ST JOHNSTONE V HEARTS : LIVE UPDATES

SAINTS 2 - 0 HEARTS

90+3 - Referee Stevie O'Reilly blows his whistle for the last time today to bring this game to an end. Saints win a game that was entertaining in places 2-0 to take all three points and deservedly keep themselves in the top 6

90+2 - Maybury fells one of the Hearts players and Grainger steps up take the free kick right in front of a very noisy East Stand, his cross is met by Ryan Stevenson but Enckelman has it all coverd and hugs the ball gratefully.

90 - Fourth official indicates a minimum of 2 minutes playing time

85 - Ian Black finally tests the referee's patience too far when a late challenge on Robertson sees the big defender flat on the grass and he sees a yellow card. Mr O'Reilly has been a busy referee today..

84 - Saints substitution, Haber on for Sandaza

82 - Referee O'Reilly spots another offence, this time it is Dave Mackay in the book and yellow carded. Enckelman is equal to the free kick and punches the ball half way up the park to clear

81 - Templeman fires in a speculative long range ball but Zaliukas can only spectate as it flies past him for a goal kick

78 - Lots of final pass errors from both teams although Saints certainly looking better than they have for some time with the front pairing of Sandaza and Sheridan working well with each other

75 - Enckelman spills Hamill shot but then pulls off the save of the day diving to his right to turn a Templeton header away from a certain goal

73 - Saints substitution, Robertson on for Gibson

72 - Taouil yellow carded for tugging on Sandaza

71 - Hearts substitution, Robinson on for Elliott

70 - Gibson takes the free kick but Zaliukas outjumps Sheridan and puts out for a corner. Craig takes but in the resulting stramash, referee O'Reilly awards a freekick to Hearts

69 - First yellow card for Hearts when Zaliukas trips Gibson as he tried to pass to Sheridan bursting through the Hearts defensive line

64 - Another soft yellow card after Millar runs into Templeton

62 - Hearts substitution, Smith for Obua

60 - Hearts seem reduced to trying long range shots exemplified by Taouil whose shot from all of 35 yards just makes it across the goal line by the corner flag

57 - Black brings down Millar resulting in a cacaphonic whistling display from the referee who then has several words with him

54 - GOAL!! Sandaza wins possession back for Saints and plays Sheridon through inside the box for him to round the keeper and slide in his and Saints second goal 2-0 Saints

52 - Sandaza blocks cross from Zaliukas and takes the ball down to half way before passing to Sheridan whose attacking run down the left wing comes to an end when he is bundled into touch, the throw in being awarded to Hearts..

50 - Throw in from Mackay finds Sheridan who spins his marker and his first time 30 yard shot flies just to the wrong side of the upright

49 - Zaliukas breaks onto the Saints defense but his shot is easily stopped by Enckelman

48 - Gibson flicks ball over the Hearts defensive line but nobody can latch onto it

Saints kick off second half towards the Ormond Stand

Hearts substitution at half time, Webster replaced by Templeton

The attendance today is 2770.

45+1 - Referee blows for half time with Saints going in 1-0 to the better

45 - Fourth Official indicates minimum of 1 minute to play

43 - Corner from Grainger missed by Enckelman and Stevenson misses from a yard out at the back post

41 - Amids a chorus of booing, Grainger is warned by the referee to calm things down after a clash with Mackay

37 - Free kick from Grainger just misses the lunging head of Zaliukas and Enckelman finally gets a hold of the ball

36 - Sandaza finds Sheridan in the clear on the edge of the Hearts box, Sheridan flicks the ball on to the advancing Craig but his right-footed effort goes just wide

33 - Soft yellow card for Anderson after a collision with Taouil, resulting free kick comes to nothing

30 - GOAL!! Flick on by Sandaza finds Sheridan unmarked and onside and calmly fires an unstoppable shot past McDonald 1-0 Saints

28 - Gibson cross from the scoreboard corner just over the top of Mackay's head and out for a goal kick. Saints looking strong just now with much of the play in the Hearts half of the pitch

26 - With Saints in a good attacking position, referee O'Reilly stops the game due to an injury to Black

24 - Maybury clashes with Black resulting in a long lecture from referee Stevie O'Reilly. Grainger takes the free kick but it finds an offside player in the box

22 - Elliott cross headed behind by McCracken at front post, Grainger's corner easliy cleared

20 - Corner from Gibson cleared by Hearts defence amid cries for handball from both teams

19 - Resultant free kick sees the ball tapped to Craig whose shot is blocked over the bar by McDonald for a corner

18 - Mackay plays Sandaza through but he is tugged back by Webster on the edge of the box to earn himself a yellow card

16 - Millar upends Taouil on half way and gets a word from the referee, Taouil then repays the compliment when he tugs Millar, nearly pulling his shorts off!!

15 - Physio on to tend to Willie Gibson who took a sore one

11 - Gibson cross headed out by Webster but falls to Chris Millar whose 25 yard shot flashes just past McDonald's right hand upright

10 - Craig plays lovely ball through to Sandaza in the Hearts box but the big Spanish striker slips on the damp surface

8 - Hamill cross cleared to edge of Saints box but Stevenson's snap shot well off target over the bar

6 - Free kick for Hearts taken quickly by Taoiul but Elliott well offside

5 - Hearts corner easily dealt with by Saints defence

3 - Mackay's attempted cross into the Hearts box is turned away by the defence

Hearts kick off towards the Ormond Stand

Today's team lineups:

ST JOHNSTONE: Peter Enckelman; Alan Maybury; Liam Craig; Kevin Moon; Steven Anderson; David McCracken; Chris Millar; Dave Mackay; Cillian Sheridan; Fransisco Sandaza; Willie Gibson.

SUBS: Alan Mannus; David Robertson; Marcus Haber; Sean Higgins; Mark Durnan; Stevie May; Ricky McIntosh

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HEARTS: Jamie McDonald; Jamie Hamill; Danny Grainger; Andy Webster; Ian Black; Stephen Elliott; David Obua; Ryan Stevenson; Mehdi Taouil; Marius Zaliukas; Adrian Mrowiec.

SUBS: Janos Balogh; Arydas Novikovas; Gordon Smith; Scott Robinson; Eggert Jonsson; David Templeton; Rudi Skacel

REFEREE: Stevie O'Reilly ASSISTANTS: Billy Baxter; David Watt FOURTH OFFICIAL: Steven McLean