Aberdeen have come here for an intriguing duel versus the home team Motherwell. Get ready for the game with this in-depth Premiership preview!
- Aberdeen have the most points from losing position (5) in Premiership
Both teams have had enough rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an in-your-face game!
Motherwell form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Motherwell's two home games in the Premiership so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Fir Park.
A nice win for Motherwell last time playing, versus Dundee. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Tony Watt scoring for the victors. Juhani Ojala was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.04 out of 10. The defender Ojala won 10 of 12 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Livingston and winning 2-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Motherwell have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost four.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Motherwell at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Aberdeen form and stats
Aberdeen are still undefeated on their travels in the Premiership. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Aberdeen delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Ross County (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Premiership game. Defender Calvin Ramsay was the best team player with a rating of 8.62. Ramsay hit eleven key passes and won 8 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hearts that ended 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Aberdeen in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Aberdeen, four draws and two defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Aberdeen has managed 3 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two crews are: four wins for Motherwell, one draw and five wins for Aberdeen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Watt 3 goals |   C. Ramírez 2 goals |  L. Grimshaw 1 goals |
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| Motherwell | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.8 | 2.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 3.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 6.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 11.2 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 40% |
- Aberdeen have the most points from losing position (5) in Premiership
| Motherwell | Last season | Aberdeen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 55 | 31 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 82% | ||
| 71% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 55% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 26% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 13% | ||
| 11% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 42% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 29% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 45% | ||
| 34% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 45% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.5 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hibernian | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Hearts | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Rangers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Celtic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Ross County | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Dundee | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 2 |
| 12 | Livingston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
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