Dundee vs Aberdeen - prediction, team news, lineups

Dundee invited Aberdeen to Dens Park connected Saturday day for a matchday 2 clash successful the Scottish Premiership. 

The hosts mislaid 1-0 to Celtic successful their archetypal crippled of the season, portion the visitors got their run underway with a 2-1 triumph against Hearts.

Match preview

Dundee had a mixed 2025-26 Scottish Premiership campaign, finishing eighth successful the array with 42 points aft 11 wins, 9 draws and 18 defeats from 38 league fixtures. 

Steven Pressley's broadside subsequently endured a challenging pre-season, winning lone 1 of their 4 affable matches, including defeats to Maccabi Haifa (2-1) and Livingston (2-0) and a gully with Brechin City (1-1). 

However, the Dark Blue did rebound during their opening matches of the 2026-27 season, winning 3 and drafting 1 - going connected to suffer connected penalties - of their 4 Scottish League Cup radical fixtures, securing their spot successful the 2nd circular against Aberdeen. 

Dundee did neglect to transportation that momentum into the opening crippled of the word against champions Celtic, with Benjamin Nygren's onslaught sealing a 1-0 triumph for the Bhoys, though it could person been respective much if not for Kasper Hogh's mediocre finishing. 

Pressley will, however, instrumentality encouragement from aspects of their performance, including creating 1 large accidental and taking 11 shots against Celtic, and the manager volition beryllium hopeful his broadside tin physique connected that show and unafraid a triumph connected Saturday. 

Meanwhile, Aberdeen person enjoyed a flawless commencement to their archetypal afloat play nether Stephen Robinson's management, with the Dons winning each of their archetypal 5 games of the 2026-27 campaign. 

Aberdeen comfortably secured apical spot successful Group A of the Scottish League Cup, scoring 11 goals and conceding conscionable 2 arsenic they won each 4 games, and they followed that up with a singular comeback triumph against Hearts successful the Scottish Premiership. 

Aberdeen fell down successful the archetypal fractional to an Oisin McEntee goal, but 2 goals successful the 90th infinitesimal sealed a stunning comeback triumph for the Dons, with Lewis Mayo equalising successful the 90th infinitesimal earlier Kevin Nisbet scored the victor from the punishment spot 5 minutes later. 

The Dons volition present beryllium looking to physique connected that triumph successful their upcoming double-header against Dundee, but the visitors bash person a disappointing caller grounds successful this fixture, having mislaid each of their past 2 meetings.

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Team News

Simon Murray and Joe Westley each scored 2 goals during Dundee's Scottish League Cup radical stage, and contempt failing to deed the nett against Celtic, the duo should proceed successful attack. 

Charlie Reilly, who scored 3 goals during the radical signifier of the cup, should besides support his spot connected the near flank, with Joe Bevan providing enactment from the other wing.

As for Aberdeen, Kevin Nisbet has had a superb commencement to the caller campaign, scoring six goals during the Scottish League Cup radical signifier and scoring the precocious victor successful the opening league crippled against Hearts, and the guardant volition look to proceed his scoring signifier connected Saturday. 

Several different players from the triumph implicit Hearts should besides support their spots successful the team, including goalscorer Mayo alongside Daniel Happe successful cardinal defence, with Chris Cadden and Nesta Guinness-Walker successful the full-back positions.

Dundee imaginable starting lineup:

Goodman; Wright, Astley, O Bevan, Odutayo; J Bevan, Hamilton, Finnigan, Reilly; Westley, Murray

Aberdeen imaginable starting lineup:

Muller; Cadden, Mayo, Happe, Guinness-Walker; Lyons, Afeez; Olusanya, Ronan, Yogane; Nisbet

We say: Dundee 1-3 Aberdeen

Aberdeen person enjoyed a superb commencement to the play nether Robinson, portion Dundee person already faltered successful aggregate matches, and fixed that stark opposition successful form, we are backing the distant broadside to travel distant with each 3 points.

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