It's advantage Aberdeen so far with their 3rd position in the Premiership table, welcoming Dundee United who are placed 5th.
- Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundee United has the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premiership
Dundee United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Celtic. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Aberdeen form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 10 Premiership games here at Pittodrie Stadium for Aberdeen. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Aberdeen, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Aberdeen's last game was hosting St. Johnstone (placed 9th) and winning 2-1. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Motherwell the opponent.
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 one defeat (from six games).
Aberdeen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Pittodrie Stadium with 18 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Aberdeen have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee United have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
Dundee United are travelling again after losing away to Celtic in their previous match (0-3). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Motherwell.
It's a bit worrying for Dundee that their goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist made six saves in the Celtic game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Dundee when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.
Goals are few and far between in Dundee United's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. In the opposite end, Dundee have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Aberdeen and Dundee United have met before this season: Dundee United - Aberdeen 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Aberdeen won six, Dundee United won three and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Ferguson 8 goals |   N. Clark 8 goals |  R. Hedges 4 goals |
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| Aberdeen | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 18 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 68% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 43% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 37% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 48% |
| 47% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 24% |
| 26% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 60% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 39% | 53% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | 38% |
- Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aberdeen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dundee United have scored away.
- Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dundee United has the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premiership
- Dundee United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 51 | 59 |
| 2 | Celtic | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 31 | 43 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 25 |
| 6 | Livingston | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 21 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -24 | 18 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Ross County | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -28 | 13 |
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