Ross County manager Jim McIntyre is refusing to read into St Johnstone’s poor home form ahead of today’s Premiership trip to McDiarmid Park.
Saints are fifth in the Premiership but have won just two of their six league games in Perth this season.
Tommy Wright’s men have shown more consistency on their travels, taking 12 points from their seven away matches, including a 2-0 victory against the Staggies at Dingwall in October.
McIntyre believes Saints are one of several teams who have fared better on the road and he expects a tight encounter today.
He said: “A few teams have struggled at home this year, not quite getting that consistency they’d want on their own patch. Partick Thistle have been a wee bit like that, as have we.
“The games between St Johnstone and County are always close. Even the game here where they deservedly went in 1-0 up at half-time, we had the best of the next 20 minutes but got caught with the sucker-punch.
“We didn’t produce enough quality to get an equaliser and I have to give credit to them for punishing us.
“Looking at last season as well, the games were very close. I expect it to be the same again.
“They’ll be looking to get better results at home and our form away from home has been good, so it has the makings of a good game.”
County have gone 10 games without a victory and, despite drawing twice against Rangers, as well as securing a point against Hearts at Tynecastle, the Staggies manager is desperate for a first victory since August.
He added: “It has been a tough run of fixtures. We’ve acquitted ourselves well in a number of them and we’ve let ourselves down in some.
“It has been a mixed bag from us but we know we need more wins. As good as some of the points we’ve picked up on the road have been we know the only way to climb the table is to put back-to-back wins together.”