Robbie Neilson is hoping Hearts will return to action refreshed after having had a full week without a match for the first time since the winter break.
Neilson believes an intense run of eight games in three and a half weeks has taken an edge off his team's play in recent outings.
Hearts face the cinch Premiership's bottom side St Johnstone in Perth on Saturday, and Neilson is pleased that his team can go into it without being plagued by the exertions of a midweek match.
