Aberdeen vs Kilmarnock pre-match info: Away side will have a back-breaking 90 minutes at Pittodrie Stadium

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

Aberdeen have won 10 points running out as the hosting team. Kilmarnock have 4 points being the away side. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Aberdeen have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premiership

Aberdeen's stadium, Pittodrie Stadium, has a grass surface. Kilmarnock have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Kilmarnock when playing on grass; 9 wins, 4 draws and 20 losses from 33 matches. They have scored 25 goals in these games and conceded 39.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Aberdeen form and stats

Aberdeen have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premiership. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Aberdeen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hibernian (1-3). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through three league rounds. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Duk, having found the net in three matches in a row. Duk, a natural forward, was the best player for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 7.21 (out of 10). Duk scored one goal.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Ross County 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 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats (from 7 games).

It's goals goals goals for Aberdeen who have scored 11 goals from 3 league home games. Aberdeen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kilmarnock form and stats

As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Kilmarnock have produced an overall stat of 0-0-4 so far. Kilmarnock seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Kilmarnock have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 194 minutes ago. Taylor was the goal scorer.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Kilmarnock, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Livingston (placed 5th). Midfield player Alebiosu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.14/10. Alebiosu dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).

A 0-1 defeat away at Hibernian before that.

A new game in only four days for Kilmarnock, the Premiership home match versus St. Johnstone. Busy days.

5 goals have been conceded by Kilmarnock in these games.

Head 2 Head

Aberdeen have won at least one point in the last 11 matches (7-4-0) versus Kilmarnock.

The games between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AberdeenB. Miovski
B. Miovski
5 goals
AberdeenL. Lopes
L. Lopes
3 goals
AberdeenL. Clarkson
L. Clarkson
2 goals

Aberdeen missing players

Kilmarnock missing players

Aberdeen Kilmarnock
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 2 4 7
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 5
14 11 0 Scored S 0 0 3
10 4 0 Conceded C 2 5 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 57%
57% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 29%
57% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
43% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 29%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 71%
 
5.7 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.2 4.4
6.6 6.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 5.3
1.7 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.8 3.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.7 12.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.5 11.6
3.4 3.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 0.5 1.3
58% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
12.6 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17 15 13.1
3.7 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.2 5.7
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Aberdeen have scored more than double the goals of Kilmarnock.
  • Aberdeen have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premiership
  • Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Aberdeen's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
  • Kilmarnock have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kilmarnock have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Kilmarnock have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Kilmarnock have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest points (0) away in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock 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 Celtic 7 6 0 1 25 3 3 3 0 0 8 0 4 3 0 1 17 3 22 18
2 Rangers 7 5 1 1 16 8 4 4 0 0 12 1 3 1 1 1 4 7 8 16
3 Hearts 7 4 1 2 13 8 3 3 0 0 9 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 5 13
4 St. Mirren 7 4 0 3 8 8 4 3 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 2 4 7 0 12
5 Livingston 7 4 0 3 6 9 4 3 0 1 5 3 3 1 0 2 1 6 -3 12
6 Hibernian 7 3 2 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 11
7 Aberdeen 7 3 1 3 14 10 3 2 0 1 11 4 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 10
8 Motherwell 7 3 1 3 7 9 4 1 1 2 2 5 3 2 0 1 5 4 -2 10
9 St. Johnstone 7 2 1 4 7 10 4 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 0 2 4 8 -3 7
10 Ross County 7 1 2 4 4 11 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 0 1 3 1 7 -7 5
11 Kilmarnock 7 1 1 5 3 12 3 1 1 1 3 7 4 0 0 4 0 5 -9 4
12 Dundee United 7 0 2 5 3 20 3 0 0 3 0 13 4 0 2 2 3 7 -17 2

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The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.