In a weekend match in week 18, on Saturday Dec 11th, St. Johnstone hosts Aberdeen in a meeting of these two closely matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. St. Johnstone sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Dundee. Danny Mullen scored the first goal for Dundee in the 39th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, St. Johnstone couldn’t muster any offence and Dundee ran away with the shutout win. St. Johnstone is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Aberdeen recorded a 4-1 win against St. Mirren. Marley Watkins scored the first goal for Aberdeen in the 7th minute, then Christian Ramirez added another in the 9th minute on a feed from Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. Aberdeen is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Aberdeen and St. Johnstone last played eachother at the Pittodrie Stadium on the 18th of September. St. Johnstone was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Stevie May struck first for St. Johnstone in the 84th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Aberdeen was frustrated by St. Johnstone’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. St. Johnstone ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Christian Ramirez and Marley Watkins have been the hottest scorers for Aberdeen in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Liam Gordon and Ali Crawford are the top scorers for St. Johnstone in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.