Week 18 brings us a match on Dec 11th where Aberdeen will travel to Perth to battle St. Johnstone in a meeting of these two 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 is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Dundee. Danny Mullen struck first for Dundee in the 39th minute on a feed from Luke McCowan, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Johnstone couldn’t manage to score, and Dundee took 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.
In their last match together, in Pittodrie Stadium, 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.
Aberdeen is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Christian Ramirez and Marley Watkins each having 2 goals in their last 5. St. Johnstone is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Liam Gordon and Ali Crawford each only have 1 goal in their last five.