Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Aberdeen 5th with 53 points, St. Johnstone 6th with 32, 21 apart. The last five rounds placed Aberdeen no better than 20th for form, against 5th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: St. Johnstone 7.6 scored and 13.6 conceded per game, Aberdeen 9.6 and 12.2, with the league averaging 2.76.
The head-to-head ledger counts 40 games: 10 St. Johnstone wins, 16 for Aberdeen, 14 draws, at 1.93 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 23% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 23% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was McDiarmid Park in Perth, with room for 10,696 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.