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Dunfermline Athletic v St. Johnstone : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 8th Nov, 15:00 BST, East End Park, Dunfermline

St. Johnstone pay Championship rivals Dunfermline Athletic a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Simo Valakari guides his men into an away clash with Neil Lennon & co. at the East End Park. All of the key stats for the tie, including head-to-heads, predictions and the best odds across 17 markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all designed to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.


Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals
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Dunfermline
26%
5/2
11%
5/2
Draw
27%
9/4
6%
11/5
St. Johnstone
48%
11/10
9%
19/20
St. Johnstone 1-0
13%
6/15/1
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2
7%
5/1
St. Johnstone 2-0
9%
17/2
6%
7/1
Draw 0-0
9%
7/1
5%
13/2
St. Johnstone 2-1
9%
17/27/1
Dunfermline 1-0
9%
17/215/2
Dunfermline 2-1
6%
12/1
15%
10/1
St. Johnstone 3-0
4%
18/1
12%
12/1
Draw 2-2
4%
16/1
13%
12/1
St. Johnstone 3-1
4%
18/112/1
Dunfermline 2-0
4%
16/1
11%
14/1
St. Johnstone 3-2
2%
33/120/1
Dunfermline 3-1
2%
28/1
17%
25/1
St. Johnstone 4-0
2%
40/125/1
St. Johnstone 4-1
2%
40/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
23/20
3%
11/10
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
4/6
3%
8/13
Home 1st Goal
42%
11/8
5%
6/4
Away 1st Goal
52%
4/58/11
No 1st Goal
6%
7/1
5%
13/2
BTTS - Yes
47%
10/11
4%
19/20
BTTS - No
53%
4/5
2%
3/4
BTTS - Home Win
11%
13/2
13%
6/1
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/418/5
BTTS - Away Win
19%
4/110/3
Home/draw
52%
4/6
2%
4/5
Away/draw
74%
2/7
5%
1/4
Home/away
73%
1/3
1%
3/10
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
4/11
2%
4/11
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
2/1
4%
7/4
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
11/427/10
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
1/41/5
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
6/1
8%
6/1
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/12
2%
1/16
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
10/1
5%
12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/501/300
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/14
1%
1/18
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
13/2
5%
6/1
Home DNB
44%
6/4
5%
8/5
Away DNB
66%
1/2
3%
4/9
Dunfermline win to nil
15%
9/2
8%
-
St. Johnstone win to nil
29%
12/5
8%
-
Dunfermline / Dunfermline
14%
9/2
8%
19/4
Dunfermline / St. Johnstone
3%
28/120/1
Dunfermline / Draw
5%
16/1
13%
12/1
Draw / Dunfermline
11%
13/2
6%
13/2
Draw / St. Johnstone
16%
4/1
5%
19/5
Draw / Draw
17%
15/4
9%
7/2
St. Johnstone / Dunfermline
2%
40/1
21%
28/1
St. Johnstone / St. Johnstone
25%
9/4
3%
21/10
St. Johnstone / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Dunfermline have played 13 matches so far this season and are in 4th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn zero and won 1. Dunfermline have conceded 4 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 1 match and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Dunfermline have played 6 games at home, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

St. Johnstone lay in 1st place on 30 points in the Championship league table having played 13 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 26 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. St. Johnstone have conceded 8 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

St. Johnstone have played 6 away games, winning 5, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Dunfermline
St. Johnstone
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
St. Johnstone131830 
Nov 8
l
 
2-1F
Apr 18
Jan 24
-
-
-
-
2
Partick13827 
l
 
0-2A
Nov 15
Feb 14
Apr 11
w
 
5-1A
Nov 22
Jan 31
Mar 21
3
Arbroath13021 
Dec 6
w
 
0-5F
May 1
Feb 21
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1F
Jan 3
Apr 4
4
Dunfermline13718 
-
-
-
-
w
 
2-1A
Nov 8
Jan 24
Apr 18
5
Ayr United13318 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
Dec 20
Mar 7
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 12
Feb 28
May 1
6
Raith Rovers13018 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
Mar 14
Dec 27
Dec 6
w
 
0-2F
Apr 25
Feb 21
7
Greenock 13-512 
Nov 22
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 4
Jan 10
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-4F
Dec 20
Mar 7
8
Ross County13-611 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-2A
Jan 3
Mar 21
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Mar 14
Dec 27
9
Queen's Park13-1110 
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 13
Feb 28
Apr 25
Nov 15
w
 
