Premiership match preview and statistics: St. Johnstone fight Aberdeen

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 08.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: McDiarmid Park (10696 seats)

After the first game it's St. Johnstone - Aberdeen 1-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Premiership game of the season?

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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St. Johnstone form and stats

An away draw last time out for Johnstone, facing Dundee United in a game that ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Livingston in a game that was won 1-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Johnstone as they are travelling to their away game against Rangers in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.

Last season, St. Johnstone's league statistics were 8 wins, 12 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Premiership. Over these 29 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season St. Johnstone managed 5-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 26 conceded.

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Aberdeen form and stats

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premiership home defeat versus Rangers with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Hibernian.

After this away game Aberdeen return home for a Premiership game against Hamilton Academical. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Let's have a look at how Aberdeen performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 17/17 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): St. Johnstone won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Aberdeen has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

St. JohnstoneL. Craig
L. Craig
1 goals

St. Johnstone missing players

Aberdeen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
St. Johnstone Aberdeen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 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%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 3
4 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 1
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
St. Johnstone Last season Aberdeen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 16   Played P   15 30
8 5   Won W   5 12
12 6   Drew D   6 9
9 5   Lost L   4 9
28 19   Scored S   17 40
46 26   Conceded C   17 36
90% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 90%
62% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 73%
45% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 57%
34% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 27%
14% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
45% 56%   BTTS BTTS   40% 50%
28% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 30%
38% 31%   Failed to Score F T   40% 30%
 
4.9 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.3
5.2 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.8
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.5
3 2   Red cards R C   1 4
 
266 158   Total Shots T S   144 279
100 65   Shots on Target S O   57 113
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 35%

  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Hibernian 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Rangers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Ross County 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 St. Mirren 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Dundee United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 St. Johnstone 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Kilmarnock 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 Aberdeen 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Livingston 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Motherwell 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Hamilton Academical 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season 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 30 26 2 2 89 19 15 14 0 1 50 7 15 12 2 1 39 12 70 80
2 Rangers 29 21 4 4 64 19 14 11 1 2 33 7 15 10 3 2 31 12 45 67
3 Motherwell 30 14 4 12 41 38 15 7 1 7 23 23 15 7 3 5 18 15 3 46
4 Aberdeen 30 12 9 9 40 36 15 7 3 5 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 45
5 Livingston 30 10 9 11 41 39 14 8 4 2 19 8 16 2 5 9 22 31 2 39
6 Hibernian 30 9 10 11 42 49 15 5 7 3 26 22 15 4 3 8 16 27 -7 37
7 St. Johnstone 29 8 12 9 28 46 16 5 6 5 19 26 13 3 6 4 9 20 -18 36
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 3 1 11 11 26 -10 33
9 St. Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 15 5 6 4 13 13 15 2 2 11 11 28 -17 29
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 14 5 3 6 17 23 16 2 5 9 12 37 -31 29
11 Hamilton Academical 30 6 9 15 30 50 16 4 3 9 16 26 14 2 6 6 14 24 -20 27
12 Hearts 30 4 11 15 31 52 15 2 7 6 19 23 15 2 4 9 12 29 -21 23

Aberdeen:
Table
  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Hibernian 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Rangers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Ross County 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 St. Mirren 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Dundee United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 St. Johnstone 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Kilmarnock 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 Aberdeen 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Livingston 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Motherwell 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Hamilton Academical 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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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.