LIAM Craig is targeting maximum points from the next two games as St Johnstone look to wrap up the first third of the season in style.
Saints travel to Murrayfield to face Hearts today before hosting Ross County on Tuesday, which will bring an end to the first set of fixtures.
Tommy Wright’s side made a promising start to the Premiership campaign, going unbeaten in their first five games, but have fallen away of late, losing three of their last four and leaking goals.
However, midfielder Craig is keen to get back on track after defeat at home to Rangers last Friday.
“We’ve always done well against Hearts and the biggest thing for us is getting back to winning ways and, at worst, stopping the run of defeats,” he said.
“We’ve had a good start to the season, we have two games before we’ve had a look at (every team in the league) and we want as many points as we can.
“If we can get six points from the next two games, that puts you on 20, which would be a great return.”
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