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Scottish Premiership · Matchweek 8

Aberdeen

ABE

0–1Full time

St. Johnstone

STJ

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

45%Possession42%
36%Territory36%
33%From set plays40%
0.11Chance quality0.11
5.8%Directness5.9%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Aberdeen, 4 for St. Johnstone. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 21 of 69 matches, not the full season.