Aberdeen have performed better than St. Johnstone so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
It's no vacation for neither Aberdeen nor St. Johnstone as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Aberdeen form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Aberdeen have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
Aberdeen haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 292 minutes ago. N. McGinn scored that one. Aberdeen are confident in defense, having played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Aberdeen manager D. McInnes and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Rangers (placed 2nd) in the Premiership. A 0-0 draw away before that, with St. Mirren the opponent.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Aberdeen's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Aberdeen, as the Scottish Cup home game vs Kilmarnock is only three days away.
Aberdeen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pittodrie Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
St. Johnstone form and stats
There's been little loot from St. Johnstone's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Premiership. St. Johnstone only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
St. Johnstone delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Hearts (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Premiership game. A 0-3 loss hosting Celtic before that.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for St. Johnstone, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and St. Johnstone playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.
St. Johnstone has another fixture away, a Scottish Cup game, against Ayr United in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The attacking power of St. Johnstone when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. In the opposite end, St. Johnstone have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: St. Johnstone - Aberdeen 1-1. Aberdeen-St. Johnstone H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Aberdeen five wins, St. Johnstone one win, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Cosgrove 11 goals |  N. McGinn 4 goals |  R. Hedges 4 goals |
Aberdeen missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Aberdeen | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 30 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | 42 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 91% |
| 71% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 65% |
| 50% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 48% |
| 21% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 39% |
| 8% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 17% |
| 42% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 38% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 22% |
| 33% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 229 | 101 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 90 | 228 |
| 91 | 42 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 31 | 85 |
| 33% | 43% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 25% |
- Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aberdeen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as St. Johnstone have scored away.
- Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
- St. Johnstone has the most conceded goals in the first half (22)
- St. Johnstone has the most points from losing position (10)
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 50 | 61 |
| 2 | Rangers | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 44 | 57 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 41 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Livingston | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -21 | 24 |
| 9 | Ross County | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 29 | -27 | 22 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 21 |
| 11 | Hearts | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 18 |