Aberdeen vs Dundee United - prediction, team news, lineups

Aberdeen invited Dundee United to Pittodrie Stadium connected Saturday day for a matchday 36 clash successful the Scottish Premiership.

The hosts are eighth successful the standings with 37 points from 35 games, portion the visitors are seventh with 43 points from 35 fixtures.

Match preview

Aberdeen had a disappointing pre-split 2025-26 Scottish Premiership campaign, falling from a fifth-placed decorativeness past twelvemonth to placing eighth this season. 

The Dons endured a peculiarly disastrous tally betwixt December and April, winning conscionable 1 of 16 league fixtures, featuring 12 defeats and 3 draws. 

Stephen Robinson was appointed from St Mirren towards the extremity of that run, with the nonsubjective of turning their signifier astir and steering them wide of the relegation battle, and aft failing to triumph his archetypal 3 games, the manager has overseen an betterment successful caller outings.

Robinson has present guided Aberdeen to 2 wins and 1 gully successful their past 3 league fixtures, extending their pb implicit the relegation portion to a sizeable 7 points with conscionable 3 matches near to play. 

Now with the accidental to unafraid their information erstwhile they instrumentality connected Dundee United, Robinson volition besides beryllium hoping to assertion each 3 points and physique a affirmative instauration up of the 2026-27 term. 

The Tangerines likewise dropped from a top-half decorativeness past play to competing successful the relegation radical of the post-split campaign, having finished 4th past twelvemonth earlier falling to seventh this term. 

Despite a affirmative extremity to the pre-spit season, winning four, drafting 3 and losing 2 of their past 9 games, Dundee Utd narrowly missed retired connected a top-six decorativeness by six points. 

Jim Goodwin's men continued their momentum with a 3-0 triumph against rivals Dundee successful the opening post-split match, but they volition present beryllium hoping to bounce backmost from a disappointing 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Kilmarnock past weekend. 

A triumph would assistance them 9 points wide of Aberdeen astatine the apical of the relegation radical table, portion a decision would spot the Dons adjacent the spread connected sixth to conscionable 3 points.

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Team News

Aberdeen are dealing with wounded issues to Nick Suman, Nicky Devlin, Kristers Tobers, Tom McIntyre and Emmanuel Gyamfi, portion Jack Milne whitethorn besides beryllium a uncertainty to commencement aft coming disconnected injured successful the gully with Livingston. 

Mats Knoester could regenerate Milne successful defence, starting alongside Liam Morrison and Gavin Molloy, portion the remainder of the starting broadside whitethorn stay unchanged.

Meanwhile, Dundee United are contending with injuries to Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Isaac Pappoe, Luca Stephenson, Kristijan Trapanovski and Amar Fatah.

Off the backmost of a lacklustre nonaccomplishment to Kilmarnock past weekend, Goodwin could determine to marque galore changes connected Saturday, meaning the likes of Vicko Sevelj, Ivan Dolcek, Craig Sibbald and Johnny Russell could start.

Aberdeen imaginable starting lineup:

Mitov; Knoester, Morrison, Molloy; Jensen, Geiger, Afeez, Frame; Armstrong; Olusanya, Nisbet

Dundee United imaginable starting lineup:

Richards; Cleall-Harding, Graham, Keresztes; Naamo, Sevelj, Sibbald, Ferry; Russell, Watters, Dolcek

We say: Aberdeen 1-1 Dundee United

Aberdeen person improved since the accomplishment of Robinson, but the Tangerines are undefeated successful their past six meetings with the Dons, starring america to expect a hard-fought draw.

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