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
2.12 +1.05xG1.17 +0.52
1.33Non-penalty xG1.17
2.37 +1.29xG on target0.87 +0.28
20 +6.6Shots7 −1.9
9 +4.6Shots on target2 −0.6
3 +2.0Big chances2 +1.5
27 +9Touches in the opposition box10 −4
66% +8Possession34% −9
538 +73Passes281 −52
74% −2Pass accuracy53% −11
65% +6Field tilt35% −5
51 +12Final-third entries24 −5
14 +4.8Box entries6 −1.3
17.4 +3Passes per defensive action14.4 −1
7 +2.0Corners4 −0.7
10 −2Tackles18 +4
2 −5.7Interceptions7 −3.4
9 −8Clearances25 +1
1 −0.3Saves8 +4.9
10 −2Fouls18 +6
3 +1.6Offsides1 −0.8
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
6'71'
0–11–1
0'HTFT
Level
29 min (29%) · Aberdeen 0.84, St. Johnstone 1.15 xG
St. Johnstone ahead
70 min (71%) · Aberdeen 1.28, St. Johnstone 0.02 xG
Line-ups
Aberdeen substitutes
46'Besuijen for Gallagher
52'Montgomery for MacKenzie
65'Ojo for Brown
74'Emmanuel-Thomas for Kennedy
St. Johnstone substitutes
42'Parish for Clark
61'May for Hendry
73'Gallacher for Hallberg
74'Craig for Booth
Players
Aberdeen
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Lewis
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.05
5
0
Ramsay
RB
90
0.01
0.51
3
0.43
15
2
Gallagher
CB
46
0.00
0.00
0
0.03
3
3
Bates
CB
90
0.12
0.01
0
0.08
5
5
MacKenzie
LB
52
0.02
0.00
0
0.01
1
2
Barron
DM
90
0.20
0.14
1
0.03
4
3
Brown
DM
65
0.01
0.07
2
0.19
5
3
Kennedy
RW
74
0.00
0.07
1
0.10
2
3
Ferguson
AM
90
1
1.42
0.04
2
0.09
6
0
Hayes
LW
90
0.08
0.11
2
0.12
7
1
Ramirez
ST
90
0.26
0.01
1
0.00
2
0
Besuijen
FW
44
0.00
0.02
1
−0.01
1
0
Montgomery
DF
38
0.00
0.03
0
0.04
2
0
Ojo
MF
25
0.00
0.02
0
0.02
1
0
Emmanuel-Thomas
FW
16
0.00
0.01
1
−0.01
1
2
St. Johnstone
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Clark
GK
42
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
0
Cleary
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.03
2
7
Gordon
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
11
McCart
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.04
5
9
Brown
RWB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.03
2
6
Hallberg
CM
73
0.00
0.02
1
0.01
1
7
Butterfield
CM
90
0.01
0.01
1
0.05
4
4
Booth
LWB
74
0.00
0.01
0
0.02
4
2
Middleton
AM
90
0.13
0.04
0
0.04
6
1
Crawford
AM
90
0.35
0.03
1
0.01
1
1
Hendry
ST
61
1
0.67
0.02
0
0.01
1
2
Parish
GK
48
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
1
May
FW
29
0.00
0.00
0
−0.01
0
1
Gallacher
MF
17
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
2
Craig
MF
16
0.00
0.00
1
0.02
2
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
Ramsay
Ferguson
13
Ferguson
Bates
12
MacKenzie
Bates
11
Gallagher
Bates
11
Ferguson
Ramsay
11
St. Johnstone
From
To
Passes
Booth
McCart
7
Middleton
Brown
6
Butterfield
Crawford
6
Crawford
Butterfield
6
Crawford
Booth
5
The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.
Defensive actions
Aberdeen
Against its average of 25 matches
St. Johnstone
Against its average of 25 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
58%
51%
−7
11th
1%
1%
0
St. Johnstone
11th
39%
40%
+1
Bottom
48%
47%
−1
Dundee FC
11th
39%
37%
−2
Bottom
47%
49%
+2
Livingston
Top six
33%
33%
0
11th
3%
3%
0
From the forecast before the match (15 February 2022): 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
1.24
0.65
Win
50%
19%
Expected Points
1.81
0.88
Clean sheet
52%
29%
Aberdeen 50%Draw 31%St. Johnstone 19%
Most likely score 1–0, 18%. Both sides score 35%.
From the forecast as it stood on 15 February 2022: 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
58%
69%
51%
40%
11th
1%
<1%
1%
2%
St. Johnstone
11th
39%
36%
40%
43%
Bottom
48%
54%
47%
33%
Dundee FC
11th
39%
43%
37%
28%
Bottom
47%
42%
49%
58%
Livingston
Top six
33%
30%
33%
37%
11th
3%
3%
3%
3%
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
9th
12th
Played
25
25
Won, drawn, lost
8–5–12
4–7–14
Points
29 (1.16 per game)
19 (0.76 per game)
Expected Points per game
1.45
0.85
Goals
30–32
14–30
xG per game
1.07–0.85
0.65–1.38
Home: points, xG per game
1.67, 1.32–0.71
0.62, 0.69–1.31
Away: points, xG per game
0.69, 0.84–0.99
0.92, 0.60–1.45
Manager
Barry Robson (0)
Callum Davidson (63)
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
−15%
−39%
−48%
−1%
Counter-attacks
−56%
−25%
−78%
+198%
Set pieces
+19%
−10%
−36%
+7%
Penalties
−40%
−10%
−40%
+50%
Headers
+11%
−23%
−58%
+9%
Left side
−17%
−28%
−35%
+6%
Centre
−10%
−38%
−53%
+15%
Right side
average
−21%
−46%
+7%
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.
St. Johnstone createdAberdeen concededBelow averageAboveBelow averageAboveLeft side−35%−21%Centre−53%−38%Right side−46%−28%Open play−48%−39%Counter-attacks−78%−25%Set pieces−36%−10%Headers−58%−23%
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
1.07xG0.65
0.85xG against1.38
58%Possession43%
13.4Shots8.9
8.0Shots against14.3
4.4Shots on target2.6
1.0Big chances0.5
18.0Touches in the opposition box14.1
465Passes333
77%Pass accuracy64%
5.0Corners4.7
59%Field tilt40%
39.5Final-third entries28.9
9.2Box entries7.3
14.1Passes per defensive action15.8
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
47
0.84
0.93
Ahead
17
1.32
0.86
Behind
26
1.33
0.69
St. Johnstone
State
Minutes per game
xG per 90
xG against per 90
Level
55
0.62
1.21
Ahead
12
0.82
2.00
Behind
23
0.63
1.44
xG by period
Aberdeen
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.17
0.12
4–4
16–30
0.15
0.14
5–6
31–45
0.15
0.14
3–4
46–60
0.14
0.18
6–9
61–75
0.28
0.10
9–5
76–90
0.18
0.18
3–4
St. Johnstone
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.10
0.17
2–2
16–30
0.10
0.15
3–4
31–45
0.09
0.25
4–6
46–60
0.09
0.27
2–6
61–75
0.15
0.23
1–5
76–90
0.12
0.31
2–7
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.
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