Aberdeen v Dundee Utd prediction

Premiership · Sat, 05 Dec 2026 15:00 GMT · Pittodrie Stadium

Updated 6 Nov 2026, 01:34 UK · refreshed continuously

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TACTIX’s free model pick for Aberdeen v Dundee Utd, Premiership on Sat, 05 Dec 2026 15:00 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

Aberdeen host Dundee Utd in the Premiership on Saturday 5 December (kick-off 15:00 UK).

The key numbers

Dundee Utd have scored in six consecutive matches in all competitions.

Form and the table

Seven of Aberdeen’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (47%). Both teams scored in five of Aberdeen’s last 15 results in all competitions (33%). At home, Aberdeen have four wins, one draw and three defeats in their last 8 home matches in all competitions — 1.63 points per game, scoring 1.38 and conceding 0.63. Aberdeen have scored 12 goals, the fourth-fewest of the 12 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 11 games, ranked per game). Aberdeen have conceded 14 goals, the fifth-fewest of the 12 clubs.

Nine of Dundee Utd’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (60%). Both teams scored in five of Dundee Utd’s last 15 results in all competitions (33%). Away from home, Dundee Utd have two wins, two draws and three defeats in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 1.14 points per game, scoring 1.43 and conceding 1.57. Dundee Utd have scored 16 goals, the fifth-most of the 12 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 11 games, ranked per game). Dundee Utd have conceded 16 goals, the sixth-fewest of the 12 clubs.

Aberdeen have lost their last three matches in all competitions. Dundee Utd are unbeaten in their last six matches in all competitions. Aberdeen (10th) and Dundee Utd (sixth) are five points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Dundee Utd the stronger side, 212 rating points above Aberdeen (Dundee Utd 1711, Aberdeen 1498, after at least 201 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 24 October 2026, finished Dundee Utd 3–2 Aberdeen.

Team news

Predicted Aberdeen XI (4-2-3-1): M. Müller, N. Guinness-Walker, G. Molloy, C. Cadden, J. Milne, B. Lyons, S. Armstrong, A. Aremu, C. Ronan, F. Marshall, K. Nisbet — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Bradley Lyons (4.5 per match over five appearances, one goal) and Nesta Guinness-Walker (4.2 per match over 11 appearances, one goal) have been Aberdeen’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Aberdeen (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Bradley Lyons averages 0.8 key passes per 90 over 431 minutes, with a key pass in four of the last six appearances. Nesta Guinness-Walker averages 2.0 tackles per 90 over 945 minutes, with a tackle in eight of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted Dundee Utd XI (4-3-3): J. Walton, M. Forbes, B. Esselink, J. Rawlins, K. Ciubotaru, D. Tait, Z. Iqbal, L. Cameron, J. Randall, D. Bennie, Z. Sapsford — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Vicko Ševelj (5.7 per match over three appearances) and William Ferry (4.9 per match over six appearances, one goal and one assist) have been Dundee Utd’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Dundee Utd (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), William Ferry averages 2.6 tackles per 90 over 486 minutes, with a tackle in five of the last seven appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 05 Dec 2026 15:00 GMT · Premiership · Pittodrie Stadium
Head-to-head (last 6): Aberdeen 1 · draws 2 · Dundee Utd 3 · 2.33 goals/game
Recent form: Aberdeen 1W 0D 4L · Dundee Utd 3W 2D 0L

Aberdeen v Dundee Utd (Premiership): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 6 November 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.38 / 1.88

Goals

against 1.13 / 1.13 · 2 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

6.5 / 6.5

Corners

against 4.33 / 6.13 · 2 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 6 matches

4.33 / 6.63

Shots on target

against 4.17 / 4.5 · 3 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 6 matches

