Dundee United vs Aberdeen Live Stream, Predictions (May 17)

📏 Form Guide

Dundee United

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Dundee United will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-1 Premiership defeat last time out to Rangers.

In that game, Dundee United had 22% possession and 4 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Dundee United was Samuel Harding (20'). On the other side, Rangers got 19 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Cyriel Dessers (25', 73') and Nicolas Raskin (75') scored for Rangers.

Dundee United have been quite ineffective in attack of late. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 vs opposing sides during the course of their last six outings. In those meetings, Dundee United have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 11. We shall soon find out if that trend can be continued on here.

Their past results show that Dundee United:

• have not been beaten in the league by Aberdeen in their previous 2 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Aberdeen

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Celtic in Premiership action, Aberdeen will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Aberdeen managed 31% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Aberdeen was Kevin Nisbet (42'). For their opponents, Celtic got 25 attempts at goal with 14 on target. Maik Nawrocki (31'), Hyun-jun Yang (45'), Luke McCowan (48'), Johnny Kenny (54') and Adam Idah (94') scored for Celtic.

The stats don’t lie, and Aberdeen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals overall. At the back, Aberdeen certainly have room for improvement.

Heading into this contest, Aberdeen are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings going back to 08/10/2022 shows us that Dundee United have won 2 of these games and Aberdeen 3, with the tally of draws being 1.

15 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them from The Tangerines and 7 created by The Dons. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was Premiership match day 29 on 02/03/2025 when it ended Aberdeen 2-2 Dundee United.

That time, Aberdeen managed 73% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Kevin Nisbet (75', 91').

Dundee United had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Vicko Ševelj (20') and Sam Dalby (45') scored.

The referee was Don Robertson.

ℹ️ Team News: Dundee United

It’s our opinion that The Tangerines will probably use the 3-4-3 system with Dave Richards, Vicko Sevelj, S. Cleall-Harding, Declan Gallagher, Ryan Strain, Ross Docherty, Allan Campbell, Will Ferry, Glenn Middleton, Sam Dalby and Kai Fotheringham.

📋 Team News: Aberdeen

Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin has to choose a team with limited availability. Jamie McGrath (Shoulder injury), Vicente Besuijen (unknown injury) and Gavin Molloy (Shoulder injury) will miss out on this game.

From our viewpoint, The Dons could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Dimitar Mitov, Alexander Jensen, Kristers Tobers, Mats Knoester, Graeme Shinnie, Ante Palaversa, Leighton Clarkson, Shayden Morris, Topi Keskinen, Pape Habib Gueye and Kevin Nisbet.

💡 Prediction

We believe that Aberdeen and Dundee United could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level and two clean sheets. We’re therefore predicting a very even match with a 0-0 score at full-time.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Regarding the current betting odds on the full-time result market, staking on Dundee United is available for 2.8, betting on the draw is 3.6 & putting your money on the win for Aberdeen gets 2.35. Those are the most competitive market prices that can be secured at the moment.

Peter Guest, 11:08 16/05/2025