Friday, at 19:45, Aberdeen receives Hearts of Middlothian’s visit to Pittodrie Stadium in the 37th round of the Scottish Championship. Without Hoban, Mackay-Steven and McGinn, white-and-white turn on favorites and have a declining share, given the momentum of the two.
Aberdeen is on the 4th place in the Premiership (goal 53-42), pointing to the podium team, Kilmarnock. After two consecutive defeats in the championship, Aberdeen came out of the European area, that is, on the podium in Scotland. Hearts is the last in the playoffs and is ranked 6th (40-46 goals), without any chance of qualifying in the upcoming European League.
Hearts does not have a great balance in this season’s game and the white-clover team has won a single match of the last six games. Besides a 3-0 in the Scottish Cup with Inverness, Hearts disappointed Kilmarnock (0-1), Rangers (1-3) and Hibernian (1-2). Instead, Aberdeen has scored in heavyweight games with Rangers (0-2) and Celtic (0-3), but the level difference between Scottish and Hearts is a difficult one to overlook.
Statistically, this direct duel has an interesting feature. The home team was forced to win each time in the last five games, so we witnessed two wins for Aberdeen (2-0 each time) and three for Hearts (2-1, 2-1 and 2-0). If history is repeated, then we can take advantage of this 1.66 share of the hosts, who come more motivated in the game. Without chances to qualify in the Europa League, Hearts only fight for pride this weekend.
PREDICTION: Aberdeen to win @ 1,66
