PERTH, Scotland – St Johnstone go need win as dem face Ross County for McDiarmid Park this afternoon. With St Johnstone losing three matches in a row, and Ross County down six consecutive defeats, fans no go expect plenty free-flowing football today.
Both teams get serious challenges: St Johnstone dey struggle to defend as several key defenders dey miss due to injury. Meanwhile, Ross County dey find am hard to score goals. Dem don struggle for their last six encounters with St Johnstone, losing both previous games for this season alone.
Today na important match for both sides, as St Johnstone fit face relegation if dem lose. Manager Simo Valakari make three changes for this crucial showdown, as Sam Curtis take Graham Carey’s position at right wing-back, Jason Holt feature for midfield with Victor Griffith sliding to the bench, and Adama Sidibeh preferred to Makenzie Kirk up front.
On the other hand, Ross County manager Don Cowie reorganized im squad. Will Nightingale, Kacper Lopata, Josh Nisbet, and Kieran Phillips enter the starting XI, while James Brown, Jonathan Tomkinson, Nohan Kenneh, and Jordan White dey sit out this one.
In the goalpost, Ryan Fulton dey start for Hearts as im dey make im debut, with Craig Gordon injured. Hearts also swap Blair Spittal for Cammy Devlin, while Motherwell bring back Steve Seddon for the first time since December.
As they prepare for the match, the weather fine with blue skies and temperature hitting 20 degrees Celsius. Fans dey hopeful say dem fit see a good game as both teams get plenty to play for, with relegation battles at stake.
Celtic also dey play as dem host Hibs today, and the fans dey look for strong squad after Brendan Rodgers talk say im go rest players for Scottish Cup final. With Nicholas Kuhn and Kasper Schmeichel returning to the team, Celtic’s lineup dey stronger than the one wey start at Ibrox.
As kick-off approach, all eyes go dey on both St Johnstone and Ross County. St Johnstone go need the three points to reduce the gap between dem and County to just three points, while Ross County go want to end dem losing streak and gain some confidence.
This afternoon match fit determine plenty for the future of both teams, as St Johnstone no wan fall out of the top flight for the first time since 2002. As dem dey line up for the battle, football fans across Scotland dey eagerly await to see who go come out on top today.
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