2020–21 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2020–21 St Johnstone F.C. season is the club's eighth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eleventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone will also compete in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

St Johnstone
2020–21 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerCallum Davidson
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Scottish Premiership8th
Scottish League CupFinalists
Top goalscorerLeague: Stevie May (5)
All: Stevie May (10)

Season Summary

After the resignation of Tommy Wright, Alec Cleland took over as interim manager.[1] After sixteen years at the club Steven Anderson left before the season began along with Danny Swanson, Ross Callachan and David McMillan.[2] Former player and assistant manager Callum Davidson was appointed manager.[3] Former striker Steven MacLean retired to become a coach alongside Cleland who returns to his former role.[4] The Saints dropped to the bottom of the table after four games without a goal,[5] but after a 5–3 away win at Hamilton they moved off it.[6] The Saints reached the League Cup Final with a 3–0 win against Hibernian.[7]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

21 July 2020 Friendly Aberdeen 1–2 St Johnstone Aberdeen
Anderson [8] Tanser  75' (pen), 80' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 0
25 July 2020 Friendly St Mirren Cancelled St Johnstone Paisley
[9] Stadium: St Mirren Park
Note: Match cancelled after positive COVID-19 tests

Scottish Premiership

1 August 2020[10] 1 Dundee United 1–1 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Clark  6' (pen.) Report Craig  55' Referee: Kevin Clancy
12 August 2020 3 Rangers 3–0 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:45 BST Barisic  21'
Kent  45+2'
Aribo  49'
Report Referee: Euan Anderson
15 August 2020 4 Kilmarnock 1–2 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 BST Tshibola  61'
Millen  63'
Report Wotherspoon  85'
O'Halloran  90+4'
Referee: Andrew Dallas
20 August 2020 2 St Johnstone 0–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
19:30 BST Craig  88' Report Ferguson  53'
Hedges  82',  88'
McCrorie  89'
Referee: Willie Collum
Note: Rearranged after postponement, live on Sky Sports.
23 August 2020 5 St Johnstone 0–1 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
16:30 BST Craig  90+4' Report Mallan  90+1' (pen.) Referee: John Beaton
Note: Live on Sky Sports, Liam Craig was sent off after the final whistle
29 August 2020 6 St Johnstone 1–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST May  72' Report Referee: Kevin Clancy
12 September 2020 7 Motherwell 1–0 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 BST Campbell  4',  87'
O'Hara  36'
Watt  48'
Carson  69'
Report Referee: Euan Anderson
19 September 2020 8 St Johnstone 0–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Vigurs  42' Referee: David Munro
26 September 2020 9 Livingston 2−0 St Johnstone Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Tiffoney  34'
Forrest  35'
Report Referee: Craig Napier
4 October 2020 10 St Johnstone 0–2 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:00 BST Report Griffiths  90'
Klimala  90+3'
Referee: Nick Walsh
17 October 2020 11 Hamilton Academical 3–5 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
15:00 BST Hughes  40', 79'
Ogkmpoe  44'
Report May  1', 33'
Wotherspoon  14'
Conway  69', 82'
Referee: Alan Muir
24 October 2020 12 St Johnstone 0–0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrew Dallas
6 November 2020 14 St Johnstone 1–0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
19:45 McNamara  70' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Gavin Duncan
21 November 2020 15 St Johnstone 1–1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 May  34 pen.' Report O'Hara  17' Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven Kirkland
24 November 2020 13 Hibernian 2–2 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park
19:45 McGinn  36', 83' Report McCann  35'
Wotherspoon  76'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 December 2020 16 Celtic 1–1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 Elyounoussi  83' Report Kane  79' Attendance: 0
12 December 2020 17 St Johnstone 1–2 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane  54' Report Guthrie  48'
Robinson  65'
Attendance: 0
19 December 2020 18 St Mirren 3–2 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Erhahon  38'
Erwin  82'
Obika  87'
Report May  22 pen.'
Tanser  44'
Kerr  45'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven McLean
23 December 2020 19 St Johnstone 0–3 Rangers McDiarmid Park
18:00 O'Halloran  83' Report Roofe  24'
Kamara  31'
Hagi  47'
Attendance: 0
26 December 2020 20 Aberdeen 2–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie
15:00 Gosgrove  45+2 pen.'
Taylor  54'
Report Gordon  38'
Hendry  90'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Muir
30 December 2020 21 St Johnstone 0–0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: David Munro
2 January 2021 22 Ross County 1–1 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Draper  21' Report Conway  26 pen.' Attendance: 0
Referee: Willie Collum
12 January 2021 23 Dundee United 2–2 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
18:00 Appéré  9'
Shankland  53'
Report Melamed  16'
Kane  38'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Colin Steven
16 January 2021 24 St Johnstone 1–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane  46' Report MacPherson  55' Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven McLean
27 January 2021 26 St Johnstone 0–0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
18:00 GMT Gordon  81' Report Considine  24' Referee: Don Robertson
30 January 2021 25 Kilmarnock 2–3 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Chris Burke  5'
Tshibola  32'
Report Melamed  53'
Davidson  68'
McCann  72'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Greg Aitken
3 February 2021 27 Rangers 1−0 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Roofe  21'
Hagi  52'
Report Kane  85' Referee: David Munro
For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official St Johnstone F.C. website

