In this 6th week match, on Sat Sep 18th, St. Johnstone will travel to Aberdeen to battle Aberdeen in a Premiership match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Aberdeen is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Motherwell. Kevin van Veen struck first for Motherwell in the 26th minute, then Juhani Ojala added another in the 59th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Aberdeen couldn’t manage to score, and Motherwell took the shutout win. Aberdeen is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in St. Johnstone’s last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Rangers. Michael O’Halloran struck first for St. Johnstone in the 51st minute, but Kemar Roofe got the equalizer for Rangers in the 58th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 79th minute on a goal by James Tavernier. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Aberdeen won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 draw.
Michael O’Halloran has been the most effective weapon for St. Johnstone lately. The Scotish attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Christian Ramirez has been the most prolific scorer on Aberdeen in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.