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St. Johnstone v Aberdeen : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

McDiarmid Park, Perth

Saturday afternoon sees Simo Valakari’s St. Johnstone and Jimmy Thelin’s Aberdeen go head to head in a Premiership clash at the McDiarmid Park. For every Premiership fixture, KickOff explores the statistics for seventeen major betting markets. Key stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then brought forward alongside the best odds.

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St. Johnstone's next match is v Hibernian at 15:00 on Saturday 29th March
Aberdeen's next match is v Motherwell at 15:00 on Saturday 29th March
The last Scottish Premiership meeting between St. Johnstone and Aberdeen was on Saturday 15th March 2025
Scottish Premiership
March 15th 2025
St. Johnstone 0
0 Aberdeen
 
STU
ABD
Shots On
3
2
Shots Off
3
5
Corners
1
6
Possession
43%
57%
Fouls
5
16
 
St. JohnstoneAberdeen
 
A. Fisher
D. Balodis
Z. Mitchell
S. Curtis
B. Douglas (T. Steven 87')
S. Sprangler
S. Duke-McKenna (G. Carey 72')
D. Wright
J. Holt
A. Sidibeh (V. Griffith Mullins 56')
M. Kirk (B. Mbunga-Kimpioka 72')
D. Mitov
(J. Okkels 62') J. MacKenzie
M. Knoester
A. Jensen
A. Dorrington
G. Shinnie
A. Palaversa
(L. Clarkson 63') S. Morris
(P. Guèye 68') O. Dabbagh
K. Nisbet
(E. Sokler 83') T. Keskinen

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead we're predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that St. Johnstone and Aberdeen will score at least a couple of between them during 90 minutes. It's a prediction based on each side's recent form stats, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 79%. Bookmakers have it available at 1.25.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think St. Johnstone are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.10.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
St. Johnstone
46%
19/10
11%
15/8
11%
Draw
25%
11/5
9%
23/10
8%
Aberdeen
30%
29/20
17%
29/20
17%
Draw 1-1
12%
5/1
14%
5/1
8%
St. Johnstone 1-0
10%
8/1
25%
7/1
16%
St. Johnstone 2-1
9%
10/1
8%
17/2
5%
St. Johnstone 2-0
8%
14/1
12%
11/1
20%
Aberdeen 1-0
7%
7/1
11%
13/2
Aberdeen 2-1
7%
9/1
11%
15/2
6%
Draw 0-0
6%
17/2
21%
7/1
16%
Draw 2-2
6%
12/111/1
St. Johnstone 3-1
5%
22/118/1
Aberdeen 2-0
5%
11/1
9%
9/1
5%
St. Johnstone 3-0
4%
28/1
15%
22/1
12%
St. Johnstone 3-2
3%
33/1
17%
22/1
Aberdeen 3-1
3%
20/1
24%
14/1
15%
Aberdeen 3-2
2%
28/1
26%
20/1
11%
St. Johnstone 4-1
2%
50/133/1
17%
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
1/1
11%
19/20
8%
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
4/5
10%
3/4
8%
Home 1st Goal
51%
6/5
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
45%
5/6
10%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
17/2
21%
-
BTTS - Yes
56%
4/5
8%
4/5
6%
BTTS - No
44%
19/20
7%
19/20
5%
BTTS - Home Win
22%
5/117/4
5%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/310/3
2%
BTTS - Away Win
15%
4/1
25%
18/5
18%
Home/draw
70%
8/15
10%
8/15
10%
Away/draw
54%
2/5
5%
2/5
5%
Home/away
75%
4/11
5%
1/3
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1/3
6%
1/3
6%
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
12/5
15%
21/10
14%
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
11/4
25%
12/5
17%
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
2/7
8%
2/7
5%
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
6/1
27%
11/2
18%
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/10
4%
1/10
3%
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
14/1
36%
12/1
30%
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/33
2%
1/40
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/16
2%
1/18
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
17/2
21%
15/2
11%
Home DNB
63%
1/1
16%
1/1
13%
Away DNB
47%
8/11
13%
8/11
13%
St. Johnstone win to nil
23%
4/1
17%
-
Aberdeen win to nil
15%
3/1-
St. Johnstone / St. Johnstone
17%
15/4
14%
7/2
10%
St. Johnstone / Aberdeen
3%
25/1
13%
20/1
11%
St. Johnstone / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / St. Johnstone
12%
11/2
13%
5/1
14%
Draw / Aberdeen
14%
5/1
9%
9/2
10%
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1
9%
18/5
8%
Aberdeen / St. Johnstone
3%
28/122/1
Aberdeen / Aberdeen
21%
3/1
18%
14/5
17%
Aberdeen / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

