Aberdeen 0-1 St. Johnstone result, stats and report

Kevin Nisbet gave Hibernian the lead at Easter Road but Martin Boyle's second-half penalty earned Aberdeen a point, ending a match that both sides will feel they could have won.

St. Johnstone rescued a draw through an injury-time free-kick from Enes Alic after Falkirk's Ethan Ross had given the visitors the lead on 60 minutes. A chaotic finale, four yellow cards, a red card, and a woodwork strike summed up a match that had more edge than quality.

Aberdeen made a mockery of their recent poor form to dismantle Motherwell 4-0 at Fir Park, with goals from Gavin Molloy, Connor Ronan, Ayoub Mouloua and Kevin Nisbet completing a ruthless away performance. Motherwell had 69% possession and scored nothing. That tells you everything.

Mika Baur's second-half strike settled this Scottish Premiership contest in Celtic's favour, but St. Johnstone dominated almost every statistical category and will be furious they have nothing to show for it.

Hearts ground out a 2-1 Scottish Premiership win over St. Johnstone at Tynecastle, with James Wilson's early goal and an Enes Alic own goal doing the damage before R. Paton pulled one back for the visitors after the break.

Aberdeen host St. Mirren on Saturday looking to arrest a run of three defeats in their last five Scottish Premiership matches. The problem is, St. Mirren have not lost to Aberdeen in any of their last three meetings.

Two sides with serious problems meet at McDiarmid Park on Saturday. One of them has to start climbing. The other has to stop falling.

Aberdeen host St. Johnstone at Pittodrie on Sunday with both clubs desperately short of form and short of answers. Connor Maguire breaks down what needs to change and where the points are going.