Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 20

Dec 26, 2020 at 3pm UK

Pittodrie Stadium

Aberdeen
2 - 1
St Johnstone

Cosgrove (45+2' pen.), Taylor (54')
Cosgrove (83')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Gordon (38')
McCann (57'), Craig (62'), Hendry (81')
Hendry (90')

Callum Davidson unhappy with Aberdeen penalty in Boxing Day defeat

Saints had taken the lead through Liam Gordon.

Dec 26, 18:59

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Aberdeen and St Johnstone, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Aberdeen win with a probability of 48.46%. A draw had a probability of 27.1% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 24.43%.

The most likely scoreline for an Aberdeen win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.72%) and 2-1 (8.89%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.62%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 0-1 (8.96%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Aberdeen would win this match.

Result
Aberdeen	Draw	St Johnstone
48.46%	27.12%	24.43%

Both teams to score 45.27%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

41%

59%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

20.53%

79.47%

Aberdeen Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.54%

24.46%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.1%

58.9%

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

59.93%

40.07%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.28%

76.72%

Score Analysis

Aberdeen 48.45%

St Johnstone 24.43%

Draw 27.11%

Aberdeen	Draw	St Johnstone
1-0 @ 13.8% 2-0 @ 9.72% 2-1 @ 8.89% 3-0 @ 4.56% 3-1 @ 4.17% 3-2 @ 1.91% 4-0 @ 1.61% 4-1 @ 1.47% Other @ 2.33% Total : 48.45%	1-1 @ 12.62% 0-0 @ 9.8% 2-2 @ 4.06% Other @ 0.63% Total : 27.11%	0-1 @ 8.96% 1-2 @ 5.77% 0-2 @ 4.1% 1-3 @ 1.76% 0-3 @ 1.25% 2-3 @ 1.24% Other @ 1.35% Total : 24.43%