Premiership preview: Can Aberdeen edge out victory against St. Mirren?

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pittodrie Stadium (20866 seats)

It's the second possibility for points this season as Aberdeen and St. Mirren battle it out at Pittodrie Stadium.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Aberdeen form and stats

Bates was the last player to score a league goal for Aberdeen and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Aberdeen haven't scored in 305 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager Goodwin led his Aberdeen to a defeat away at Celtic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Pittodrie Stadium. Aberdeen's goalkeeper Roos was extremely busy against Celtic, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Stewart, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Stewart won 3 of 5 duels.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Aberdeen handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

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St. Mirren form and stats

Main was the last player to score for the away team. Mirren haven't scored a league goal in the last 305 minutes.

St. Mirren might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Motherwell proved too strong as St. Mirren slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at The Smisa Stadium. Gallagher, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Gallagher hit three key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.

We have checked recent matches where St. Mirren have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Aberdeen-St. Mirren H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Aberdeen three wins, St. Mirren three wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Aberdeen missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Aberdeen St. Mirren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
22 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 7
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2

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The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.