📊 Form Guide

Motherwell

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Motherwell will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 Premiership defeat in their last game at the hands of Hearts.

In that game, Motherwell managed 34% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Hearts had 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. Musa Drammeh (7') was the scorer for Hearts.

It has not been often in recent games where Motherwell have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Motherwell have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 11 goals in the process.

Analysis of their past results shows that Motherwell:

• have not emerged victorious against Aberdeen in their last 7 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.
• are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

Aberdeen

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After a loss in their previous game against Ross County in Premiership action, Aberdeen and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Aberdeen managed 65% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Aberdeen was Kevin Nisbet (45'). At the other end, Ross County had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Akil Wright (24') and Noah Chilvers (60') scored for Ross County.

The strike force from Aberdeen have suffered from a lack of goals over their last six games, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 3. In those fixtures, The Dons have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 12. We shall soon find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Their prior results show that Aberdeen:

• have not been beaten by Motherwell when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
• are without a win away from home in their last 6 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A review of past results between these clubs stretching back to 04/02/2023 reveals that these encounters have been miserable for Motherwell. They have not been able to come away with any wins whatsoever while Aberdeen have simply been better than them, running out winners in 83 per cent of those ties.

21 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 of them from The Steelmen and 14 coming from The Dons. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Premiership match day 5 on 14/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Aberdeen 2-1 Motherwell.

That day, Aberdeen managed 59% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Pape Habib Guèye (27', 80').

Motherwell had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Ebiye Moses (88') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Chris Graham.

ℹ️ Team News: Motherwell

Ross Callachan (Hamstring injury) and Zach Robinson (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be playing for Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell.

It seems likely that The Steelmen will probably go for a 3-4-2-1 formation in the match, utilising Aston Oxborough, Dan Casey, Liam Gordon, Kofi Balmer, Marvin Kaleta, Ewan Wilson, Davor Zdravkovski, Andrew Halliday, Tawanda Maswanhise, Tony Watt and Moses Ebiye.

🗞️ Team News: Aberdeen

Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin has some current player fitness concerns. Vicente Besuijen (unknown injury) and Dimitar Mitov (Hamstring muscle injury) will not be playing here.

It’s our belief that The Dons seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with Ross Doohan, Nicky Devlin, Angus MacDonald, Slobodan Rubezic, Jack MacKenzie, Sivert Heltne Nilsen, Graeme Shinnie, Topi Keskinen, Ante Palaversa, Duk and Kevin Nisbet.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment is that Aberdeen and Motherwell could both find themselves scoring on more than one occasion in a potential goal-fest with little between the two teams.

While there should be goals at both ends, it’s too close to call. We’re therefore predicting a 2-2 score draw by the conclusion of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 14:01 05/01/2025