FootyMAD's Dundee Utd match preview

History of the Dundee United v Aberdeen fixture

Aberdeen face a trip to Dundee United at Tannadice Park on Saturday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2008, with Dundee Utd. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009	Sat 20 Sep	Aberdeen	0 - 1	Dundee Utd.	SPL
2007/2008	Sat 03 May	Aberdeen	2 - 1	Dundee Utd.	SPL
2007/2008	Tue 05 Feb	Aberdeen	1 - 4	Dundee Utd.	SLGC
2007/2008	Sat 19 Jan	Dundee Utd.	3 - 0	Aberdeen	SPL
2007/2008	Sat 03 Nov	Aberdeen	2 - 0	Dundee Utd.	SPL
2007/2008	Sat 04 Aug	Dundee Utd.	1 - 0	Aberdeen	SPL
2006/2007	Sat 07 Apr	Aberdeen	2 - 4	Dundee Utd.	SPL

Recent respective form guides

Dundee United have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. The The Terrors have scored 10 and conceded 3 during this period.

The Dons have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Dundee Utd. find themselves in a respectable 3rd position, courtesy of the 16 points they have accumulated from 11 games. Aberdeen see themselves just below half way in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, showing a record of 14 points from their 11 games played so far,

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Dundee Utd.	6	4	2	0	11	4	14
Aberdeen	6	2	1	3	8	10	7

FootyMad's prediction ...

Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the The Terrors. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Dundee Utd.	Won 5 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Aberdeen	4 games since last defeat.