Aberdeen’s first Scottish Premiership home game of the season will see them welcome Celtic to Pittodrie on Sunday afternoon.

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📂 Aberdeen v Celtic Cheat Sheet

📈 Aberdeen v Celtic Form & Tactics

Jimmy Thelin said his team “were not really there” following Aberdeen's  2-0 loss to Hearts. Having watched that game on Monday night, I find it difficult to disagree with the Dons boss’s post-match comments. 

Aberdeen opted for a relatively light pre-season schedule in terms of friendly fixtures, and I thought that their lack of match sharpness was evident at Tynecastle, particularly in the final third. The Dons looked toothless in attack in their season opener, mustering up just 1 on-target effort across the entire match.

Having opted for a rare switch to a 3-5-2 formation against Celtic in last season’s Scottish Cup final, Thelin reverted to type by going with his preferred  4-2-3-1 system against Hearts on Monday night. Therefore, it will be interesting to see which system the Don's boss decides to set his team up with on Sunday afternoon.

While Celtic were pushed all the way by St Mirren last weekend, there is no denying that Brendan Rodgers and his team got the victory that their performance deserved. The Hoops dominated possession (76%) and won the xG battle 1.40 to 0.27, hitting the woodwork on no fewer than four occasions. 

Ahead of last week’s win over St Mirren, I highlighted Celtic’s knack for racking up high corner counts, and they continued in that vein by earning 12 flag kicks in their season opener.

It was no surprise to see Celtic line up with their tried and tested 4-3-3 formation last Sunday, with captain Callum McGregor sitting at the base of the Bhoys’ midfield.

Kieran Tierney's second debut for the club was cut short last week, leading to fears that the left-back had suffered another injury; however, Celtic boss Rodgers has since played down any suggestions of a setback.

🏁 Ref Watch

John Beaton

• John Beaton has averaged 3.90 cards per game across the 105 Scottish Premiership matches that he has taken charge of.

• John Beaton flashed 6 yellow cards during Falkirk’s 2-2 draw with Dundee United last Sunday, with each of those 6 yellow cards arriving in the second half of that game.

📊 Aberdeen v Celtic Key Stats

• Aberdeen have won just five of their last 28 matches in the Scottish Premiership.

• Aberdeen were shown 3+ yellow cards in four of their six meetings with Celtic last season.

• Sivert Heltne Nilsen was shown 13 yellow cards across his 34 appearances for Aberdeen last season, three of which came against Celtic.

• Celtic scored a combined total of 20 goals across their six matches with Aberdeen last season.

• Celtic racked up 12 corners in their 1-0 win over St Mirren last Sunday.

• Daizen Maeda scored 5 goals against Aberdeen last season.

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