St. Johnstone conquers Aberdeen 2-0 on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS

ABERDEEN. St. Johnstone defeats Aberdeen with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by N. Clark (44') and a goal from B. Kimpioka (77').

Mark Hall

February 29, 2024

ABERDEEN. St. Johnstone conquers Aberdeen with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by N. Clark (44′) and a goal from B. Kimpioka (77′).

The match was played at the Pittodrie Stadium stadium in Aberdeen on Thursday and it started at 5:15 am local time. In front of 14,226 spectators. The referee was Don Robertson with the assistance of Chris Rae and Colin Drummond. The 4th official was Duncan Williams. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.87 degrees Celsius or 73.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.

Match Statistics

Aberdeen

0 - 2

St. Johnstone

54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

17 Total 8
6 On Target 4
4 Off Target 3
8 Shots blocked 1

117 Attack 83
59 Dangerous attack 35
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 1
11 Corners 7
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

7 Total 11
0 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Aberdeen was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. St. Johnstone that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Aberdeen was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, St. Johnstone succeeded in find the solution to win this match.

Aberdeen shot 17 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, St. Johnstone shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Aberdeen didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, St. Johnstone received 4 yellow cards (Maksym Kucheryavyi, Daniel Phillips, Benjamin Kimpioka and Sven Sprangler).

Match Timeline

44'

Nicky Clark(penalty)

Jack MacKenzie- sub ->Richard Jensen

46'

60'

Sven Sprangler- Yellow

Duk- sub ->Jonny Hayes

61'

Junior Hoilett- sub ->Jamie McGrath

61'

Killian Phillips- sub ->Leighton Clarkson

72'

77'

Benjamin Kimpioka(goal)Diallang Jaiyesimi

78'

Benjamin Kimpioka- Yellow

80'

M. Kucheriavyi- sub ->Nicky Clark

80'

Tony Gallacher- sub ->David Keltjens

James McGarry- sub ->Jack Mackenzie

82'

86'

Graham Carey- sub ->Diallang Jaiyesimi

86'

Stevie May- sub ->Benjamin Kimpioka

88'

M. Kucheriavyi- Yellow

90'

Connor Smith- sub ->Matt Smith

90'

Daniel Phillips- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Aberdeen stays with 27 points like St. Johnstone to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, St. Johnstone will has 27 points like Aberdeen to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Aberdeen will play away with Dundee on the 23rd of December with a 18-1 head to head record in favor of Aberdeen (6 draws).

St. Johnstone will host Livingston on the 2nd of March with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Livingston (7 draws).

Aberdeen – Formation

Aberdeen

Kelle Roos 24.Netherlands

7.1

Richard Jensen 5.Finland

6.0

46'

Stefan Gartenmann 6.Denmark

7.1

Angus MacDonald 27.England

6.7

Graeme Shinnie 4.Scotland

7.3

Jamie McGrath 7.Republic of Ireland

7.0

61'

Connor Barron 8.Scotland

6.4

Leighton Clarkson 10.England

6.7

72'

Jonny Hayes 17.Republic of Ireland

6.8

61'

Jack Milne 28.Scotland

7.0

Bojan Miovski 9.Macedonia

7.1

Substitutes

Ross Doohan 31.Scotland

Nicky Devlin 2.Scotland

Jack MacKenzie 3.Scotland

6.4

46'

James McGarry 15.New Zealand

6.4

82'

Killian Phillips 18.Republic of Ireland

6.6

72'

Dante Polvara 21.United States

Junior Hoilett 30.Canada

6.4

61'

Duk 11.Cape Verde

6.3

61'

Ester Sokler 19.Slovenia

Aberdeen started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

The manager Neil Warnock decided to play with the following team: Kelle Roos (7.1), Stefan Gartenmann (7.1), Angus MacDonald (6.7), Richard Jensen (6.0), Jack Milne (7.0), Connor Barron (6.4), Graeme Shinnie (7.3), Jonny Hayes (6.8), Jamie McGrath (7.0), Leighton Clarkson (6.7) and Bojan Miovski (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Nicky Devlin, Jack Mackenzie (6.4), Duk (6.3), James McGarry (6.4), Killian Phillips (6.6), Ester Sokler, Dante Polvara, Junior Hoilett (6.4) and Ross Doohan.

Aberdeen could not rely on the presence of James McGarry (injured).

Substitutions

Aberdeen made 5 changes: Richard Jensen for Jack Mackenzie (46′), Jonny Hayes for Duk (61′), Jamie McGrath for Junior Hoilett (61′), Leighton Clarkson for Killian Phillips (72′) and Jack Mackenzie for James McGarry (82′).

Player of the match: Graeme Shinnie

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aberdeen was Graeme Shinnie.

His rating is 7.3 with 43 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 14 duels out of 20.

St. Johnstone – Formation

St. Johnstone

Dimitar Mitov 1.Bulgaria

8.4

Ryan McGowan 5.Australia

8.1

Liam Gordon 6.Scotland

7.7

Luke Robinson 19.Scotland

7.5

David Keltjens 33.Israel

7.3

80'

Nicky Clark 10.Scotland

7.1

80'

44'

Diallang Jaiyesimi 13.England

7.0

86'

Matt Smith 22.Wales

7.3

90'

Sven Sprangler 23.Austria

7.1

60'

Daniel Phillips 34.England

6.7

90'

Benjamin Kimpioka 29.Sweden

7.3

86'

78'

77'

Substitutes

Dave Richards 31.Wales

Tony Gallacher 3.Scotland

6.7

80'

Andy Considine 4.Scotland

Kerr Smith 35.Scotland

Graham Carey 11.Republic of Ireland

6.4

86'

M. Kucheriavyi 15.Ukraine

6.8

80'

88'

Franciszek Franczak 46.Scotland

Connor Smith 50.Scotland

90'

Stevie May 7.Scotland

6.4

86'

St. Johnstone started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Craig Levein played with: Dimitar Mitov (8.4), David Keltjens (7.3), Ryan McGowan (8.1), Liam Gordon (7.7), Luke Robinson (7.5), Sven Sprangler (7.1), Daniel Phillips (6.7), Matt Smith (7.3), Nicky Clark (7.1), Diallang Jaiyesimi (7.0) and Benjamin Kimpioka (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tony Gallacher (6.7), Andy Considine, Stevie May (6.4), Graham Carey (6.4), Maksym Kucheryavyi (6.8), Dave Richards, Kerr Smith, Fran Franczak and C. Smith.

Substitutions

St. Johnstone made 5 changes: Nicky Clark for Maksym Kucheryavyi (80′), David Keltjens for Tony Gallacher (80′), Diallang Jaiyesimi for Graham Carey (86′), Matt Smith for C. Smith (90′) and Benjamin Kimpioka for Stevie May (86′).