Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 1
Aug 5, 2024 at 8pm UK
McDiarmid Park
St Johnstone1 - 2Aberdeen
Form, Standings, Stats
Last Game: St Johnstone 5-1 East Fife
Saturday, July 27 at 3pm in Scottish League Cup
Saturday, July 27 at 3pm in Scottish League Cup
We said: St Johnstone 1-1 Aberdeen
Both impressing in the early stages of the League Cup, it is hard to predict who will come out on top on the opening weekend of the Premiership campaign. St Johnstone have the advantage of their home crowd to roar them on, but we feel that Aberdeen's quality will be enough to force a share of the spoils. Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Aberdeen win with a probability of 47.4%. A draw had a probability of 27% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 25.65%.
The most likely scoreline for an Aberdeen win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.14%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.28%) and 1-2 (8.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.64%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 1-0 (8.95%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Aberdeen would win this match.
| Result | ||
| St Johnstone | Draw | Aberdeen |
25.65% ( -0.7) | 26.95% ( -0.19) | 47.4% ( 0.89) |
| Both teams to score 46.75% ( -0.01) |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
