Aberdeen are without caretaker boss Peter Leven following his rush to hospital, but captain Graeme Shinnie returns from suspension and makes it onto the bench.
Craig Levein makes three changes to his St Johnstone side that were beaten 3-1 by Hibs last weekend.
Adama Sidibeh and Fran Franczak drop to the bench while Luke Robinson is out of the squad.
Drey Wright, Benjamin Kimpioka and Connor Smith are in from the start.
Aberdeen: Roos, Devlin, MacKenzie, Gartenmann, McGrath, Barron, Miovski, Clarkson, Polvara, MacDonald, Hoilett
Substitutes: Doohan, Shinnie, Jensen, Duk, Phillips, Sokler, Duncan, Milne, Rubezic
St Johnstone: Mitov, Considine, McGowan, Gordon, Clark, Carey, Wright, M Smith, Kimpioka, Phillips, C Smith.
Substitutes: Richards, May, MacPherson, Kucheriavyi, Sidibeh, Olufunwa, Crawfod, Keltjens, Franczak.
Aberdeen captain Graeme Shinnie returns from suspension and caretaker manager Peter Leven has a full squad.
St Johnstone attacker Diallang Jaiyesimi is back in contention while Sven Sprangler is set to return to Scotland after receiving treatment for a knee injury in Austria.
Image source, SNSAberdeen interim manager Peter Leven says his side need to keep their "momentum going" after improving results in recent weeks.
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BBC Sport Scotland
Image source, SNSAngus MacDonald shares the fans' frustration that Aberdeen's upturn in form has come so late in the season.
The Dons, who can guarantee survival with victory over St Johnstone on Saturday, are unbeaten in five league games.
"It is probably a shame that it has come so late in the season," said the defender.
"That is the frustration that the fans have now seen, because who knows if we had started this run a little bit earlier?
"That is football, we have highs and lows in every season.
"But it is massive to take it into the summer, a new manager coming in, to really show what we can do as players."
MacDonald feels Aberdeen have finally turned a corner and added: "Yes, I feel like probably after the Dundee game, sometimes you need to press the reset button and Peter (Leven) has been fantastic since he has come in and the lads have been fantastic, buying into what he wants."
Tyrone Smith
BBC Sport Scotland
Image source, SNSPeter Leven has warned the Aberdeen squad they are playing for their Pittodrie futures ahead of the impending arrival of new manager Jimmy Thelin.
Swede Thelin will take charge when he arrives from Elfsborg next month.
While the eighth-place Dons have endured a disappointing season, they have finally found some form and go into Saturday's visit of St Johnstone looking to extend their unbeaten league run to six games.
Caretaker boss Leven said: "I had a brief chat with him [Thelin] yesterday, just on a couple of things in the summer, but nothing for just now.
"Obviously he is watching the games and the players probably know that so they are obviously playing for their careers as well.
"It is the here and now that matters the most and we need to keep collecting points for this football club. St Johnstone tomorrow is a must-win."
Aberdeen, then under the stewardship of Neil Warnock, lost 2-0 at home to St Johnstone in February and have failed to win any of the sides' three meetings this season.
"Last time they came up here, it wasn’t good on our behalf but we have turned a corner," said Leven.
"The momentum is going through the team, we are winning games, I think we are undefeated in five now in the league so we are on a good run.
"I always said we need to stop conceding goals and that was a big factor. We have done that, yes, but I would like us to score more goals."
Tyrone Smith
BBC Sport Scotland
Image source, SNSAberdeen caretaker manager Peter Leven has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premiership visit of St Johnstone.
Here are the key lines from the press conference:
Beating Saints would made the Dons mathematically safe and Leven says: "We have to win every game. I said to them, I’ve set a challenge, I want to finish as high as possible in the bottom six so St Johnstone is a must-win for this club."
He is expecting a tough game against a Saints side Aberdeen haven't defeated this season, but adds "it is all about what we do".
Leven feels his team have turned a corner and wants to keep their recent momentum going.
On what contact he has had with incoming boss Jimmy Thelin: “Just the odd text after the games, ‘Great performance, great result.’ I had a brief chat with him yesterday, just on a couple of things for the summer."
Leven says the players will know Thelin is watching, adding "so they are obviously playing for the careers as well".
