Aberdeen vs Kilmarnock - prediction, team news, lineups

Aberdeen volition invited Kilmarnock to Pittodrie Stadium connected Saturday day for the opening lucifer of the Scottish Premiership post-split campaign.

The hosts are eighth successful the standings with 33 points, portion the visitors are 11th with 28 points from 33 games.

Match preview

Aberdeen person endured a mostly disappointing 2025-26, dropping from a fifth-placed decorativeness past play to placing eighth successful the pre-split Scottish Premiership campaign. 

The Dons picked up conscionable 33 points successful the 33 pre-split league fixtures, signaling 9 wins, six draws and 18 defeats successful that time. 

Now going into the post-split campaign, Stephen Robinson's broadside find themselves conscionable 5 points supra the relegation zone, and a decision connected Saturday would adjacent that spread to conscionable 2 points. 

Consequently, Robinson, who recorded his archetypal triumph arsenic Aberdeen manager successful the last pre-split fixture - defeating Hibernian 2-0 - volition beryllium looking to marque it back-to-back wins and widen their pb implicit the bottommost 2 to a sizeable 8 points. 

Meanwhile, Kilmarnock are 11th successful the array aft conscionable six wins, 10 draws and 17 defeats successful 33 pre-split fixtures, leaving them successful the relegation playoff spot and 2 points adrift from safety. 

Neil McCann, who was appointed successful January, has overseen a important betterment successful caller weeks, with his squad picking up 4 wins, 2 draws and suffering lone 4 defeats successful their past 10 games. 

Kilmarnock volition beryllium hoping to physique connected that signifier successful the last 5 matches of the run arsenic they look to debar competing successful the relegation playoff, starting by claiming each 3 points astatine Pittodrie connected Saturday.

Killie volition look to gully assurance from their astir caller brushwood with Aberdeen, having recorded a fantastic 3-0 triumph, but they person mislaid each of their past 4 visits to Pittodrie.

Aberdeen Scottish Premiership form:

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Aberdeen signifier (all competitions):

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Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership form:

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Team News

Aberdeen are without Nicky Devlin, Tom McIntyre, Mats Knoester, Nicholas Suman and Kristers Tobers for Saturday's lucifer owed to wounded issues. 

Robinson recorded his archetypal triumph arsenic Aberdeen manager successful their past outing, and the manager could opt to sanction an unchanged squad successful this one.

Kilmarnock volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon the services of Tyreece John-Jules, Djenairo Daniels and Matthew Kennedy owed to wounded problems. 

Joe Hugill has scored 2 goals successful his past 3 appearances for Killie, and the striker should commencement alongside Bruce Anderson connected Saturday.

Aberdeen imaginable starting lineup:

Mitov; Milne, Morrison, Molloy; Jensen, Aremu, Armstrong, Gyamfi; Cameron; Olusanya, Nisbet

Kilmarnock imaginable starting lineup:

Roos; Brandon, Stanger, Deas, Schjonning-Larsen; Kiltie, Lowery, Tshibola, Curtis; Anderson, Hugill

We say: Aberdeen 2-1 Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock whitethorn person improved since McCann's appointment, but Aberdeen volition beryllium boosted aft securing their archetypal triumph nether Robinson, and with their beardown grounds successful this fixture astatine Pittodrie, we are backing the Dons to triumph here.

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