1-2F
Mar 28
Jan 10
10
Airdrieonians13-147 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-4F
Jan 31
Mar 28
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2F
Apr 11
Feb 14
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Dunfermline 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dunfermline2 - 0Raith Rovers
Dunfermline0 - 0Queen's Park
Dunfermline0 - 2Partick
Dunfermline0 - 1Ayr United
Dunfermline2 - 2Ross County
Dunfermline2 - 0Airdrieonians
Dunfermline0 - 0Airdrieonians
Dunfermline0 - 0Partick
Dunfermline0 - 1Hamilton
Dunfermline1 - 0Livingston
Dunfermline2 - 1Greenock
Dunfermline0 - 0Queen's Park
Dunfermline3 - 1Raith Rovers
Dunfermline0 - 2Ayr United
Dunfermline3 - 3Falkirk
Dunfermline3 - 2Hamilton
Dunfermline1 - 0Airdrieonians
Dunfermline0 - 1Partick
Dunfermline3 - 0Livingston
Dunfermline0 - 0Greenock
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADunfermline1 - 0Ayr United
ADunfermline2 - 3Ross County
ADunfermline4 - 0Airdrieonians
HDunfermline2 - 0Raith Rovers
HDunfermline0 - 0Queen's Park
HDunfermline0 - 2Partick
HDunfermline0 - 1Ayr United
ADunfermline1 - 2St. Johnstone
ADunfermline5 - 0Arbroath
HDunfermline2 - 2Ross County
ADunfermline0 - 2Raith Rovers
HDunfermline2 - 0Airdrieonians
ADunfermline0 - 0Greenock
ADunfermline0 - 2Greenock
HDunfermline0 - 0Airdrieonians
HDunfermline0 - 0Partick
ADunfermline1 - 0Queen's Park
HDunfermline0 - 1Hamilton
HDunfermline1 - 0Livingston
ADunfermline0 - 3Ayr United
St. Johnstone 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
D
2
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Greenock 0 - 4St. Johnstone
Arbroath3 - 1St. Johnstone
Queen's Park1 - 2St. Johnstone
Airdrieonians1 - 2St. Johnstone
Raith Rovers0 - 2St. Johnstone
Ross County0 - 1St. Johnstone
Hearts2 - 1St. Johnstone
Motherwell3 - 2St. Johnstone
Dundee Utd1 - 0St. Johnstone
Hibernian3 - 0St. Johnstone
Dundee1 - 1St. Johnstone
Kilmarnock3 - 1St. Johnstone
St. Mirren0 - 1St. Johnstone
Rangers3 - 1St. Johnstone
Celtic4 - 0St. Johnstone
Hearts2 - 1St. Johnstone
Aberdeen1 - 1St. Johnstone
Motherwell2 - 1St. Johnstone
St. Mirren3 - 1St. Johnstone
Dundee1 - 2St. Johnstone
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSt. Johnstone3 - 0Airdrieonians
ASt. Johnstone4 - 0Greenock
ASt. Johnstone1 - 3Arbroath
HSt. Johnstone0 - 0Ross County
HSt. Johnstone0 - 0Ayr United
ASt. Johnstone2 - 1Queen's Park
ASt. Johnstone2 - 1Airdrieonians
HSt. Johnstone2 - 1Dunfermline
ASt. Johnstone2 - 0Raith Rovers
HSt. Johnstone1 - 1Greenock
HSt. Johnstone3 - 0Arbroath
ASt. Johnstone1 - 0Ross County
HSt. Johnstone5 - 1Partick
HSt. Johnstone0 - 2Dundee
ASt. Johnstone1 - 2Hearts
HSt. Johnstone2 - 1Ross County
HSt. Johnstone0 - 2Kilmarnock
ASt. Johnstone2 - 3Motherwell
ASt. Johnstone0 - 1Dundee Utd
HSt. Johnstone1 - 0Celtic
Goal Statistics
Dunfermline 4th St. Johnstone 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Dunfermline scoring 1 goal or less
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that St. Johnstone will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-17
Dunfermline have scored 17% fewer goals at home than predicted
-1
St. Johnstone’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Dunfermline
PG (predicted goals)
St. Johnstone
1
1.4
Attack rating
DUN
STU
25%
better
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Games scored8
11
Failed to score5
2
Scored first7
8
Goals scored19
26
Avg. goals scored1.5
2
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for18
20
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+25%
Defence rating
DUN
STU
11%
better
view stats
Games conceded6
6
Clean sheets7
7
Conceded first4
3
Goals conceded12
8
Avg. goals conceded0.9
0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded7
5
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
8
Conversion rate against12%
13%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+11%

Dunfermline v St. Johnstone Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Dunfermline Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12725
J MullenA. TodJ MullenJ Mullen
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Mullen DEF1212
4
1
S. Kearney DEF121
2
-
C Gilmour  MID12
4
-
A. Tod MID1271
1
-
R Fraser DEF112
-
A Amade MID11
1
-
K Ritchie-Hosler MID11
-
C Kane FWD102
-
E Otoo DEF9
-
M Todd MID912
-
T Oakley-Boothe MID9
2
-
J Caceres FWD92
1
1
M. Munn GLK8
-
K Benedictus DEF8
2
-
R Macleod FWD82
2
-
K Bray MID6
-
J. Cooper MID61
-
B Terrell GLK5
1
-
N. Abdulai DEF5
1
-
C Hamilton MID5
2
-
B. Stewart FWD52
-
Z Rudden FWD322
-
D Mehmet GLK1
-
S Fisher DEF1
-
St. Johnstone Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13974
T StewardJ McPakeR McAlearJ Holt
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Steward GLK13
-
R McAlear MID137
2
-
J McPake MID139
2
-
J Holt MID1311
4
-
C Diabaté DEF123
1
1
A. Sidibeh FWD1231
1
-
M Foulds DEF11
1
-
J Baird DEF111
-
S Sprangler MID111
1
-
J Gullan FWD1147
1
-
M Boyes DEF10
3
-
K Fotheringham FWD102
1
-
U Ikpeazu FWD101
-
R Tumilty DEF71
2
-
J Svedberg MID71
-
A. Forrester DEF6
-
J. Ikendo Wanner FWD6
-
L Smith DEF51
1
-
S Stanton MID5
-
S Mallan MID422
-
F. Franczak MID1
-