Premiership preview and statistics: Aberdeen - Dundee United at Pittodrie Stadium

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pittodrie Stadium (20866 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Aberdeen and Dundee United. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Aberdeen form and stats

Last season, Aberdeen's league statistics were 12 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Premiership. Over these 30 matches they scored 40 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Aberdeen managed 7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 19 conceded.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Aberdeen matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, one draw and two defeats (from seven games).

Aberdeen have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 2 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Aberdeen have scored 1 goal and conceded 1 time.

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Dundee United form and stats

A job perfectly done for Dundee last season as they secured promotion from Championship. With a grand total of 18 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 8 were in away matches.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Dundee playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, one draw and two home wins.

Dundee United played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Dundee scored 4 and conceded 1 goal.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Aberdeen five wins, two draws and Dundee United three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Aberdeen Dundee United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Aberdeen Last season Dundee United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 9   Won W   4 10
11 5   Drew D   8 14
12 5   Lost L   7 14
36 23   Scored S   11 32
38 18   Conceded C   26 50
82% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   74% 82%
55% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 68%
32% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 42%
13% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
29% 37%   BTTS BTTS   32% 42%
45% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 34%
45% 37%   Failed to Score F T   53% 42%
 
4.5 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.1
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 6.6
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.1 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 8.7
3.2 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.4
30% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 St. Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 St. Mirren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Aberdeen:
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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 St. Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 St. Mirren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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