Aberdeen – Partick Thistle

Aberdeen can move up to the second place in the standings with a home win today, but they will meet a resilient opponent in Premiership newcomers Partick Thistle.

Aberdeen has a really great squad this year, they keep improving lately and maybe they could even challenge Celtic for the title in the next 2-3 years. But for the moment Aberdeen is fighting for the 2nd place this season. They had a patch of bad form due to some injury problems but they recovered and are now on a three match winning streak in all competitions, keeping a clean sheet in all three games. Aberdeen has the best defense in the league with just 8 goals conceded in 11 rounds of football and at home they only conceded three times. Impressive stats from the Dons.

Partick Thistle are freshly promoted to the Premiership, they lack experience and financial support and were expected to be easy opponents for every playoff team, struggling to avoid relegation. Despite the critics, Partick has played great so far by their standards: 8th place, just 7 behind Aberdeen and a solid display of football overall. However, the visitors got the vast majority of their points against teams in the bottom half of the table, basically all their points if we exclude the win over Inverness. Besides this, Partick is in very bad form at the moment, with 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses in their last 7 games in all competitions. They did play better in their last 2 games, winning against Inverness and losing 1-2 at home to Celtic. A bright spot for Partick is their play on the road, where they won 3 out of 5 games played.

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Team news: Aberdeen continues to struggle a little bit with injuries, but the list is getting shorter. For today only Shaughnessy, Robertson, Magennis, Murray and Clark are unavailable. Partick will miss McMillan and Fraser.

These two teams met just 6 weeks ago in the Premiership and Aberdeen won the game 3-0 on the road, while Partick was in very good form. Partick has won a single game since then.

Partick are impressing people because they were expected to be very bad and they are not, but if you look at their results against top teams and their current form, you realize they have their obvious limits. They also decreased their level of play after a very good start to the season. Aberdeen are a much better team, they are in great form and are in need for points, so they should do well at home today. Partick has been really impressive on the road so far, but on the other hand they struggle to score and they will face the best defense in the Premiership today. Aberdeen plays good at home so I expect them to dominate possession, stay safe at the back and patiently try to get the winning goal/goals. Over 90 minutes they should get them and eventually come out on top over Partick Thistle. It`s no surprise that the odds are going down at high speeds, the facts clearly indicate a win for the home side.

My pick is a solid victory today for the Dons. Aberdeen – Partick Thistle 2-0.

Pick: Aberdeen
Odds: 1.70 @ William Hill
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 5.60
Event date: 4 November

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