![]() ![]() Michael O'Halloran fired just wide before Hibs lost centre-half Paul Hanlon to injury and St Johnstone took the lead when Stevie May forced a deflection off substitute Darren McGregor and Northern Ireland midfielder McCann pounced to side-foot home from 15 yards. The Israeli striker, making his first league start since his switch from Maccabi Netanya, showed neat footwork to deceive a couple of defenders inside the penalty box but shot over. However, the visitors settled and perhaps only a lack of match sharpness prevented Guy Melamed opening the scoring. Ross, perhaps not surprisingly, had stuck with the line-up that went so close to beating Celtic on Saturday, but it was a different story for counterpart Callum Davidson.ĭefender Jason Kerr, an ever-present this season, and influential midfielders Murray Davidson and Craig Conway missed out through injury as the stretched visitors only named six players on their bench.īeing the more-settled side looked to favour Hibs in the early moments as Jamie Murphy broke into the penalty box and fired straight at goalkeeper Zander Clark. Gathering another point in Leith not only moves the Perth side above Motherwell into seventh but stretches their unbeaten league run to five outings. ![]() ![]() While Hibs move above Aberdeen, who play Hamilton Academical on Wednesday, on goal difference after stretching their unbeaten home run to six games, they have failed to defeat St Johnstone in their last six visits to Easter Road. ![]()
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