St. Johnstone have played 29 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 18 games, drawn 4 and won 7. St. Johnstone have conceded 54 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

St. Johnstone have played 14 games at home, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 25 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Aberdeen lay in 4th place on 42 points in the Premiership league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 4 and losing 6 games. They have scored 29 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Aberdeen have conceded 26 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Aberdeen have played 14 away games, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
St. Johnstone
Aberdeen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Celtic306975 
l
 
0-6A
l
 
4-0A
Apr 6
-
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
-
l
 
5-1A
2
Rangers303462 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
-
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
Apr 13
-
3
Hibernian30444 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
-
Mar 29
l
 
1-3F
d
 
3-3A
-
l
 
2-0A
4
Aberdeen A30-843 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
-
-
-
5
Dundee Utd30-241 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
-
Apr 12
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
-
6
Hearts30339 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
-
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
-
7
Motherwell30-1438 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1A
-
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
Mar 29
-
8
St. Mirren30-1235 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-1F
-
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-3A
-
9
Ross County30-2035 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
3-3A
w
 
1-0F
-
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
-
Apr 5
10
Kilmarnock30-1432 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-3F
-
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
4-0A
w
 
1-0F
-
11
Dundee30-1831 
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2A
-
d
 
1-1F
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2F
-
w
 
1-2F
12
St. Johnstone H30-2226 
-
-
-
-
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2F
-
d
 
0-00-0
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
St. Johnstone 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
4
D
3
Lost
13
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
St. Johnstone1 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone1 - 2Hearts
St. Johnstone2 - 1Motherwell
St. Johnstone1 - 3Dundee
St. Johnstone1 - 1Hibernian
St. Johnstone1 - 2Dundee Utd
St. Johnstone2 - 3St. Mirren
St. Johnstone0 - 1Rangers
St. Johnstone1 - 0Kilmarnock
St. Johnstone1 - 2Hearts
St. Johnstone3 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone0 - 6Celtic
St. Johnstone1 - 2Motherwell
St. Johnstone1 - 2Aberdeen
St. Johnstone1 - 1Ross County
St. Johnstone1 - 3Hibernian
St. Johnstone0 - 2Kilmarnock
St. Johnstone1 - 2Dundee
St. Johnstone1 - 1Livingston
St. Johnstone0 - 3Rangers
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASt. Johnstone1 - 1Dundee
HSt. Johnstone1 - 0Ross County
HSt. Johnstone1 - 2Hearts
ASt. Johnstone1 - 3Kilmarnock
ASt. Johnstone1 - 0St. Mirren
HSt. Johnstone2 - 1Motherwell
ASt. Johnstone1 - 3Rangers
HSt. Johnstone1 - 3Dundee
HSt. Johnstone1 - 1Hibernian
ASt. Johnstone0 - 4Celtic
HSt. Johnstone1 - 2Dundee Utd
ASt. Johnstone1 - 2Hearts
HSt. Johnstone2 - 3St. Mirren
ASt. Johnstone1 - 1Aberdeen
HSt. Johnstone0 - 1Rangers
HSt. Johnstone1 - 0Kilmarnock
ASt. Johnstone1 - 2Motherwell
HSt. Johnstone1 - 2Hearts
ASt. Johnstone1 - 3St. Mirren
ASt. Johnstone2 - 1Dundee
Aberdeen 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Celtic5 - 1Aberdeen
Dundee1 - 2Aberdeen
Hibernian2 - 0Aberdeen
Rangers3 - 0Aberdeen
Motherwell2 - 0Aberdeen
Dundee Utd1 - 0Aberdeen
Kilmarnock4 - 0Aberdeen
Hearts1 - 1Aberdeen
Hibernian3 - 3Aberdeen
St. Mirren2 - 1Aberdeen
Celtic2 - 2Aberdeen
Dundee1 - 2Aberdeen
Ross County0 - 1Aberdeen
St. Johnstone1 - 2Aberdeen
Ross County2 - 2Aberdeen
Hibernian0 - 4Aberdeen
Livingston0 - 0Aberdeen
Motherwell0 - 1Aberdeen
Dundee1 - 0Aberdeen
St. Mirren2 - 1Aberdeen
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAberdeen2 - 2Dundee Utd
AAberdeen1 - 5Celtic
HAberdeen1 - 0Kilmarnock
AAberdeen2 - 1Dundee
AAberdeen0 - 2Hibernian
HAberdeen0 - 3St. Mirren
AAberdeen0 - 3Rangers
HAberdeen0 - 0Hearts
AAberdeen0 - 2Motherwell
HAberdeen1 - 2Ross County
AAberdeen0 - 1Dundee Utd
AAberdeen0 - 4Kilmarnock
HAberdeen1 - 3Hibernian
HAberdeen1 - 1St. Johnstone
HAberdeen0 - 1Celtic
AAberdeen1 - 1Hearts
AAberdeen3 - 3Hibernian
AAberdeen1 - 2St. Mirren
HAberdeen4 - 1Dundee
HAberdeen2 - 1Rangers
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at St. Johnstone since 2013
St. Johnstone
Aberdeen
Goals: Scored
14
24
Games: Scored
10 / 20
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
10 / 20
STU
3
D
6
ABD
11
FIXTURE HISTORY AT St. Johnstone
1 - 2Aberdeen
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Aberdeen
0 - 1Aberdeen
St. Johnstone1 - 0
0 - 1Aberdeen
0 - 1Aberdeen
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Aberdeen
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Aberdeen
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Aberdeen
1 - 2Aberdeen
Draw0 - 0Draw
St. Johnstone3 - 0
3 - 4Aberdeen
Draw1 - 1Draw
St. Johnstone1 - 0
0 - 2Aberdeen
League games at Aberdeen since 2013
Aberdeen
St. Johnstone
Goals: Scored
21
21
Games: Scored
13 / 22
14 / 22
Clean sheets
8 / 22
9 / 22
STU
7
D
8
ABD
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Aberdeen
Draw1 - 1Draw
Aberdeen1 - 0
0 - 2St. Johnstone
Draw0 - 0Draw
Aberdeen2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1St. Johnstone
Aberdeen2 - 1
0 - 1St. Johnstone
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2St. Johnstone
Aberdeen4 - 1
Aberdeen3 - 0
0 - 2St. Johnstone
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 5St. Johnstone
0 - 1St. Johnstone
Aberdeen2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Aberdeen1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

