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 Europa League game only three days ago.
Aberdeen form and stats
Aberdeen are steadily winning Premiership games and points here at Pittodrie Stadium. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games. Two home wins in a row for Aberdeen bring valid hopes of a third.
The Aberdeen supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hamilton Academical in Premiership and win 4-2. 0-0 away at Dundee United before that.
A goal frenzy last time out for Aberdeen, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Hamilton Academical. Fun stuff to watch!
The Aberdeen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Celtic form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Celtic has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Kilmarnock.
Celtic failed to get anything from their last game, a Europa League home match vs Milan that ended with defeat 1-3. The game before that, in the Premiership, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Rangers.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to Lille.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Celtic are regular goalscorers on their travels. Celtic's manager N. Lennon has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Aberdeen victory, one draw and eight Celtic wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Ferguson 6 goals |   A. Ajeti 5 goals |  O. Édouard 4 goals |
Aberdeen missing players
Celtic missing players
| Aberdeen | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 25 |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 50% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 30% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | 63 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 91 | 180 |
| 46 | 21 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 33 | 68 |
| 30% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 37% |
- 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 most points from losing position (6) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Premiership
- Celtic have not yet lost a game away.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 29 |
| 2 | Celtic | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 25 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 7 | Ross County | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 12 |
| 8 | Livingston | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 7 |
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