Preview: Motherwell vs. Aberdeen - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams looking to extremity winless runs successful the Scottish Premiership are acceptable to travel unneurotic connected Sunday day erstwhile Motherwell play big to Aberdeen astatine Fir Park.

The hosts are sixth successful the array with 27 points from their 20 fixtures, portion the visitors are 4th successful the standings with 34 points from their 20 games played.

Match preview

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After finishing eighth successful the pre-split array successful each of the past 2 seasons, Motherwell would person been aiming to instrumentality to the apical fractional of the Scottish Premiership standings this term.

Stuart Kettlewell's men person made bully connected this nonsubjective truthful far, but their presumption successful the apical six has been progressively astatine hazard owed to their ongoing slump successful signifier implicit the past weeks.

The Steelmen presently beryllium sixth successful the array with 27 points from their 20 matches played, aft 8 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses, but their caller tally of 4 games without a triumph has allowed seventh-placed Hibernian to adjacent the spread to conscionable 2 points.

However, Motherwell person played a crippled less than some seventh-placed Hibernian and fifth-placed St Mirren, who are besides connected 27 points, but they volition inactive privation to instrumentality to winning ways present to debar perchance dropping into the bottommost half.

A matchup with besides struggling Aberdeen could supply the cleanable accidental for 1 of these sides to interruption their winless streaks, with the Dons heading into this 1 without a triumph of their ain successful the past 9 outings.

That marks a sizeable downturn from the phenomenal commencement to the play that Aberdeen enjoyed, which saw Jimmy Thelin's broadside stay unbeaten successful their opening 16 matches crossed each competitions, winning 15 and drafting one.

They suffered their archetypal decision of the run successful a humiliating 6-0 nonaccomplishment to Celtic successful the Scottish League Cup semi-final, and portion they initially bounced backmost with a 4-1 triumph against Dundee, they person since gone without a triumph successful the consequent 9 outings.

The Dons person present mislaid six and drawn 3 of their past nine, including suffering defeats successful each of their past 4 matches, resulting successful them slipping down the array and into 4th place.

Thelin volition beryllium hopeless for his broadside to halt the ongoing streak and debar slipping immoderate further down the standings, leaving Aberdeen hoping to unafraid their 4th consecutive triumph against the Steelmen.

Motherwell Scottish Premiership form:

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Team News

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The hosts volition beryllium without the services of Callum Slattery (knee), Lennon Miller (ankle) and Ross Callachan (hamstring) for this lucifer owed to ongoing wounded issues.

A disappointing show against Hearts successful their past outing saw Kettlewell marque aggregate changes astatine half-time, and the manager is apt to marque further changes here.

As for Aberdeen, they are incapable to telephone upon Jack Milne (ankle), Pape Habib Gueye (muscle) and Vicente Besuijen for this match, portion Ester Sokler is besides a doubt.

Elsewhere, contempt falling to decision against Dundee, determination were signs of betterment successful Aberdeen's performance, meaning Thelin could sanction a akin broadside successful this one.

Motherwell imaginable starting lineup:
Oxborough; Casey, Gordon, Blaney; O'Donnell, Halliday, Zdravkovski, Wilson; Ebiye, Vale; Watt

We say: Motherwell 1-1 Aberdeen

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