Team news: "Everybody is fresh, everybody is fit" and captain Graeme Shinnie returns from suspension.
We asked for your thoughts on who should be Aberdeen's player of the year and you're all in agreement about who gets your vote.
Here's what some of you had to say:
Mike: Bojan Miovski. Not really sure how anyone else can come close. Nicky Devlin has been a decent signing, Jack MacKenzie has been good in periods, as has Jamie McGrath. But no one has come close to Miovski who has excelled for much of the season in an otherwise poor team.
Euan: It has to be Miovski. He is a class act who has pulled goals out of thin air at times.
Andy: Player of the season? Is there more than one contender? It has to be Miovski.
Steve: It’s a no-brainer, Bojan. Had it not been for his goals who knows what state Aberdeen would be in at present.
Fred: For me there is only one contender. Without Miovski we would definitely be heading towards relegation.
Ally: There is only one player that deserves mention. Miovski has been the shining light in a forgettable league season.
Paul: It has to be Miovski, I shudder to think where we’d be without his goals. His workrate, commitment and scoring prowess makes him invaluable. Please stay, Bojan!
Highlights: Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen - Scottish Youth Cup final
Image source, BBC/SNS Aberdeen have only won two of their last nine home league games against St Johnstone (D3 L4), losing most recently 2-0 in February.
After their 2-0 win in February, St Johnstone could win back-to-back league meetings with Aberdeen for the first time since October 2015.
Aberdeen have won two of their last three Scottish Premiership home matches (D1), as many as they managed in their previous 11 games at Pittodrie (D6 L3).
St Johnstone have lost four of their last five league matches (W1), conceding 2+ goals in all four of those defeats. In fact, since losing their first match of 2024 on 7 February, St Johnstone have lost the most matches (8) and conceded the joint-most goals (20) in the competition.
St Johnstone’s Dimitar Mitov has prevented 10.1 goals in the Scottish Premiership this season according to Opta’s Goals Prevented model – the most of any goalkeeper - conceding 48 goals (excl. own goals) from an expected goals on target conceded (xGOT) figure of 58.1.
Aberdeen interim manager Peter Leven tips forward Ester Sokler to have a big season next term. (Press and Journal - subscription), external
Aberdeen have been on a bit of an upturn in recent weeks and will be looking to make it three wins on the bounce when they welcome St Johnstone on Saturday.
But who should be in the starting line-up?
Put yourself in Peter Leven's shoes and pick your XI here.
With just four games of the league season remaining, we want to know who has impressed you most in an Aberdeen shirt over the course of this campaign.
It's been a disappointing season for the Dons, but there have been bright sparks in there.
Who would you pick as the club's player of the year? Have your say here.
Image source, SNSTwenty-six decisions since the start of the Premiership season have been deemed incorrect by the Scottish FA's VAR independent review panel.
The tally, based on incidents requested by the panel or submitted for consideration, is a rise of 10 since February's last meeting of the group.
Not among the incidents included was one where Hibernian claimed the Scottish FA agreed an error had been made.
The governing body later disputed that assertion, made after Hibs were not awarded a penalty after Aberdeen's Nicky Devlin handled in February's 2-2 draw.
The 10 incorrect decisions shared with Premiership clubs on Wednesday were:
Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen (6/02/24): VAR intervention was correct, but final outcome should have been yellow card to Rangers' Dujon Sterling. Referee retained his on-field decision of a red card.
St Mirren 2-0 Dundee (7/02/24): VAR intervention was correct, but final outcome should have been yellow card to St Mirren's James Bolton. Referee retained his on-field decision of a red card.
Ross County 1-1 St Mirren (27/2/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Final outcome should have been penalty awarded against Ross County for handball.
Hearts 1-1 Hibernian (28/2/24): VAR intervention correct, but penalty decision, which led to Hearts' equaliser, should have been overturned - no foul and no penalty should have been awarded.
Kilmarnock 1-2 Rangers (28/2/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Final outcome should have been penalty decision, which led to Kilmarnock opening the scoring, overturned - no handball offense against Rangers.
Hearts 2-0 Celtic (3/3/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Penalty decision should have been overturned - no foul and no penalty should have been awarded to Celtic.
