Fixture sneak peek for Premiership: Dundee - Aberdeen at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park (11506 seats)

Dundee are opening their away dressing room to Aberdeen for yet another important fixture after their 1-3 result against 8th-placed St. Johnstone.

Insights:
  • Dundee have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Premiership
  • Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Dundee form and stats

The story so far in the Premiership for Dundee at their home stadium (Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Dundee to get some points in this home game.

In their previous game, the manager J. McPake led his Dundee to a defeat in the Premiership match away at St. Johnstone. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park. Ryan Sweeney, defender, was given a rating of 7.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Sweeney scored one goal and won 13 of 17 duels.

Ahead of that match, Dundee lost 0-1 at home to Rangers.

Dundee has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Dundee's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Aberdeen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. It's looking increasingly bleak for Aberdeen who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Ross County was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Aberdeen failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Celtic (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. The attacker Lewis Ferguson got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Ferguson scored one goal.

Prior to that match, the Aberdeen manager S. Glass faced defeat when travelling to St. Mirren and losing 2-3.

Aberdeen find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Aberdeen have conceded 7 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Dundee-Aberdeen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dundee zero wins, Aberdeen ten wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AberdeenC. Ramírez
C. Ramírez
3 goals
DundeeJ. Cummings
J. Cummings
2 goals
DundeeP. McGowan
P. McGowan
1 goals

Dundee missing players

Aberdeen missing players

Dundee Aberdeen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
3 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
5 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
5 4 0 Scored S 2 5 9
16 5 0 Conceded C 1 7 11
88% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 38%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
38% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 62%
12% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
62% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
5 6.5 9 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.5 5.4
6.9 8.5 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.5 5
1.9 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.5 14 21 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.8 12.6
3.9 6.5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 6.8 5.5
16% 15% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 19% 20%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Aberdeen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aberdeen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Aberdeen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dundee have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dundee have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Premiership
  • Dundee have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dundee have yet to win a 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 8 6 1 1 14 6 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 3 0 1 7 4 8 19
2 Hearts 8 5 3 0 14 5 5 3 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 9 18
3 Hibernian 8 4 3 1 14 8 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 6 6 6 15
4 Motherwell 8 4 2 2 11 9 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 2 14
5 Dundee United 8 4 2 2 5 5 4 3 0 1 3 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 0 14
6 Celtic 8 4 1 3 19 6 4 3 1 0 16 1 4 1 0 3 3 5 13 13
7 St. Mirren 8 2 4 2 9 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 5 10 -5 10
8 St. Johnstone 8 2 3 3 6 6 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 9
9 Aberdeen 8 2 2 4 9 11 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 8
10 Livingston 8 1 1 6 3 13 4 1 0 3 3 5 4 0 1 3 0 8 -10 4
11 Ross County 8 0 3 5 6 16 3 0 2 1 4 6 5 0 1 4 2 10 -10 3
12 Dundee 8 0 3 5 5 16 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 0 0 4 1 11 -11 3

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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.