With neither team being able to boast being in decent form, this could turn out to be a hard-fought contest decided by desire over quality. Much will depend on how Dundee fare on Tuesday, but we still feel that Aberdeen will have enough quality in the final third to edge this fixture by the odd goal in three.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Aberdeen win with a probability of 37.86%. A win for St Johnstone had a probability of 32.47% and a draw had a probability of 29.7%.
The most likely scoreline for an Aberdeen win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.3%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.51%) and 0-2 (7.43%). The likeliest St Johnstone win was 1-0 (12.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.44%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 12% likelihood.
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