The Aberdeen & Celtic managers D. McInnes and N. Lennon are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premiership league table.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago.
Aberdeen form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Aberdeen have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. The Aberdeen manager D. McInnes might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
A good away victory last time out for Aberdeen, who won 3-1 against Hamilton Academical (placed 11th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Scottish Cup home game that ended 0-0 versus Kilmarnock.
The manager D. McInnes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kilmarnock in only three days.
A decent goal production from Aberdeen in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Celtic form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Celtic so far, with 11-1-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premiership statistics. Celtic are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing. Celtic have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.
The Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 244 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Celtic are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the Premiership against Hearts (placed 12th). Preceding that game was the away Scottish Cup victory against Clyde with the score of 3-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Celtic was very dominant against Hearts, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Olivier Ntcham, Jozo Šimunović, Christopher Jullien and Callum McGregor providing the goals.
Celtic has another fixture away, a Europa League game, against København in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Celtic create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 35 goals in 13 travels. It's not easy to score on Celtic as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Celtic - Aberdeen 2-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Aberdeen won one, Celtic won eight and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 19 goals |   S. Cosgrove 11 goals |  R. Christie 11 goals |
Aberdeen missing players
Celtic missing players
| Aberdeen | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 11 | 35 | 77 |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 50% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 69% |
| 23% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 46% | 46% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 23% | 23% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 42% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 46% | 54% |
| 35% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.8 | 7.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 244 | 109 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 218 | 422 |
| 97 | 44 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 74 | 170 |
| 34% | 41% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 47% | 45% |
- Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals (9) away
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
- Celtic has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Celtic has the most clean sheets (14)
- Celtic has the most points (34) away
- Celtic has the most scored goals (35) away
- Celtic has the most scored goals (77)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the first half (35)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (42)
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+26) away
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+62)
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Aberdeen.
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Celtic is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 62 | 70 |
| 2 | Rangers | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 44 | 60 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 41 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 41 |
| 5 | Livingston | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 37 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 33 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 32 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 30 |
| 9 | Ross County | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 32 | -28 | 25 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 22 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 19 |
| 12 | Hearts | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -22 | 18 |
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