1.67 / 2.38

Cards

against 1.67 / 2 · 1 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 6 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 31 October 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 31 October 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Aberdeen for / against	Line	Dundee Utd for / against
Goals scored	1.38 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.88 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	6.5 for · 4.33 against n 6 Last 5	9.5standard	6.5 for · 6.13 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	15.83 for · 11.67 against n 6 Last 5	19.5standard	15.25 for · 17 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	4.33 for · 4.17 against n 6 Last 5	8.5standard	6.63 for · 4.5 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	11.5 for · 10.17 against n 6 Last 5	21.5standard	10.88 for · 11.25 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	1.67 for · 1.67 against n 6 Last 5	3.5standard	2.38 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5

Aberdeen

Aberdeen Goalkeeper

Aberdeen — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
M. Müller	11	90990 min	423.8 /90	70.6 /90	00 /90

Aberdeen — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Aberdeen before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Müller n 8	90	3.9 7/5

Aberdeen Defensive

Aberdeen — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
N. Guinness-Walker	11	86945 min	212 /90	171.6 /90	80.8 /90	646.1 /90	60.6 /90	00 /90
C. Cadden	11	85932 min	181.7 /90	131.3 /90	50.5 /90	393.8 /90	70.7 /90	20.2 /90
G. Molloy	8	71564 min	101.6 /90	111.8 /90	20.3 /90	294.6 /90	30.5 /90	00 /90
L. Mayo	7	80560 min	71.1 /90	91.4 /90	40.6 /90	223.5 /90	71.1 /90	50.8 /90
M. Knoester	6	81483 min	81.5 /90	91.7 /90	30.6 /90	183.4 /90	30.6 /90	10.2 /90
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Aberdeen — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Aberdeen before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
M. Müller n 8	90	0 0/0	0.3 2/0	—
N. Guinness-Walker n 8	85.3	0.7 4/1	1.1 6/1	—
C. Cadden n 8	84.9	0.4 3/0	0.8 5/1	—
K. Nisbet n 8	78.6	0.7 3/1	0.7 5/0	—
S. Armstrong n 8	58.9	1.7 4/3	1 5/0	—
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Aberdeen — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Aberdeen before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
N. Guinness-Walker n 8	85.3	1.6 6/4
C. Cadden n 8	84.9	1.6 6/5
K. Nisbet n 8	78.6	0.9 3/1
S. Armstrong n 8	58.9	1.3 5/2
A. Mouloua n 8	38.6	2.6 7/2
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Aberdeen Attacking

Aberdeen — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
K. Nisbet	11	82899 min	40.4 /90	30.3 /90	262.6 /90	121.2 /90	90.9 /90	50.5 /90
A. Mouloua	11	35386 min	20.5 /90	00 /90	92.1 /90	51.2 /90	51.2 /90	30.7 /90
T. Olusanya	10	62623 min	00 /90	00 /90	30.4 /90	00 /90	91.3 /90	00 /90
L. Smith	7	47327 min	00 /90	00 /90	61.7 /90	10.3 /90	82.2 /90	51.4 /90
M. Ntelo	3	51153 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.6 /90	10.6 /90	10.6 /90	21.2 /90
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Aberdeen — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Aberdeen before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
M. Müller n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
N. Guinness-Walker n 8	85.3	0.9 5/1	0.3 2/0
C. Cadden n 8	84.9	0.5 2/2	0.1 1/0
K. Nisbet n 8	78.6	2.9 7/6	1.3 4/2
S. Armstrong n 8	58.9	0.4 1/1	0.2 1/0
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Aberdeen — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Aberdeen before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
M. Müller n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
N. Guinness-Walker n 8	85.3	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
C. Cadden n 8	84.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
K. Nisbet n 8	78.6	0.4 3/0	0.3 2/0
S. Armstrong n 8	58.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Dundee Utd

Dundee Utd Goalkeeper

Dundee Utd — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Walton	11	90990 min	373.4 /90	111 /90	00 /90

Dundee Utd — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Dundee Utd before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Walton n 8	90	3.2 6/6

