Struggling St. Johnstone will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Aberdeen in the upcoming league round. It's 11th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone's results here at McDiarmid Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
St. Johnstone's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Hibernian (placed 8th). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Hearts.
St. Johnstone are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 attempts. St. Johnstone have conceded 14 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Aberdeen form and stats
4-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aberdeen in their Premiership matches away. Having won their last three away games Aberdeen has no reason to fear anyone.
It's the second away game in a row for Aberdeen, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Ross County (placed 6th) in the Premiership last time out. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Kilmarnock.
Aberdeen find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Aberdeen in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Aberdeen - St. Johnstone 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): St. Johnstone won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Aberdeen has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
 
S. Cosgrove
7 goals
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R. Hedges
4 goals
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M. O'Halloran
2 goals
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St. Johnstone missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| St. Johnstone | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 75% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 77% |
| 58% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 58% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 46% |
| 42% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 1.5 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 31 |
| 2 | Rangers | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 31 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Ross County | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 7 | Livingston | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | Hearts | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | St. Mirren | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 8 |