Last season’s Premier League top scorer, Lawrence Shankland, has made 15 appearances this season and has just one goal to show for it so far this season.

The 29-year-old Scotland forward is in the final season of his current Heart of Midlothian contract and will inevitably be the subject of speculation come January.

In the meantime, will he be able to rediscover his old form? St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park on Saturday is their next chance to do so.

Shankland has happy memories of this match; He had scored in six of his last seven games against St Johnstone; Including the last three.

He has never scored four goals in a row against the same team in the league and facing a team Hearts have beaten six times in a row, including three in Perth, it looks like an ideal chance to do so.

Not only would another goal be welcome for a side looking to pick up a first Premiership away win in their 10 appearances from Tynecastle, but it would also be a timely goal for the striker, given the clashes with Croatia and Poland against Scotland on the horizon.

This is perhaps the toughest period of Shankland’s Hearts career but he has proven time and time again that he can score goals with 60 goals for the club.