Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Stoppage time is shaded as far as the last shot or event recorded in it. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.
Match stats
AberdeenSt. Johnstone
0.55 −0.68xG0.31 −0.65
0.18 −0.80xG on target0.33 −0.28
11 −2Shots9 −3
3 −1.4Shots on target1 −2.0
0 −1.2Big chances0 −0.8
66% +1Possession34% −15
490 −36Passes256 −86
79% −4Pass accuracy58% −7
63% +1Field tilt37% −17
57 +12Final-third entries20 −10
8 −0.6Box entries3 −7.2
11.2 −1Passes per defensive action18.8 +6
6 +0.4Corners3 −2.8
9 −2Tackles12 −3
10 +0.4Interceptions8 −2.0
8 −9Clearances23 +2
0 −1.6Saves3 +0.4
14 +2Fouls12 −2
3 +1.4Offsides2 −0.2
The small figure beside each value is its difference from the side's average per league match this season before this one. Field tilt is each side's share of the open-play passes completed in the final third; entries are completed open-play passes and carries into the final third and the box; passes per defensive action (PPDA) counts the opponent's passes in its own 60% of the pitch for each tackle, interception, challenge, or foul there.
Chance locations
Aberdeen
St. Johnstone
Each area's share of the side's xG from open play and set pieces, with the xG in it. The two wide areas of the box count together, as on the club pages. Shots shows each of those shots instead, sized by its xG, with goals filled in.
xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.
Game state
84'
0–00–1
0'HTFT
Level
85 min (89%) · Aberdeen 0.33, St. Johnstone 0.31 xG
St. Johnstone ahead
11 min (11%) · Aberdeen 0.22, St. Johnstone 0.00 xG
Line-ups
Aberdeen substitutes
60'Hayes for Samuels
66'McGinn for Emmanuel-Thomas
74'Gallagher for Bates
St. Johnstone substitutes
60'Crawford for O'Halloran
69'May for Middleton · goal 84'
81'Vertainen for Kane
Players
Aberdeen
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Lewis
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.04
4
0
Ramsay
RB
90
0.00
0.17
3
0.12
15
3
Bates
CB
74
0.01
0.02
0
0.07
9
4
McCrorie
CB
90
0.12
0.01
0
0.09
7
7
MacKenzie
LB
90
0.00
0.56
4
0.36
7
0
Ojo
RM
90
0.00
0.04
0
0.03
5
2
Brown
CM
90
0.04
0.06
0
0.13
7
6
Ferguson
CM
90
0.04
0.02
0
0.09
8
1
Samuels
LM
60
0.04
0.01
0
0.04
2
1
Ramirez
ST
90
0.03
0.01
1
−0.02
0
3
Emmanuel-Thomas
ST
66
0.05
0.01
1
−0.02
1
0
Hayes
MF
30
0.10
0.12
0
0.07
1
0
McGinn
MF
24
0.00
0.01
0
0.04
2
0
Gallagher
DF
16
0.11
0.00
0
0.01
0
1
St. Johnstone
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Clark
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.02
2
0
Brown
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
8
Ambrose
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
2
3
McCart
CB
90
0.01
0.02
1
0.09
7
9
Rooney
RWB
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.06
3
5
Wotherspoon
CM
90
0.04
0.02
1
0.02
2
5
Davidson
CM
90
0.00
0.00
1
0.01
1
6
Booth
LWB
90
0.03
0.01
0
0.03
4
5
O'Halloran
RW
60
0.00
0.00
0
−0.01
0
0
Kane
ST
81
0.14
0.02
1
0.01
2
3
Middleton
LW
69
0.04
0.01
1
0.02
0
0
Crawford
MF
30
0.00
0.21
2
0.17
1
1
May
FW
21
1
0.04
0.00
0
0.04
0
0
Vertainen
FW
9
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
0
Starters, then substitutes in the order they came on. KP is chances created and Def defensive actions (tackles, blocks, clearances, and interceptions). xT is the expected threat added by the player's completed open-play passes and carries, and Prog counts progressive passes and carries.
Pass networks
Aberdeen
St. Johnstone
Each starter at the average position of their passes and receptions until the side's first substitution or red card, sized by completed passes. Lines join pairs who passed to each other often, thicker for more passes.
Passing combinations
Aberdeen
From
To
Passes
McCrorie
MacKenzie
15
Ramsay
Bates
13
MacKenzie
Ferguson
13
Bates
Ramsay
12
MacKenzie
McCrorie
11
St. Johnstone
From
To
Passes
Booth
McCart
11
McCart
Booth
9
Booth
Wotherspoon
8
Wotherspoon
Booth
7
Wotherspoon
McCart
6
The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.
Defensive actions
Aberdeen
Against its average of 5 matches
St. Johnstone
Against its average of 5 matches
Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page. Areas are shaded by the difference from the side's average per match this season before this one: amber for more, blue for fewer.
Threat
Aberdeen
St. Johnstone
Expected threat added by completed open-play passes and carries, by where the move started, attacking up the page. Expected threat is the chance that possession in an area leads to a goal; a move adds the difference between where it ends and where it starts.