Dundee Utd Defensive

Dundee Utd — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
M. Forbes	11	90990 min	100.9 /90	161.5 /90	121.1 /90	797.2 /90	50.5 /90	20.2 /90
B. Esselink	11	87962 min	100.9 /90	161.5 /90	151.4 /90	555.1 /90	80.7 /90	10.1 /90
Joshua Rawlins	10	88881 min	151.5 /90	80.8 /90	40.4 /90	272.8 /90	60.6 /90	00 /90
K. Ciubotaru	7	81566 min	172.7 /90	81.3 /90	30.5 /90	304.8 /90	40.6 /90	00 /90
W. Ferry	6	74441 min	142.9 /90	132.7 /90	30.6 /90	316.3 /90	61.2 /90	20.4 /90
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Dundee Utd — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Dundee Utd before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
M. Forbes n 8	90	0.3 2/0	1 5/2	—
J. Walton n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0	—
B. Esselink n 8	90	0.8 3/3	0.8 4/2	—
J. Randall n 8	68.6	0.3 2/0	0.7 3/1	—
D. Bennie n 8	60	1.3 3/2	0.4 2/0	—
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Dundee Utd — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Dundee Utd before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
M. Forbes n 8	90	1.1 5/3
B. Esselink n 8	90	0.8 5/1
J. Randall n 8	68.6	1 4/2
D. Bennie n 8	60	0.8 3/1
L. Rose n 8	24.9	0 0/0
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Dundee Utd Attacking

Dundee Utd — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
J. Randall	11	69757 min	20.2 /90	30.4 /90	141.7 /90	91.1 /90	232.7 /90	81 /90
D. Bennie	11	55605 min	10.1 /90	10.1 /90	182.7 /90	50.7 /90	101.5 /90	60.9 /90
L. Rose	11	32351 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	92.3 /90	41 /90	51.3 /90	00 /90
Z. Sapsford	10	54539 min	30.5 /90	00 /90	132.2 /90	61 /90	101.7 /90	30.5 /90
N. Farrugia	7	28195 min	10.5 /90	00 /90	52.3 /90	20.9 /90	31.4 /90	10.5 /90
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Dundee Utd — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Dundee Utd before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
M. Forbes n 8	90	1.3 4/3	0.3 2/0
J. Walton n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
B. Esselink n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
J. Randall n 8	68.6	1.6 6/2	1.1 5/1
D. Bennie n 8	60	2.8 7/4	0.9 4/1
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Dundee Utd — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Dundee Utd before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
M. Forbes n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
J. Walton n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
B. Esselink n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
J. Randall n 8	68.6	0.3 2/0	0.3 2/0
D. Bennie n 8	60	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Aberdeen v Dundee Utd — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

AberdeenLWLLL

Last 5: 1W 0D 4L · 1 scored / 1.4 conceded per game

Dundee UtdWWDWD

Last 5: 3W 2D 0L · 2 scored / 1 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Aberdeen 1 · 2 draws · Dundee Utd 3 · 2.33 goals/game

2026-10-24 Dundee Utd 3–2 Aberdeen
2026-05-09 Aberdeen 2–0 Dundee Utd
2026-02-24 Dundee Utd 0–0 Aberdeen
2025-12-27 Aberdeen 1–1 Dundee Utd
2025-09-23 Dundee Utd 2–0 Aberdeen
2025-05-17 Dundee Utd 2–1 Aberdeen

League standing · 2026/27

Aberdeen#10 pos11 pts11 pl-2 GD

Dundee Utd#6 pos16 pts11 pl0 GD

Goals per game

Aberdeen scored1.09

Dundee Utd scored1.45

Aberdeen conceded1.27

Dundee Utd conceded1.45

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What is the head-to-head record between Aberdeen and Dundee Utd?: In their last 6 meetings, Aberdeen won 1, Dundee Utd won 3 and there were 2 draws, averaging 2.33 goals per game.
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