St. Mirren defeats Aberdeen 3-0. HIGHLIGHTS

ABERDEEN. St. Mirren was finally too strong for Aberdeen.

December 31, 2023

ABERDEEN. St. Mirren was after all too much to handle for Aberdeen with the goal of Mark O’Hara (12′), Jonah Ayunga (78′) and Greg Kiltie (90′ pen). Aberdeen was truly better in terms of ball possession (67%).

Mark O’Hara didn’t score a penalty (20′) for St. Mirren.

The match was played at the Pittodrie Stadium stadium in Aberdeen on Sunday and it started at 12:30 am local time. In front of 17,029 spectators. The referee was Grant Irvine with the assistance of John McCrossan and Gordon McCabe. The 4th official was Dan McFarlane. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.9 degrees Celsius or 60.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.

Match Statistics

Aberdeen

0 - 3

St. Mirren

! 67 Ball Possession 33

Shots

18 Total 10
3 On Target 5
5 Off Target 1
10 Shots blocked 4

126 Attack 87
76 Dangerous attack 30
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 2
13 Corners 2
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

9 Total 11
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Aberdeen had a superior ball possession 67% while St. Mirren was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Aberdeen was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, St. Mirren was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.

Aberdeen shot 18 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, St. Mirren shot 10 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Aberdeen received 1 yellow card (Nicky Devlin). On the opposite side, St. Mirren didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

12'

Mark O'Hara(goal)

20'

Mark O'Hara- missed penaltyMark O\'Hara

19'

Lewis Jamieson(VAR)

Nicky Devlin- Yellow

25'

59'

Caolan Boyd-Munce- sub ->Mark O\'Hara

Shayden Morris- sub ->Richard Jensen

60'

Dante Polvara- sub ->Graeme Shinnie

60'

Jack Milne- sub ->Nicky Devlin

61'

64'

Jonah Ayunga- sub ->Mikael Mandron

64'

Toyosi Olusanya- sub ->Lewis Jamieson

Ester Sokler- sub ->Duk

71'

78'

Jonah Ayunga(goal)Scott Tanser

Jonny Hayes- sub ->James McGarry

81'

90'

Jonah Ayunga(VAR)

90'

Greg Kiltie(penalty)

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Aberdeen stays with 19 points like Motherwell and St. Johnstone to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, St. Mirren will has 29 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Aberdeen will play away with St. Johnstone on the 16th of December with a 22-14 head to head statistic in favor of Aberdeen (19 draws).

St. Mirren will host Celtic on the 2nd of January with a 36-3 head to head record in favor of Celtic (5 draws).

Aberdeen – Formation

Aberdeen

Kelle Roos 24.Netherlands

7.0

Richard Jensen 5.Finland

6.4

60'

Stefan Gartenmann 6.Denmark

6.7

Slobodan Rubezic 33.Serbia

6.7

Nicky Devlin 2.Scotland

6.8

61'

25'

Graeme Shinnie 4.Scotland

6.8

60'

Jamie McGrath 7.Republic of Ireland

6.4

Leighton Clarkson 10.England

8.4

James McGarry 15.New Zealand

7.1

81'

Bojan Miovski 9.Macedonia

6.7

Duk 11.Cape Verde

7.0

71'

Substitutes

Ross Doohan 31.Scotland

Angus MacDonald 27.England

Jack Milne 28.Scotland

6.3

61'

Connor Barron 8.Scotland

Jonny Hayes 17.Republic of Ireland

6.3

81'

Dante Polvara 21.United States

6.6

60'

Ryan Duncan 23.Scotland

Ester Sokler 19.Slovenia

6.4

71'

Shayden Morris 20.England

6.4

60'

Aberdeen started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Barry Robson decided to play with the following team: Kelle Roos (7.0), Stefan Gartenmann (6.7), Slobodan Rubezic (6.7), Richard Jensen (6.4), Nicky Devlin (6.8), Jamie McGrath (6.4), Leighton Clarkson (8.4), Graeme Shinnie (6.8), James McGarry (7.1), Bojan Miovski (6.7) and Duk (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Connor Barron, Jonny Hayes (6.3), Ester Sokler (6.4), Shayden Morris (6.4), Dante Polvara (6.6), Ryan Duncan, Angus MacDonald, Jack Milne (6.3) and Ross Doohan.

Substitutions

Aberdeen made 5 changes: Richard Jensen for Shayden Morris (60′), Nicky Devlin for Jack Milne (61′), Graeme Shinnie for Dante Polvara (60′), Duk for Ester Sokler (71′) and James McGarry for Jonny Hayes (81′).

Player of the match: Leighton Clarkson

The most impressive player for Aberdeen was Leighton Clarkson.

His rating is 8.4 with 88 passes (77% accurate) and 8 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 17 crosses.

St. Mirren – Formation

St. Mirren

Zach Hemming 1.England

7.3

J. Bolton 2.England

7.7

Richard Taylor 5.England

8.1

Alex Gogic 13.Cyprus

7.7

Scott Tanser 3.England

7.3

Mark O'Hara 6.Scotland

6.7

59'

12'

Greg Kiltie 11.Scotland

7.9

90'

Keanu Baccus 17.Australia

7.5

Marcus Fraser 22.Scotland

7.3

Lewis Jamieson 24.Scotland

6.4

64'

Mikael Mandron 9.France

7.3

64'

Substitutes

Peter Urminsky 27.Slovakia

Charles Dunne 18.Republic of Ireland

Ryan Flynn 8.Scotland

Caolan Boyd-Munce 15.Northern Ireland

6.8

59'

Jonah Ayunga 7.Kenya

7.7

64'

78'

Thierry Small 16.England

S. Nahmani 19.Israel

Toyosi Olusanya 20.England

7.0

64'

Alexander Greive 21.New Zealand

St. Mirren started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Stephen Robinson played with: Zachary Hemming (7.3), James Bolton (7.7), Alex Gogic (7.7), Richard Taylor (8.1), Marcus Fraser (7.3), Keanu Baccus (7.5), Mark O’Hara (6.7), Scott Tanser (7.3), Lewis Jamieson (6.4), Greg Kiltie (7.9) and Mikael Mandron (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jonah Ayunga (7.7), Ryan Flynn, Caolan Boyd-Munce (6.8), Thierry Small, Charles Dunne, Stav Nachmani, Toyosi Olusanya (7.0), Alex Greive and Peter Urminsky.

St. Mirren could not rely on the presence of Caolan Boyd-Munce (injured).

Substitutions

St. Mirren made 3 changes: Mark O’Hara for Caolan Boyd-Munce (59′), Mikael Mandron for Jonah Ayunga (64′) and Lewis Jamieson for Toyosi Olusanya (64′).