St. Johnstone challenge Aberdeen for prestige and victory.
- Aberdeen have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
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.
St. Johnstone form and stats
0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for St. Johnstone so far this season.
Johnstone faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rangers (0-4). St. Johnstone were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Mitchell was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.83 out of 10. The defender Mitchell won 1 of 2 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Motherwell with a 2-1 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with St. Johnstone perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St. Johnstone as a small favourite), we find 10 games. St. Johnstone has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
At McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Aberdeen form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Aberdeen have produced an overall stat of 0-0-1 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Aberdeen in their previous game as they lost hosting Motherwell, 2-3. The attacker Morris got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Morris hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus St. Mirren.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aberdeen playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Aberdeen wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Aberdeen has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (St. Johnstone wins - draws - Aberdeen wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Miovski 3 goals |   S. May 1 goals |  J. Murphy 1 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| St. Johnstone | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 7.3 | 9 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 8.3 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 7.7 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 13.3 | 13 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 22 | 14 |
| 3.3 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 4.7 |
- Aberdeen have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Premiership
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