Group Stage

6 October 2020 Kelty Hearts 1–2 St Johnstone New Central Park
19:45 Tidser  71' Report Kerr  45+2'
Kane  60'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Newlands
10 October 2020 St Johnstone 7–0 Brechin City McDiarmid Park
15:00 May  3', 58', 62'
Wotherspoon  25', 56'
Hendry  88' (pen.)
Davidson  90'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Napier
10 November 2020 St Johnstone 0–0
(3–4 p)
Dundee United McDiarmid Park
19:45 Report Attendance: 0
14 November 2020 Peterhead 1–3 St Johnstone Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Rooney  78 o.g.' Report May  49 pen.', 60 pen.'
Kane  77'
Attendance: 0

Knockout Round

28 November 2020 Second Round Motherwell 1–2 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 Watt  61' Report Hendry  68'
Wotherspoon  77'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Muir
15 December 2020 Quarter-Final Dunfermline Athletic 1–1
(3–4 p)
St Johnstone East End Park
19:45 Wilson  113' Report Rooney  94' Attendance: 0
Referee: Don Robertson
23 January 2021 Semi-Final St Johnstone 3–0 Hibernian Hampden Park
17:30 Kerr  35'
Rooney  49'
Conway  63'
Report Attendance: 0
28 February 2021 Final St Johnstone v Livingston Hampden Park
14:00

Scottish Cup

St Johnstone will enter the Third Round of the Scottish Cup and will play Dundee away from home.[11] Currently, the cup is suspended.[12]

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 3 February 2021
No.PosPlayerPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Zander Clark 1906000 250
2DF James Brown 100000 10
3DF Scott Tanser 21+304000 280
4DF Jamie McCart 2505+1000 310
5DF Jason Kerr (c) 1905100 241
6DF Liam Gordon 26+116000 331
7MF Craig Conway 16+634+2000 283
8MF Murray Davidson 13+614+2100 252
9FW Chris Kane 9+844+3200 246
10MF David Wotherspoon 20+636+1300 336
11FW Michael O'Halloran 11+712+1000 211
12GK Elliot Parish 801000 90
13MF Craig Bryson 7+502+2000 160
14FW Stevie May 14+1043+4500 319
15MF Charlie Gilmour 000000 00
16MF Glenn Middleton 0+100000 10
17FW Guy Melamed 4+521000 102
18MF Ali McCann 23+223000 282
19DF Shaun Rooney 11+707100 251
24DF Callum Booth 6+306000 150
26MF Liam Craig 10+516000 211
40DF Samuel Denham 000000 00
46FW Alexander Ferguson 000+1000 10
Player who left the club during the season
2DF Wallace Duffy 000000 00
15DF Danny McNamara 2210000 221
16FW Isaac Olaofe 0+200000 20
20FW John Robertson 0+400000 40
22FW Callum Hendry 8+803+3200 222
23MF Cammy Ballantyne 000000 00
45GK Ross Sinclair 000000 00

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
6 St Mirren 24 8 5 11 24 28 4 29
7 Dundee United 27 6 10 11 21 38 17 28
8 St Johnstone 27 6 9 12 25 36 11 27
9 Motherwell 25 6 7 12 23 37 14 25
10 Kilmarnock 26 7 3 16 26 37 11 24
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[13]
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ DUN PET KEL BRE
1 St Johnstone 4 3 0 1 0 12 2 +10 10 Qualification for the Second Round 0–0p 7–0
2 Dundee United 4 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 8 0–1 1–0
3 Peterhead 4 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 8 1–3 3–1
4 Kelty Hearts 4 1 0 1 2 4 4 0 4 1–2 1–1p
5 Brechin City 4 0 0 0 4 3 18 15 0 2–6 0–2
Source: [14]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[15]

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