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Sunday, 11/10/2026 at 15:00

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Match preview · Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen – St. Johnstone

Aberdeen 7th in Scottish Premiership Home 1.10 projected goals by the model
St. Johnstone 6th in Scottish Premiership Away 1.11 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 12:30 Best odds updated 10 October, 12:00

What the model expects

expected goals
1.10 1.11
Aberdeen St. Johnstone
Aberdeen
33%
Draw
34%
St. Johnstone
33%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Aberdeen Draw St. Johnstone
Fair odds 3.05 2.94 3.01
Total goals
2.21
Over 2.5 goals
38%
Both teams to score
51%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 7 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

The model sees an edge in 6 outcomes.

  • Aberdeen

    Model
    32.8%
    Market, margin removed
    43.4%
    Probability gap
    −10.6 pp
    Edge
    −29.5%
    Fair odds
    3.05
    Market odds
    2.15 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    3.20
    Bookmaker margin
    7.2%
  • Draw

    Model
    34.0%
    Market, margin removed
    27.4%
    Probability gap
    +6.6 pp
    Edge
    +15.6%
    Fair odds
    2.94
    Market odds
    3.40 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    3.09
    Bookmaker margin
    7.2%
  • St. Johnstone

    Model
    33.2%
    Market, margin removed
    29.2%
    Probability gap
    +4.0 pp
    Edge
    +6.2%
    Fair odds
    3.01
    Market odds
    3.20 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    3.16
    Bookmaker margin
    7.2%

Best opportunity

Aberdeen at most 1 goal

odds · Bet365 1.67 value +16.0%

Model 69.6% vs. bookmaker 55.7%, margin removed.

Markets 6 / 17

Match result

Draw model 34.0% · book 27.4% (no margin) +15.6% 3.40 fair 2.94
Great value

No measured model skill on this market (-1.04%).

St. Johnstone to win model 33.2% · book 29.2% (no margin) +6.2% 3.20 fair 3.01
Worth playing

Measured model skill on this market: +7.20%.

Goals

Under 2.5 goals model 61.5% · book 50.0% (no margin) +17.4% 1.91 fair 1.63
Great value

No measured model skill on this market (-0.89%).

Under 1.5 goals model 30.6% · book 27.1% (no margin) +7.3% 3.50 fair 3.26
Worth playing

No measured model skill on this market (-0.01%).

Goals by team

Aberdeen at most 1 goal model 69.6% · book 55.7% (no margin) +16.0% 1.67 fair 1.44
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +3.62%.

Aberdeen not to score model 30.1% · book 25.0% (no margin) +13.0% 3.75 fair 3.32
Worth playing

Measured model skill on this market: +3.77%.

Show every rated outcome

Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →

Why the model disagrees with the market

The leading outcome: Aberdeen at most 1 goal

What the model's reading is made of

  • The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 7 matches. Everything behind this edge rests on that, which is too little to set out as a reason.

These are the parts of the model's own number, not an account of the bookmaker's. The fit reads two ratings a side, the competition's average home and away expected goals, the window it looks back over and how many matches it found in it — and nothing else is a reason this page can give.

What the model did not read

Readings for Aberdeen and St. Johnstone that the model does not use.
Reading Aberdeen St. Johnstone
Form — xG difference, the last 6 matches -0.89 -0.43
Goals scored minus expected +0.00 -0.07
Points won minus expected +1.29 -0.37
npxG per shot 0.09 0.12

All of this is in the database and none of it entered the fit. A reading here may point the other way from every line above it — where it does, both are true, and only one of them is in the model.

The model's case

Why the model can't separate them

33% St. Johnstone to win

Attack
8th vs 7th
St. Johnstone attack v Aberdeen defence
Defence
9th vs 12th
St. Johnstone defence v Aberdeen attack
Recent xG form
-0.43 vs -0.89
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.10 – 1.11
Aberdeen v St. Johnstone

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 7 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Aberdeen and St. Johnstone compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Aberdeen St. Johnstone
xG / match 1.00 · 10th (better) 1.30 · 8th
xGA / match 1.57 · 9th (better) 1.52 · 5th
xGD / match -0.57 · 10th (better) -0.23 · 8th
xPts / match 0.96 · 10th (better) 1.20 · 9th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.89 (better) -0.43

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 38% of the model's distribution.

Aberdeen clean sheet
30%
Aberdeen 2+ goals
30%
Under 2.5 goals
62%
Both teams to score: no
49%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
17.6%
0:0
11.0%
0:1
9.9%
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Match result

Aberdeen to win
32.8% 3.05 —
Draw
34.0% 2.94 —
St. Johnstone to win
33.2% 3.01 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
69.4% 1.44 —
Under 1.5 goals
30.6% 3.26 —
Over 2.5 goals
38.5% 2.60 —
Under 2.5 goals
61.5% 1.63 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
51.0% 1.96 —
Both teams not to score
49.0% 2.04 —

Team goals — Aberdeen

Aberdeen to score
69.9% 1.43 —
Aberdeen not to score
30.1% 3.32 —
Aberdeen 2+ goals
30.4% 3.29 —
Aberdeen at most 1 goal
69.6% 1.44 —

Team goals — St. Johnstone

St. Johnstone to score
70.1% 1.43 —
St. Johnstone not to score
29.9% 3.35 —
St. Johnstone 2+ goals
30.7% 3.26 —
St. Johnstone at most 1 goal
69.3% 1.44 —

Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Aberdeen sample
20 matches
St. Johnstone sample
7 matches
Home xG sample · Aberdeen
3 matches
Away xG sample · St. Johnstone
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 12:30
Odds updated
1 minute ago

Warnings

  • St. Johnstone has only 7 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.