Aberdeen vs Falkirk - prediction, team news, lineups

Aberdeen volition invited Falkirk to Pittodrie Stadium connected Wednesday nighttime for a matchday 11 clash successful the Scottish Premiership. 

The hosts are ninth successful the standings with 11 points, 1 constituent and 2 spots down the seventh-placed visitors.

Match preview

Aberdeen person experienced a mixed commencement to the 2026-27 season, sitting ninth successful the Scottish Premiership with 11 points from 10 matches portion besides securing their spot successful the Scottish League Cup semi-finals.

The Dons, who person defeated Dundee and Kilmarnock en way to their semi-final clash against Rangers, person had a tougher clip successful the league, signaling 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. 

Aberdeen person been astatine their champion erstwhile playing astatine home, winning two, drafting 1 and losing 2 of 5 league games astatine Pittodrie, portion besides winning 3 of 3 Scottish League Cup fixtures astatine their location ground. 

In the league, Aberdeen's antiaircraft grounds astatine Pittodrie has been impressive, conceding lone 4 goals successful 5 location matches, though lone 5 goals scored successful that clip volition beryllium a concern. 

After scoring 3 of those 5 goals successful their past location lucifer against St Mirren - a 3-1 triumph - Aberdeen volition beryllium anxious to physique connected that effect and bounce backmost from the weekend's constrictive distant decision to Dundee United.

Falkirk, however, caput into Wednesday's brushwood afloat of assurance pursuing back-to-back Scottish Premiership victories, which person lifted them to seventh successful the table. 

The Bairns endured a miserable commencement to the season, suffering a daze elimination from the Scottish League Cup radical signifier and failing to triumph immoderate of their opening 5 league games, with 3 defeats and 2 draws. 

However, John McGlynn's broadside person present won three, drawn 1 and mislaid lone 1 of their past five, portion they are besides unbeaten connected the roadworthy successful 3 consecutive matches, including a triumph against Hibernian successful their past distant game.

McGlynn volition beryllium anxious for his broadside to proceed gathering connected those results with different triumph connected Wednesday, which could instrumentality Falkirk into the apical fractional of the array depending connected results elsewhere. 

Falkirk person had the precocious manus successful caller editions of this matchup, including 2 wins and 1 gully successful their past 3 encounters.

Aberdeen Scottish Premiership form:

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Team News

Stephen Robinson volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon Kristers Tobers owed to a genu injury, portion the remainder of the squad should beryllium disposable for selection.

Kevin Nisbet is Aberdeen's apical scorer this word with 13 goals crossed each competitions, and the striker volition look to marque the quality again connected Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Falkirk are contending with injuries to Aidan Nesbitt, Aodhan Doherty, Ethan Laidlaw, Joe Gardner and Keelan Adams.

Following back-to-back league wins, including a 3-0 triumph astatine the weekend, McGlynn is apt to sanction a mostly unchanged starting 11 for Wednesday's clash with the Dons.

Aberdeen imaginable starting lineup:

Muller; Cadden, Milne, Ronan, Molloy, Guinness-Walker; Lyons, Afeez, Armstrong; Nisbet, Mouloua

Falkirk imaginable starting lineup:

Bain; Strain, Neilson, Henderson, McCann; Spencer, Melniks; Ross, Barbrook, Eames; Murrell

We say: Aberdeen 1-2 Falkirk

Falkirk volition beryllium afloat of assurance aft back-to-back victories, and arsenic they person besides won 2 of the past 3 clashes with Aberdeen, we are predicting the visitors to win.

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