Form, Standings, Stats
Last Game: Alloa 3-2 St Johnstone
Tuesday, July 23 at 7.45pm in Scottish League Cup
Tuesday, July 23 at 7.45pm in Scottish League Cup
Last Game: East Fife 4-0 Brechin
Tuesday, July 23 at 7.45pm in Scottish League Cup
Tuesday, July 23 at 7.45pm in Scottish League Cup
We said: St Johnstone 2-1 East Fife
St Johnstone will be determined to produce a response after suffering a surprise defeat against East Fife, and while we expect them to be tested by a confident East Fife team, we believe that the Scottish Premiership side will do enough to clinch all three points. Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a St Johnstone win with a probability of 47.97%. A win for East Fife had a probability of 26.51% and a draw had a probability of 25.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a St Johnstone win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.3%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.32%) and 2-0 (8.68%). The likeliest East Fife win was 0-1 (7.9%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.13%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 0.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that St Johnstone would win this match.
| Result | ||
| St Johnstone | Draw | East Fife |
47.97% ( 0.03) | 25.51% ( -0) | 26.51% ( -0.02) |
| Both teams to score 51.63% ( -0.01) |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
