St. Johnstone 1-0 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Friday 22 April 2016

Result

St. Johnstone 1-0 Aberdeen

Premiership · Friday 22 April 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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St. Johnstone 1-0 Aberdeen: match report

St. Johnstone won against Aberdeen 1-0 in the Premiership on Friday 22 April 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

David Wotherspoon opened the scoring in the 14th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from David Wotherspoon (14'), Steven MacLean (38') and Liam Craig (55'). Aberdeen did not score.

Discipline: St. Johnstone received no yellow cards; Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 6th on 44 points from 33 and Aberdeen 2nd on 61 points from 33. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 4th with 57 points, and Aberdeen 2nd with 67.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aberdeen in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 St. Johnstone wins, 2 draws and 5 for Aberdeen.

Going into the match St. Johnstone's last five read L-L-W-D-W and Aberdeen's L-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · David WotherspoonSt. Johnstone · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone · 2-0
  • 55'Goal · Liam CraigSt. Johnstone · 3-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Jonny HayesAberdeen
  • 84'Yellow card · Graeme ShinnieAberdeen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 3, draws 2, Aberdeen 5.

Team news

St. Johnstone line-up (4-4-2)

Zander Clark, Tom Scobbie, Steven Anderson, Joe Shaughnessy, Darnell Fisher, Chris Millar, Murray Davidson, David Wotherspoon, Liam Craig, Steven MacLean, Graham Cummins

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

Scott Brown, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Mark Reynolds, Michael Rose, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Ryan Jack, Simon Church