Aberdeen vs Kilmarnock - prediction, team news, lineups

Aberdeen invited winless Kilmarnock to Pittodrie Stadium for a Scottish Premiership matchup connected Saturday. 

Saturday's brushwood volition beryllium the archetypal of 2 consecutive meetings betwixt the sides, with the Dons and Killie acceptable to clash adjacent Saturday successful the Scottish League Cup.

Match preview

After making a superb commencement to the campaign, winning each of their opening 5 matches, Aberdeen person subsequently suffered 3 defeats successful their past 4 outings. 

The Dons opened the 2026-27 play with 4 wins from 4 Scottish League Cup radical games, followed by dramatically defeating Hearts 2-1 connected matchday 1 of the Scottish Premiership play - scoring 2 goals past the 90th-minute to seal the 3 points. 

Stephen Robinson's broadside went connected to suffer 2-0 to Dundee earlier securing their revenge with a 3-0 triumph implicit the Dark Blue successful the 2nd circular of the league cup, mounting up a third-round gathering with Saturday's opponents.

Aberdeen person since suffered back-to-back losses to the Old Firm duo, losing 1-0 to Rangers earlier suffering a 3-0 decision to Celtic, leaving the Dons heading into this fixture having mislaid each of their past 3 league games. 

As a result, the Dons volition present beryllium anxious to halt that losing streak and assertion a much-needed league triumph implicit Kilmarnock, portion besides securing the upper-hand implicit Killie up of adjacent weekend's Scottish League Cup gathering astatine Rugby Park.

Despite their caller difficulties, Aberdeen volition beryllium sizeable favourites to seal each 3 points, with Killie heading into Saturday's crippled disconnected the backmost of 4 consecutive league losses. 

Kilmarnock are the lone squad successful the Scottish Premiership yet to enactment a constituent connected the board, portion nary broadside has conceded much than their 14 goals conceded successful 4 league matches. 

Neil McCann's broadside person lone had enjoyment successful the League Cup this campaign, winning 3 and drafting 2 of their 5 games en way to the 3rd round, and they volition beryllium hoping to replicate that occurrence successful the archetypal of their double-header with Aberdeen connected Saturday.

Kilmarnock volition person to flooded their miserable caller grounds astatine Pittodrie if they are to assertion immoderate points, with Killie losing each of their past 5 visits to Aberdeen's location ground.

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Team News

Aberdeen volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon Brad Lyons, Emmanuel Gyamfi, Kusini Yengi and Kristers Tobers owed to ongoing wounded issues. 

Robinson made 4 changes astatine half-time with the Dons 3-0 down to Celtic, and aft an improved second-half showing, each 4 could commencement connected Saturday. 

Meanwhile, Kilmarnock's lone forced lack owed to wounded is anticipated to beryllium Robbie Deas, who is retired until aboriginal this period with a ft issue.

Despite losing 1-0 to St Mirren past clip out, aspects of the show were encouraging, meaning McCann whitethorn sanction an unchanged starting 11 connected Saturday.

Aberdeen imaginable starting lineup:

Muller; Cadden, Mayo, Knoester, Guinness-Walker; Smith, Armstrong, Ronan, Ntelo; Olusanya, Nisbet

Kilmarnock imaginable starting lineup:

Stryjek; McCarthy, Stanger, Yfeko; Ring, O'Hara, Lowery, Schjonning-Larsen; Kiltie; John-Jules, Hugill

We say: Aberdeen 2-1 Kilmarnock

Although Aberdeen person mislaid each of their past 3 league games, Kilmarnock person a disastrous caller grounds astatine Pittodrie and are winless successful the league this term, starring america to expect a location victory.

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