Head-to-Head: ST Johnstone vs Falkirk

ST Johnstone versus Falkirk remains a rare Scottish matchup with no durable hierarchy in the available history. ST Johnstone won 1-0 in the League Cup on 24 July 2018, while Falkirk replied with a 1-0 friendly victory on 8 July 2025. Both meetings were decided by one goal, but their different contexts leave the competitive profile open for future encounters to define.

Upcoming matches, ST Johnstone vs Falkirk

19 September 2026 - 14:00 Regular Season - 7

ST Johnstone

VS

Falkirk

McDiarmid Park

Past matches, ST Johnstone vs Falkirk

8 July 2025 Club Friendlies 5

ST Johnstone

0 - 1

Falkirk
24 July 2018 Group Stage - 6

ST Johnstone

1 - 0

Falkirk

Match center

ST Johnstone

0 - 1

8 July 2025

Falkirk

Starting eleven

Starting XI ST Johnstone

Falkirk Starting XI

Substitutes ST Johnstone

Falkirk Substitutes

Match events

45'

90'

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⇄

9'
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S. Arfield Normal Goal
64'

S. Bright J. Mylchreest
64'

C. Diabate J. Baird
64'

V. Griffith R. Tumilty
64'

M. Kirk M. Foulds
64'

A. Raymond S. Stanton
69'

A. Nesbitt S. Arfield
69'

D. Tait L. Neilson
69'

S. Mackie L. Henderson
75'

B. Graham R. MacIver
75'

F. McCafferty A. Agyeman
76'

U. Ikpeazu A. Sidibeh

Matchup ST Johnstone VS Falkirk

A narrow competitive marker

The clearest competitive result is ST Johnstone’s 1-0 League Cup win over Falkirk on 24 July 2018. It was a one-goal result, giving ST Johnstone the stronger cup outcome, but the score alone does not establish a lasting pattern. The limited history offers too little evidence for broad claims about how either side controls the matchup.

A different context, an even response

Falkirk supplied the counterpoint with a 1-0 friendly victory at ST Johnstone on 8 July 2025. That result matched the earlier margin while carrying a different competitive setting, so the two meetings are best read as separate clues rather than a continuous sequence. What they do establish is a fixture in which neither side has won comfortably in the available results. A future competitive meeting will show whether the cup balance re-emerges, whether Falkirk can carry its resistance into that setting, or whether another single-goal contest keeps the hierarchy unresolved.