Aberdeen vs ST Mirren 3-1

Aberdeen beat St Mirren 3-1 at Pittodrie Stadium after taking the lead early, losing it before half-time and then pulling clear with two second-half goals. Kevin Nisbet’s penalty after the break put them in front again, before Ayoub Mouloua finished it off six minutes later.

Brad Lyons opened the scoring in the 2nd minute from Connor Patrick Ronan’s assist, but St Mirren levelled in the 42nd minute when Eseosa Sule converted from Killian Phillips’s pass. The teams went in at 1-1.

Aberdeen changed things at the interval, making two changes on 45 minutes, and one of them soon fed into the decisive spell. Tony Yogane had only just come on when VAR confirmed a penalty in the 58th minute, Kevin Nisbet missed it, then scored from the same phase of play to make it 2-1. Aberdeen then made it 3-1 in the 72nd minute through Ayoub Mouloua, who had come on in the 71st minute and finished from Afeez Aremu Olalekan’s assist. St Mirren made three changes across the second half, but they never recovered the deficit.

The numbers were mixed. St Mirren had 65% possession and 543 passes to Aberdeen’s 35% and 274, yet Aberdeen had more shots, 17 to 13, and more expected goals at 2.33 to 0.9. Both sides had seven shots on target, while St Mirren won six corners to Aberdeen’s two. Aberdeen also made six saves to St Mirren’s four, and the home side committed 18 fouls to 16.

Ryan Carr was booked for St Mirren in the 31st minute, Paul Nsio was booked in the 56th and Aberdeen’s Stuart Armstrong was yellow-carded in the 77th minute. There were no red cards.