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Dundee vs Aberdeen Live Stream, Predictions
Dundee face off with visiting rivals Aberdeen at Scot Foam Stadium in this Premiership game on Wednesday.
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๐ Form Guide
Dundee
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Dundee go into this fixture following a 2-2 Premiership tied result versus Kilmarnock.
In that game, Dundee had 52% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Dundee was Luke McCowan (63'). On the other side, Kilmarnock got 9 shots at goal with 7 on target. Will Dennis (11' Own goal), Marley Watkins (35') and Robbie Deas (91') scored for Kilmarnock.
Fixtures involving Dundee have often been entertaining ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen clashes, a grand total of 22 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 8 of them belonging to Dundee. We will see if that trend will be continued on here.
Their past results show that Dundee:
- have not registered a win against Aberdeen in their previous 4 league matches.
- have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.
Aberdeen
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Aberdeen will go into the meeting after a 3-1 Scottish Cup win versus Kilmarnock in their last fixture.
In that match, Aberdeen had 53% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Aberdeen, the scorers were Jamie McGrath (11') and Graeme Shinnie (33'). For their opponents, Kilmarnock had 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Daniel Armstrong (41') and Stuart Findlay (66' Own goal) scored for Kilmarnock.
The numbers tell their own story, and Aberdeen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in all. Defensively, Aberdeen could really do with shoring things up.
Analysis of their past results shows that Aberdeen:
- have not emerged victorious against Dundee in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
- are without a win away from home in their last 5 matches in the league.
โ๏ธ Head to head
A look at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 18/08/2019 shows us that Dundee have won 1 of these and Aberdeen 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.
16 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 of them for The Dark Blues and 9 netted by The Dons. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.
The last league match featuring the two was Premiership match day 9 on 30/01/2024 when the final score was Aberdeen 1-1 Dundee.
On that day, Aberdeen managed 53% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Bojan Miovski (31').
On the other side, Dundee had 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Lee Ashcroft (55') scored.
The referee was Nick Walsh.
๐ฐ Team News: Dundee
The Dundee manager Tony Docherty will be happy not to have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game owing to a fully healthy squad available for selection.
We are thinking that The Dark Blues will possibly kick off with a 3-5-2 system, utilising Trevor Carson, J. Antonio Portales, Joe Shaughnessy, Aaron Donnelly, Luke McCowan, Mohamad Sylla, Josh Mulligan, Lyall Cameron, Owen Beck, Curtis Main and Scott Tiffoney.
๐ Team News: Aberdeen
With a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Aberdeen manager has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this match.
Itโs our belief that The Dons might begin the game with a 3-5-2 formation with a starting lineup of Kelle Roos, Slobodan Rubezic, Stefan Gartenmann, Richard Jensen, Nicky Devlin, Dante Polvara, Connor Barron, Jamie McGrath, James McGarry, Luis Lopes Duk and Bojan Miovski.
๐ก Prediction
Aberdeen and Dundee should play out a closely-fought contest here.
Letโs see how this one goes, but it looks this could be a draw. Weโre therefore predicting a 1-1 scoreline at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 19:08 13/03/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Dundee
Formed: 1893
Stadium: Scot Foam Stadium (11,775)
Captain: Joe Shaughnessy
Chairman: Tim Keyes
Manager: Tony Docherty
Competitions: Premiership position 7
โญ Star Player: Amadou Bakayoko
Normally playing in the Striker position, Amadou Bakayoko was born in Sierra Leone. Having made a first senior appearance for Walsall in the 2013 - 2014 season, the talented Forward has hit 5 league goals in this Premiership 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 28 appearances.
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29 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 70 | WWWWL |
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29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 68 | WDWWL |
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29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 55 | WWLDW |
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29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 42 | WLWDW |
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29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 41 | WDWLD |
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28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | -7 | 34 | LDWDW |
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28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 33 | WWLLD |
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29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 32 | DLLWW |
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29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -18 | 28 | LLLWD |
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28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 27 | DDLLL |
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28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -24 | 23 | LLWDL |
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29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | -29 | 17 | LWLLD |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 46 |
Time first goal conceded | 31 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 34 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Luke McCowan | 8 |
Amadou Bakayoko | 5 |
Lyall Cameron | 4 |
Joe Shaughnessy | 4 |
Jordan McGhee | 3 |
Bojan Miovski | 13 |
Jamie McGrath | 7 |
Duk | 4 |
Leighton Clarkson | 2 |
Nicky Devlin | 2 |
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