St. Johnstone have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 8 consecutive Premiership games. Their PG of 1.6 against Aberdeen on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

St. Johnstone 12th Aberdeen 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 79% probability that St. Johnstone will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Aberdeen will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-20
St. Johnstone have scored 20% fewer goals at home than predicted
-12
Aberdeen have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.0
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.9
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2024/2025 season
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St. Johnstone
PG (predicted goals)
Aberdeen
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
STU
ABD
5%
better
view stats
Games scored23
21
Failed to score6
8
Scored first10
14
Goals scored32
38
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
16
Avg. XG for1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
STU
ABD
11%
better
view stats
Games conceded24
24
Clean sheets5
5
Conceded first19
14
Goals conceded54
46
Avg. goals conceded1.9
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded10
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
6
Conversion rate against19%
17%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+11%

St. Johnstone v Aberdeen Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

St. Johnstone Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29728
D WrightM KirkA. SidibehS Sprangler
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Fisher GLK7
1
-
D Balodis DEF5
-
Z Mitchell DEF5
-
B Douglas  DEF11
1
-
S Curtis MID71
-
J Holt MID21
5
2
S Sprangler MID25
8
-
D Wright MID291
1
-
M Kirk FWD2771
1
-
A. Sidibeh FWD2532
3
1
S Duke-McKenna FWD5
-
Subs
R Sinclair GLK10
-
V Mullins MID4
-
J Svedberg MID41
-
G Carey MID2732
1
-
J McPake MID71
-
E Watt MID3
-
N Clark FWD2562
2
-
T. Steven FWD61
-
B Kimpioka FWD2262
1
1
Aberdeen Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25758
T KeskinenK NisbetS MorrisA Palaversa
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Mitov GLK19
2
-
A Jensen DEF81
-
A. Dorrington DEF6
-
M Knoester DEF51
-
J MacKenzie DEF241
4
-
G Shinnie MID2813
5
-
A Palaversa MID232
8
-
S Morris MID3025
1
-
K Nisbet MID2474
3
-
T Keskinen MID2852
4
-
O Dabbagh FWD51
-
Subs
R Doohan GLK12
1
-
N Devlin DEF274
3
-
J Milne DEF6
1
-
L Clarkson MID2621
3
-
F. Boyd MID1
-
D Polvara MID7
2
-
P Gueye FWD1251
1
-
J Okkels FWD9
-
E Sokler FWD1821
2
-