pair could end the day above the capital clubs.
Josh Fowler (left) scored twice in the first half for St Johnstone
At a glance
Fowler's scores first-half double for St Johnstone
Hibs had equalised through Lowe's first league goal
Perth side win back-to-back home games but pressure mounts on Gray
Josh Fowler's first-half double made it back-to-back home Scottish Premiership victories for St Johnstone as they leapfrogged a lacklustre Hibernian in Perth, cranking pressure up on head coach David Gray.
The striker turned in Taylor Steven's cute pass to spark a drab game into life, before restoring the hosts' lead from the spot after Martin Boyle clumsily fouled Enes Alic in the box.
Nathan Lowe - at long last - netted his first league goal for Hibs to temporarily haul Gray's side level, but they failed to kick on from there and were booed off by the travelling fans at half-time.
They rallied around their team in the second half as they pushed for an equaliser - coming closest through Kanayo Megwa's close-range header which was superbly saved by Toby Steward - but returned to voicing their displeasure at the end.
No stranger to critics, Gray appears to have a heap of them at this time after an Edinburgh derby defeat and a painful Conference League play-off exit.
They will only grow in the aftermath of this aimless showing at McDiarmid Park.
As he did midweek, Simo Valakari stressed the importance of a positive result here over a performance. This time though, he got it. And it was incredibly deserved.
The Perthshire Saints have returned to the top-flight with a bit of swagger about them and already have had some suggesting they could ruffle a few feathers and cause teams a heap of problems.
One man who certainly did that on Sunday was Steven.
The winger caused Felix Passlack all kinds of problems with his blistering pace and crossing ability. On another afternoon, he'd have had a hat-trick of assists.
How Fowler didn't leave with the match ball is a bit of a mystery after he spurned a glorious clear sight at goal in the second-half. Perhaps Steven's ball was too quick, too good.
He won't sniff at a double, though as it helped St Johnstone win their first two home games of a Premiership season since 2017-18.
Hibs are so confusing.
Minutes away from a first European league phase campaign before a calamitous capitulation against Gent, they reacted with an eye-catching performance at Dundee, only to then fall to defeat at home to Hearts.
Now add this disjointed showing and it is a struggle to understand what is going on.
They were looking for their fifth away win in a row in the league - a feat last achieved in 2005.
Given Gray spoke of the hurt and hunger from Thursday's derby loss, and the desire to atone for it, you would have thought they'd be well-set for achieving it. But they were never at it.
There was some unexplainable defending from Jason Kerr to allow Fowler his first, before Boyle bundled into the back of Alic. Lowe still misses more than he scores.
In the middle of the park, Jamie McGrath carried them single-handedly, with Jacob Devaney struggling on the ball.
Pre-match, Gray spoke of their lightness in defence with Jordan Obita injured and deadline day signing Marko Ivezic unavailable. A sore-looking injury to Grant Hanley compounded that, leaving Megwa at centre-half at the end of the game.
When the players went over to greet the very few fans left, they were met with a cacophony of boos which pierced through the jubilant cheers in the home crowd.
Gray cut a lonely figure as he headed down the tunnel, with more questions than answers surely burling in his mind.
Hibs fans frustration 'justifiable' - Gray
St Johnstone head coach Simo Valakari: "We've built up the team to play this way. It would be very stupid and naive to move away from our style because it is our strength. But, at the same time, we need to be able to hide our weaknesses.
"Today, in the second half, we didn't want to go that deep and defend our box but we needed to do it to get the result.
"They are a very good Hibs side. We needed something concrete to back up our performances, that's why this feels like a big result. We worked so hard last season to come up to the Premiership and play these matches."
Hibernian head coach David Gray: "Again there's real frustration, disappointment and anger. St Johnstone didn't have to work too hard to score two goals.
"In the first half there was a real lack of intent and aggression. Second half we huffed and puffed but I'm not going to be making excuses for how we started.
"It's a responsibility across the board. You can't give away two goals like that and not come under criticism and I know it is my responsibility.
"You can feel sorry for yourselves or you can look for that responsibility. We need everybody together and pulling in the right direction."
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
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| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
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| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
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| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
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| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
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| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
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| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 6 |
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| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 5 |
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| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
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| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 2 |
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| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 1 |
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Manager: Simo Valakari
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: David Gray
Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1
Manager: Simo Valakari
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: David Gray
Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1
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St. Johnstone are winless in four league meetings with Hibernian (D1 L3) since a 2-1 victory in April 2024.
Hibernian have only lost two of their last 13 Scottish Premiership visits to St. Johnstone (W6 D5), both 1-0 defeats in March 2021 and December 2023.
After their 4-3 win over Kilmarnock, St. Johnstone are looking to win both of their first two home games of a Scottish Premiership season for the first time since 2017-18. The Saints have won five of their last nine home matches overall in the competition (D1 L3).
Hibernian have won each of their last four away league games and could win 5+ in a row on the road in the top-flight for the first time since November 2005 (run of 6).
Hibernian have only lost two of their last 15 Scottish Premiership games against newly promoted opponents (W8 D5), a 2-3 defeat at Dundee United in October 2024 and 1-4 loss at Falkirk in January last season.
