St. Johnstone 0-1 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 20 August 2022

Result

St. Johnstone 0-1 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 20 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

St. Johnstone · Aberdeen · Premiership predictions

St. Johnstone 0-1 Aberdeen: match report

St. Johnstone lost to Aberdeen 0-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 20 August 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Leighton Clarkson of Aberdeen in the 56th minute.

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 5 yellow cards; Aberdeen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 9th on 3 points from 3 and Aberdeen 7th on 3 points from 3. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 9th with 43 points, and Aberdeen 3rd with 57.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Aberdeen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leighton Clarkson of Aberdeen (7.8), ahead of Jamie Murphy (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 St. Johnstone wins, 2 draws and 4 for Aberdeen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Andy ConsidineSt. Johnstone
  • 40'Yellow card · Melker HallbergSt. Johnstone
  • 42'Yellow card · Daniel PhillipsSt. Johnstone
  • 49'Yellow card · Graham CareySt. Johnstone
  • 56'Goal · Leighton ClarksonAberdeen · 0-1
  • 88'Yellow card · James BrownSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

8 meetings: St. Johnstone 2, draws 2, Aberdeen 4.

Team news

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St. Johnstone line-up (3-4-2-1)

Remi Matthews, Ryan McGowan, Alex Mitchell, Andy Considine, Drey Wright, M. Hallberg, Daniel Phillips, James Brown, Graham Carey, Jamie Murphy, Theo Bair

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

Kelle Roos, Jayden Richardson, Anthony Stewart, Liam Scales, Hayden Coulson, Ylber Ramadani, Ross McCrorie, Vicente Besuijen, Leighton Clarkson, Jonny Hayes, Bojan Miovski