St Johnstone takes on the visitors Inverness in the second leg of Scottish Premiership relegation playoffs. The result of the first leg: 2-2. The match will be played on Monday, May 23rd at McDiarmid Park (Perth)
St. Johnstone have serious decline this season. "Saints" do not belong to the giants, even at the level of modest in terms of club football in Scotland. But in recent years, it has turned out to start quite regularly in European competitions, including this season, when the team managed to knock out such a well-known opponent as Galatasaray, and they took a draw with LASK. Also in 2021, it was possible to take 5th place and win both cups. And, in contrast, in this season, everything turned into a struggle for survival. All that they manage to achieve was to get ahead of Dundee and occupy 11th position.
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Inverness clinging to their chances of promotion to the country's Premier League. "Caley Thistle" are remembered, first of all, by the fact that they managed to win the national cup in 2015. But in general, there are few reasons to be proud of, for almost 30 years of history, having played not so many years in the country's top division. The current draw was also not sky-high: 59 points after 36 rounds and only 3rd place. But even this was enough to take part in the playoffs. At first, Billy Dods' wards calmly passed Partick Thistle, beating them in both legs. After that, there was a heavy confrontation with Arbot. There were goalless draws in both meetings, and in the second leg they had to ending the game with nine men. But still, on penalties, Inverness was able to get through to the next round. Now it remains to achieve the last, but at the same time the main target.
This will be the first confrontation in 5 years, the clubs have not crossed paths since the Premier League in 2016/2017. Then in both meetings it was Saint Johnstone who managed to take the victory. St. Johnstone was able not to lose on the road in the first leg – they played 2-2. Let's believe that at home, the "saints" will be able to take the victory over Inverness at a decisive moment
Prediction for the match: St Johnstone to win.