Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, February 6, 2016
Aberdeen DLWWW 4
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St Johnstone LLDLL 3
1st2ndT
ABE224
STJ033
McDiarmid Park · 5,712 att.

Match Report

Adam Rooney steers Aberdeen to victory in seven-goal thriller at St Johnstone

Adam Rooney steers Aberdeen to victory in seven-goal thriller at St Johnstone

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Head to Head

STJ leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

STJ · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alan MannusG
  2. 6Steven AndersonCD-L
  3. 22Darnell FisherCD-R
  4. 3Thomas ScobbieLB
  5. 14Joe ShaughnessyRB
  6. 26Liam CraigCM-L
  7. 7Chris MillarCM-R
  8. 10David WotherspoonLM
  9. 16Danny SwansonRM
  10. 18Graham CumminsCF-L
  11. 9Steven MacLeanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Craig ThomsonSUB
  2. 36Liam GordonSUB
  3. 4Simon LappinSUB
  4. 11John SuttonSUB
  5. 25Christopher KaneSUB
  6. 12Zander ClarkSUB
  7. 5Michael DoyleSUB

ABE · 4-3-3

  1. 20Scott BrownG
  2. 6Mark ReynoldsCD-L
  3. 5Ash TaylorCD-R
  4. 3Graeme ShinnieLB
  5. 2Shaleum LoganRB
  6. 7Kenny McLeanCM
  7. 11Jonathan HayesLM
  8. 16Peter PawlettRM
  9. 9Adam RooneyF
  10. 18Simon ChurchLF
  11. 14Cameron SmithRF

Substitutes

  1. 31Frank RossSUB
  2. 15Barry RobsonSUB
  3. 10Niall McGinnSUB
  4. 19Adam CollinSUB
  5. 23Craig StorieSUB
  6. 27Scott WrightSUB
  7. 26Scott McKennaSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Aberdeen 1. Adam Rooney (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Shaleum Logan.
  2. 20' Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 20' Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Aberdeen 2. Peter Pawlett (Aberdeen) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 29' Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 32' Cameron Smith (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 52' Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Aberdeen 2. David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Steven MacLean.
  7. 60' Substitution, Aberdeen. Niall McGinn replaces Peter Pawlett.
  8. 60' Substitution, Aberdeen. Craig Storie replaces Cameron Smith.
  9. 69' Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 70' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Steven MacLean.
  11. 71' Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Aberdeen 3. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Simon Church.
  12. 77' Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Aberdeen 4. Adam Rooney (Aberdeen) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  13. 79' Goal! St. Johnstone 2, Aberdeen 4. Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner following a corner.
  14. 83' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Craig Thomson replaces Chris Millar.
  15. 84' Mark Reynolds (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 87' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Simon Lappin replaces Danny Swanson.
  17. 88' Substitution, Aberdeen. Scott McKenna replaces Simon Church.
  18. 89' Goal! St. Johnstone 3, Aberdeen 4. Tam Scobbie (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.

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