Manager in focus - Craig Levein
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Craig Levein is back on familiar turf this week as he takes St Johnstone to Tynecastle, where he served Hearts for so long as a player, manager and director of football.
The 59-year-old's second stint in charge of the Edinburgh club ended in October 2019 after a loss to the Saints.
Hearts fans were calling for his head that evening in Perth but he should get a friendly reception this time round.
Levein, who has lifted St Johnstone off the foot of the table with a draw and a win at home so far, was last in the away dugout against his former side in a goalless draw with Dundee United in December 2009.
Saints have not won away in the league since May and have lost seven of their past eight top-flight visits to Gorgie.
If Levein improves on that dire record, any warm welcome will soon turn frosty and he might just revel in that given the podcaster's pantomime villain persona.
