Premiership preview: Can Aberdeen edge out victory against Motherwell?

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pittodrie Stadium (20866 seats)

Which side will go home victorious when Motherwell travel to Aberdeen? In this match guide you'll learn all the relevant info and statistics necessary to make a prediction.

Insights:
  • Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Motherwell have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Aberdeen and Motherwell should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Aberdeen form and stats

Aberdeen have played 6 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Aberdeen bring valid hopes of a third.

Aberdeen's last game was hosting Hearts (placed 3rd) and winning 2-1. The attacker Marley Watkins was announced as "man of the match" for Aberdeen with a rating of 7.35/10. Watkins scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, Aberdeen played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Rangers.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Aberdeen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost three.

Aberdeen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Aberdeen have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Motherwell form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Motherwell playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Motherwell have lost on their last two travels.

Motherwell failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Rangers (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-6. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Rangers was particularly ugly (1-6). The humiliation is still top of mind. It is worrying for Motherwell that their goalie Liam Kelly managed six saves in the Rangers match, but still couldn't prevent a loss. Defender Bevis Mugabi was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Mugabi scored one goal and won 4 of 10 duels.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting St. Mirren.

Motherwell are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Motherwell have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Motherwell have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the participants played each other earlier this season; Motherwell - Aberdeen 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Aberdeen four wins, one draw and Motherwell five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MotherwellT. Watt
T. Watt
7 goals
AberdeenC. Ramírez
C. Ramírez
6 goals
AberdeenL. Ferguson
L. Ferguson
2 goals

Aberdeen missing players

Motherwell missing players

Aberdeen Motherwell
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 0 5 12
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 5
15 7 1 Scored S 0 5 15
16 5 0 Conceded C 0 7 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
83% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 92%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 67%
17% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
17% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 17%
 
4.8 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.2 4.3
5.5 5.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.2 6.8
2.3 1.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.3 13 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 8.4
5.2 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.3
24% 27% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 38%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Motherwell's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Motherwell have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Motherwell have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Motherwell 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 12 8 3 1 25 11 6 3 3 0 10 5 6 5 0 1 15 6 14 27
2 Celtic 12 7 2 3 26 7 6 4 2 0 18 1 6 3 0 3 8 6 19 23
3 Hearts 12 5 6 1 18 10 6 3 3 0 9 3 6 2 3 1 9 7 8 21
4 Dundee United 12 6 3 3 11 8 6 4 0 2 5 4 6 2 3 1 6 4 3 21
5 Hibernian 11 4 3 4 15 15 6 3 1 2 9 8 5 1 2 2 6 7 0 15
6 Aberdeen 12 4 3 5 15 16 6 3 1 2 7 5 6 1 2 3 8 11 -1 15
7 Motherwell 12 4 3 5 15 21 7 3 1 3 10 14 5 1 2 2 5 7 -6 15
8 St. Mirren 12 3 5 4 15 21 6 1 2 3 5 7 6 2 3 1 10 14 -6 14
9 St. Johnstone 12 3 4 5 8 12 6 1 2 3 6 9 6 2 2 2 2 3 -4 13
10 Livingston 12 3 3 6 10 16 5 1 1 3 4 6 7 2 2 3 6 10 -6 12
11 Dundee 12 2 4 6 9 23 6 1 3 2 6 11 6 1 1 4 3 12 -14 10
12 Ross County 11 1 3 7 15 22 5 0 2 3 8 12 6 1 1 4 7 10 -7 6

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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.