Ratings
The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday (ring) and after it (dot); a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs after the matchday, spread up and down only so they don't overlap. The change takes in the whole matchday.
League probabilities
Chance
Before
With this result
Change
Aberdeen
Top six
78%
68%
−10
11th
1%
1%
0
St. Johnstone
Top six
41%
54%
+13
11th
4%
3%
−1
Bottom
2%
1%
−1
From the forecast before the match (18 September 2021): each chance then, and across the simulations in which the match ended this way. The change is in percentage points.
Pre-match
As things stood before kick-off.
Forecast
Measure
Aberdeen
St. Johnstone
Expected goals
1.11
0.79
Win
42%
25%
Expected Points
1.59
1.09
Clean sheet
45%
33%
Aberdeen 42%Draw 33%St. Johnstone 25%
Most likely score 1–0, 16%. Both sides score 37%.
From the forecast as it stood on 18 September 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.
League probabilities by result
Chance
Now
Aberdeen win
Draw
St. Johnstone win
Aberdeen
Top six
78%
85%
77%
68%
11th
1%
<1%
1%
1%
St. Johnstone
Top six
41%
33%
41%
54%
11th
4%
6%
4%
3%
Bottom
2%
3%
1%
1%
Each chance before the match and across the simulations ending in each result. Other teams are listed where a chance moves by at least 3 percentage points.
The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.
Season to date
Measure
Aberdeen
St. Johnstone
Position
6th
8th
Played
5
5
Won, drawn, lost
2–2–1
0–3–2
Points
8 (1.60 per game)
3 (0.60 per game)
Expected Points per game
1.41
1.12
Goals
6–5
2–4
xG per game
1.23–0.99
0.96–1.26
Home: points, xG per game
2.00, 1.80–0.79
0.33, 0.77–1.42
Away: points, xG per game
1.33, 0.85–1.13
1.00, 1.25–1.01
Manager
Stephen Glass (10)
Callum Davidson (43)
League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.
Ratings
This season
The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.
Strengths and weaknesses
Chances
Aberdeen
St. Johnstone
Created
Conceded
Created
Conceded
Open play
+7%
−27%
−24%
−38%
Counter-attacks
−24%
−14%
−74%
+49%
Set pieces
+2%
−29%
−21%
+64%
Penalties
−82%
+30%
+27%
+19%
Headers
+34%
+3%
−53%
−16%
Left side
−16%
−19%
+19%
−54%
Centre
average
−42%
−48%
+30%
Right side
+35%
−1%
−22%
−52%
xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.
St. Johnstone createdAberdeen concededBelow averageAboveBelow averageAboveLeft side+19%−1%Centre−48%−42%Right side−22%−19%Open play−24%−27%Counter-attacks−74%−14%Set pieces−21%−29%Headers−53%+3%
Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.
Season averages
AberdeenSt. Johnstone
1.23xG0.96
0.99xG against1.26
65%Possession49%
13.4Shots11.6
7.6Shots against8.6
4.4Shots on target3.0
1.2Big chances0.8
13.5Touches in the opposition box30.0
526Passes342
82%Pass accuracy64%
5.6Corners5.8
62%Field tilt54%
45.0Final-third entries30.2
8.6Box entries10.2
11.9Passes per defensive action12.6
Per league match this season before kick-off.
Game state this season
Aberdeen
State
Minutes per game
xG per 90
xG against per 90
Level
48
0.92
1.25
Ahead
13
0.49
0.74
Behind
29
2.07
0.68
St. Johnstone
State
Minutes per game
xG per 90
xG against per 90
Level
71
0.96
1.09
Ahead
11
1.17
3.33
Behind
8
0.68
0.02
xG by period
Aberdeen
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.17
0.12
0–0
16–30
0.24
0.12
1–1
31–45
0.12
0.28
0–2
46–60
0.20
0.30
2–2
61–75
0.23
0.10
1–0
76–90
0.28
0.06
2–0
St. Johnstone
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.09
0.13
0–0
16–30
0.09
0.24
0–0
31–45
0.05
0.20
1–0
46–60
0.18
0.46
1–2
61–75
0.28
0.07
0–0
76–90
0.27
0.17
0–2
Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.
This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.
4 league meetings since 2020/21: Aberdeen won 3, St. Johnstone won 0, and 1 was a draw. Goals 4–1 and xG 1.00–0.76 per game.
Key players
Aberdeen
Player
Starts
Min
G
A
xG per 90
xA per 90
McGinn
13
1,093
0
1
0.17
0.33
Watkins
10
848
2
1
0.38
0.07
Ferguson
39
3,462
9
3
0.26
0.07
Hedges
26
2,173
5
4
0.16
0.17
St. Johnstone
Player
Starts
Min
G
A
xG per 90
xA per 90
May
20
1,940
5
4
0.39
0.14
Middleton
5
525
2
0
0.34
0.14
Kane
19
1,800
4
1
0.35
0.08
Wotherspoon
32
2,851
3
4
0.11
0.21
Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes. Until a side has played six matches, last season's minutes at the club count too.
Digressive Celts