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Aberdeen vs Kilmarnock Live Stream, Predictions
This huge Scottish Cup quarter-final between Aberdeen and Kilmarnock takes place on Saturday. What with a place in the semi finals for the club that makes it through, it’s looking like it could be an exciting game of football from them both.
Our Aberdeen v Kilmarnock tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - as well as up-to-date odds.
📊 Form Guide
Aberdeen
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Aberdeen will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-1 Premiership losing effort in their last game against St Mirren.
In that game, Aberdeen had 32% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Aberdeen was Connor Barron (1'). On the other side, St Mirren had 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Mark O'Hara (96') and Toyosi Olusanya (97') scored for St Mirren.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Aberdeen have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Aberdeen have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 11 goals on the way. Putting that to one side, we’ll just have to find out if that trend shall be maintained here in this match or not.
Kilmarnock
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In their previous game, Kilmarnock drew 2-2 in the Premiership match with Dundee.
In that game, Kilmarnock had 48% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Kilmarnock, the goalscorers were Will Dennis (11' Own goal), Marley Watkins (35') and Robbie Deas (91'). Dundee got 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Luke McCowan (63') scored for Dundee.
Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, Kilmarnock have amassed the sum of 9 goals. Kilmarnock have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve had 5 goals scored by their opponents.
👥 Head to head
Checking on their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 01/10/2022 tells us that Aberdeen have won 2 of these and Kilmarnock 4, with the tally of draws standing at 0.
15 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 7 for The Dons and 8 netted by Killie. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The previous league clash featuring the two was Premiership match day 27 on 24/02/2024 and the score finished Kilmarnock 2-0 Aberdeen.
In that game, Kilmarnock had 52% possession and 20 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. The goalscorers were Corrie Ndaba (45') and Matty Kennedy (58').
Aberdeen got 9 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Graham Grainger.
🗞️ Team News: Aberdeen
The Aberdeen manager Neil Warnock doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match owing to a completely healthy group available to select from.
📰 Team News: Kilmarnock
Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from, the Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes has no fitness worries at all coming into this clash.
⚡ Prediction
In this match, Kilmarnock should get enough chances to put one past this Aberdeen lineup, although that may not quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We are anticipating a 2-1 win for Aberdeen after 90 minutes. Expecting it to be very competitive.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 12:00 09/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Aberdeen
Formed: 1903
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium (20,866)
Captain: Graeme Shinnie
Chairman: Dave Cormack
Manager: Neil Warnock
Competitions: Premiership position 10, League Cup (Final), Scottish Cup (Quarter-Finals), Europa League Qualifiers (Play-Offs)
🔑 Star Player: Bojan Miovski
Customarily taking up the Striker position, Bojan Miovski was born in Štip, Macedonia. Having made his senior debut playing for MTK Budapest in the 2020 - 2021 season, the dangerous Forward has accumulated 13 league goals in the Premiership 2023 - 2024 season so far in 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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Bojan Miovski | 13 |
Jamie McGrath | 7 |
Duk | 4 |
Leighton Clarkson | 2 |
Nicky Devlin | 2 |
Kyle Vassell | 7 |
Marley Watkins | 7 |
Daniel Armstrong | 6 |
David Watson | 5 |
Matty Kennedy | 3 |
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