St. Johnstone vs Aberdeen Prediction and Betting Tips

St. Johnstone will host Aberdeen at McDiarmid Park on Monday in the opening round of the 2024-25 Scottish Premiership campaign. The home side largely struggled for results in the league last season, finishing just above the relegation playoff spot and will be targeting a much better campaign this season.

They have returned to competitive action in strong fashion, most recently thrashing fourth-tier outfit East Fife 5-1 to secure top spot in Group F and advancing to the next round of the 2024-25 Scottish League Cup where they will face defending champions Rangers.

Aberdeen had their struggles in the league last season but ultimately found form in the relegation round, winning four of their final five games of the season under interim boss Peter Leven.

The Dons appointed former Elfsborg boss Jimmy Thelin as new head coach over the summer. The Swede has now hit the ground running, leading Aberdeen to convincing victories in the League Cup last month and will be looking to mark his first Premiership outing with a win.

St. Johnstone vs Aberdeen Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

There have been 170 meetings between St. Johnstone and Aberdeen. The hosts have won 42 of those games while the visitors have won 76 times. There have been 52 draws between the two teams.
The hosts have won just one of their last eight games in this fixture.
The visitors have kept clean sheets in five of their last seven games in this fixture.
The Saints were the joint-lowest-scoring side in the Scottish top flight last season with a goal tally of 29.

St. Johnstone vs Aberdeen Prediction

St. Johnstone have won three of their last four competitive games after winning just two of their previous 10. They are, however, without a league win at McDiarmid Park all year and could struggle on Monday.

Aberdeen are on a four-game winning streak and are undefeated in their last nine matches in competitive action. They are undefeated in their last six away matches and should have just enough to come out on top next week.

Prediction: St. Johnstone 0-1 Aberdeen

St. Johnstone vs Aberdeen Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Aberdeen to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Each of the last 10 matches between the two teams have all produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their last seven matchups)

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