Hearts 2-0 Celtic (3/3/24): On-field decision correct, no penalty to Hearts. Handball should not have been awarded for spot-kick that led to opening goal.
Motherwell 0-1 Aberdeen (16/04/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Penalty to Motherwell should have been awarded for handball.
Hibernian 1-2 St Johnstone (6/4/24): VAR should have recommended an on-field review. Penalty should have been awarded to Hibs for foul by St Johnstone goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov.
St Mirren 1-2 Hearts (6/4/24): VAR intervention correct, but penalty should have been awarded to St Mirren for a foul on Conor McMenamin by Aidan Denholm.
Liam McLeod
BBC Sport Scotland
Aberdeen’s victory over Motherwell should be enough to ensure they won’t be dragged into the relegation play-off place.
An eight-point gap with four games to go doesn't quite secure top-flight status but it’s now within touching distance, and another win against St Johnstone on Saturday will officially extinguish all thoughts of an end-of-season shoot-out.
Credit has to go to Peter Leven who has helped steer the team through really choppy waters. A matter of weeks ago, the Dons’ future status was about a clear as the famous Marischal College building during an infamous enveloping of North Sea haar, but Leven has helped them find some form.
They have kept as many clean sheets in their last six games as they managed in the previous 26.
It’s no coincidence that this has happened with Leven in charge and it was a positive statement he made before the Motherwell game that he is keen to work under incoming manager Jimmy Thelin next season.
There has been a furore amongst some sections of the media about Thelin’s start date. The Swede is scheduled to arrive at the start of June when the league there enters its summer hiatus.
It’s clear that his Elfsborg team have had their issues of late, having lost three in-a-row before returning to winning ways on Monday. At the same time, things have calmed down at Pittodrie and they should now be able to see out the season with little drama and consign it to the history books.
There would surely be little to gain from Thelin taking charge at this point. He will have already begun working towards next season with the Dons anyway, surveying the squad from afar, watching the team’s matches while also juggling his notice period in Boras.
Given the troubles in the Granite City recently, if things had gone awry upon an early arrival, he would have been up against it in the eyes of the supporters from the very start. In June, it will be like a new broom.
At this time of year, I am always reminded of that Billy Dodds double at Tynecastle that brought the 1995 Aberdeen side back from the brink of certain relegation and all the drama that followed victory in the capital.
Aberdeen fans will be delighted to see the end of 2023-24 without that particular rollercoaster ride in its final chapter.
Cagliari head coach Claudio Ranieri has made a move for 21-year-old Aberdeen midfielder Connor Barron, who is out of contract this summer but would earn his parent club a compensation fee, a high priority for next season, according to reports in Italy. (Daily Record), external
Aberdeen would face competition from clubs in England, the Continent and Major League Soccer should they wish to turn their loan for 22-year-old Crystal Palace midfielder Killian Phillips, who has a year left of his contract with the Premier League club, into a permanent transfer. (TeamTalk), external
Aberdeen interim manager Peter Leven says Jonny Hayes will continue his dual role as a player and coach at Aberdeen for the rest of the season, but the 36-year-old winger is out of contract in the summer and could return to Celtic as a coach under Brendan Rodgers. (Daily Record), external
Read Wednesday's Scottish Gossip in full here.
Image source, SNSAberdeen striker Bojan Miovski has a "wow factor" and should have been included in the shortlist for PFA Scotland player of the year, says Michael Grant, Scottish football correspondent for The Times.
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Aberdeen left-back Jack MacKenzie has qualities reminiscent of Scotland defender Kieran Tierney, says interim boss Peter Leven. (Press & Journal)
Former Aberdeen defender Ross McCrorie says his dream of getting to Euro 2024 with Scotland helped him get through his injury nightmare after his £2m move to Bristol City. (Scottish Sun)
The timing of Jimmy Thelin's arrival at Aberdeen - the Swede will start work at Pittodrie in June - has been questioned by pundits Kris Boyd and Michael Stewart. (The Herald)
Read the rest of Tuesday's gossip.
Junior Hoilett is really starting to look the part in an Aberdeen jersey.
After his influential display in the Scottish Cup semi-final last weekend, the Canadian again made his mark as the Dons beat Motherwell on Saturday.
His ball into the box proved the difference with Stefan Gartenmann heading home.
