Aberdeen 2-0 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Thursday 1 January 2015
Result
Aberdeen 2-0 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Thursday 1 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aberdeen 2-0 St. Johnstone: match report
Aberdeen beat St. Johnstone 2-0 in the Premiership on Thursday 1 January 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
David Goodwillie opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Aberdeen's goals came from David Goodwillie (6') and C. Smith (90+3'). St. Johnstone did not score.
Discipline: Aberdeen received no yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aberdeen were 5th on 32 points from 18 and St. Johnstone 6th on 29 points from 18. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 2nd with 69 points, and St. Johnstone 4th with 57.
Aberdeen lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and St. Johnstone in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aberdeen wins, 3 draws and 2 for St. Johnstone.
Going into the match Aberdeen's last five read D-W-W-W-D and St. Johnstone's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · David Goodwillie
- 19'Yellow card · C. Millar
- 69'Yellow card · David Wotherspoon
- 90+3'Goal · C. Smith
Head-to-head
Team news
Aberdeen expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Scott Brown, Andy Considine, Ash Taylor, Mark Reynolds, Shaleum Logan, Ryan Jack, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Peter Pawlett, Adam Rooney, David Goodwillie
St. Johnstone expected line-up (4-4-2)
Alan Mannus, Steven Anderson, Brian Easton, David Mackay, Frazer Wright, Lee Croft, Gary McDonald, Chris Millar, David Wotherspoon, Michael O'Halloran, Tom Scobbie