Goal-shy St Johnstone remain bottom of the table after blowing a big opportunity to leapfrog Dundee.Saints would have jumped above their Tayside neighbours in the standings had they managed to carve out a victory under the lights.But a nervy 0-0 draw was played out at McDiarmid Park and that still leaves Callum Davidson’s side looking up at the Premiership.The result did halt a run of 10 consecutive defeats but the performance would do little to lift the spirits of the Perth faithful.On the team news front, Callum Hendry was recalled from his Kilmarnock loan on Monday but was thrown straight into the heat of battle.The forward had netted five goals in 15 appearances in the Scottish Championship and returned to partner Nadir Ciftci.For Hendry, it was the first time he had pulled on a Saints top since the opening game of the season against Ross County in Dingwall.He was one of four changes from the grim Kelty Hearts defeat, replacing Chris Kane, while Tony Gallacher, Charlie Gilmour and Ali Crawford also dropped to the bench.Given the nod and a starting spot were Callum Booth, Murray Davidson and Cammy MacPherson, the latter this week signed on a permanent deal from St Mirren.Perth boss Davidson had asked the fans to turn out in force and provide the vocal backing from the stands.
As the teams emerged from the tunnel, an East Stand banner read: ‘We’ll keep the blue flag flying high’.Saints appeared keen from the off but on just eight minutes Ciftci hobbled out of the action with what appeared to be a hamstring issue.
Kane, no stranger to a goal against Dundee, was called from the bench.Not long after Jamie McCart sent a header from a MacPherson corner straight at visiting goalkeeper Adam Legzdins and that went down as the
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