Aberdeen 2-1 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 26 December 2020

Result

Aberdeen 2-1 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 26 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Aberdeen 2-1 St. Johnstone: match report

Aberdeen won against St. Johnstone 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 26 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

L. Gordon opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Sam Cosgrove (45+2', penalty) and Ash Taylor (54'). St. Johnstone scored through L. Gordon (38').

Discipline: Aberdeen received 1 yellow card; St. Johnstone received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Aberdeen were 4th on 35 points from 18 and St. Johnstone 9th on 17 points from 19. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 4th with 56 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 45.

Aberdeen lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and St. Johnstone in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ash Taylor of Aberdeen (8.1), ahead of Sam Cosgrove (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aberdeen win, 0 draws and 0 for St. Johnstone.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · L. GordonSt. Johnstone · 0-1
  • 45+2'Penalty goal · Sam CosgroveAberdeen · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Ash TaylorAberdeen · 2-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Ali McCannSt. Johnstone
  • 58'Yellow card · Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone
  • 62'Yellow card · Liam CraigSt. Johnstone
  • 81'Yellow card · Callum HendrySt. Johnstone
  • 83'Yellow card · Sam CosgroveAberdeen
  • 90'Second yellow · Callum HendrySt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Aberdeen 1, draws 0, St. Johnstone 0.

Team news

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Aberdeen line-up (3-4-1-2)

Joe Lewis, Tommie Hoban, Ash Taylor, Andy Considine, Matty Kennedy, Lewis Ferguson, Dean Campbell, Jonny Hayes, Ryan Hedges, Curtis Main, Sam Cosgrove

St. Johnstone line-up (3-5-2)

Zander Clark, Shaun Rooney, Liam Gordon, Jamie McCart, Danny McNamara, Ali McCann, Liam Craig, David Wotherspoon, Scott Tanser, Stevie May, Chris Kane