📏 Form Guide
Aberdeen WDDWDW 📈
Aberdeen will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 0-1 Premiership victory vs Livingston.
In that game, Aberdeen managed 44% possession and 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Aberdeen was Nicky Devlin (80'). At the other end, Livingston got 15 shots at goal with 3 on target.
Their latest results shine a light on the fact that quality has been evident in the Aberdeen backline. Aberdeen have been miserly, resulting in the number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their previous six clashes standing at 4. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this match, of course.
Heading into this contest, Aberdeen are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
St Mirren LDWLLL 📉
Following on from being beaten in their last game against Dundee in Premiership competition, St Mirren and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that match, St Mirren managed 63% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For St Mirren, the scorers were Mikael Mandron (27') and Alex Gogić (29' Own goal). At the other end, Dundee got 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Drey Wright (39') and Joe Westley (87') scored for Dundee.
Showing their fondness for eventful encounters, the back of the net has been hit 21 times in the last 6 matches in which St Mirren have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.5 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have got 13 from this total.
Ahead of this clash, St Mirren haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.
👥 Head to head
A look at their prior head to head clashes going back to 02/03/2024 tells us that Aberdeen have won 2 of these games and St Mirren 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.
A combined total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for The Dons and 9 for The Buddies. The average goals per game has been 2.5.
The previous league match featuring the two was Premiership match day 8 on 18/10/2025 when the final score was St Mirren 0-1 Aberdeen.
That day, St Mirren managed 48% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 on target.
For their opponents, Aberdeen had 17 shots at goal with 4 on target. Marko Lazetić (96') scored.
The match was refereed by Lloyd Wilson.
🗞️ Team News: Aberdeen
In our view, The Dons may well line up in a 3-4-2-1 system for this one, handing starts to Dimitar Mitov, Nicky Devlin, Jack Milne, Mats Knoester, Dylan Lobban, Adil Aouchiche, Dante Polvara, Alexander Jensen, Topi Keskinen, Stuart Armstrong and Kevin Nisbet.
ℹ️ Team News: St Mirren
From our viewpoint, The Buddies could decide to make use of a 3-5-2 formation, starting Shamal George, Marcus Fraser, Alexandros Gogic, Miguel Freckleton, Jayden Richardson, Killian Phillips, Keanu Baccus, Fraser Taylor, Scott Tanser, Mikael Mandron and Jonah Ayunga.
🔮 Prediction
In our view, St Mirren will need to put in a solid display to score goals against this Aberdeen lineup who we reckon should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.
We therefore fancy a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 win for Aberdeen at the end of the 90 minutes.
Peter Guest, 19:03 03/12/2025