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Report as Elton Kabangu scores his third double for Hearts in just six starts since signing from Union Saint-Gilloise last month; his goals came either side of an equaliser by St Johnstones Adama Sidi

If Ross County take maximum points against St Johnstone, then they could leapfrog both Hearts and St Mirren should results elsewhere prove favourable, though any victory will be built on their defensive solidity given that they have scored the joint-fewest goals in the division along with their hosts.

SOMETIMES when things aren’t going your way, they REALLY aren’t going your way. Just ask St Johnstone. The Perth Saints find themselves rooted to the bottom of the Scottish Premiership

Rangers turbulent campaign takes another lurch downwards as St Mirren record back-to-back victories over the Ibrox club for the first time since the 1979-80 season.

Nine people have been charged in connection with disorder before and after a Scottish Premiership match last month. Police were called to the Strathtay Road and Long Causeway area of Perth before and after St Johnstone hosted Hibernian at McDiarmid Park on January 2.

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St Johnstone host Hearts in a 12th vs 10th Premiership clash this afternoon and Simo Valakari and Neil Critchley have named their teams.

St Johnstone host Hearts, live on Sky Sports; Celtic are at Hibs; Aberdeen face Kilmarnock; Motherwell are at Dundee United; Rangers are at home to St Mirren; Dundee travel to Ross County