DomainJava.com – Aberdeen vs Ross County prediction in Scottish Premier match, Aberdeen will hope their recent heavy defeat ends when they host Ross County at Pittodrie in the Scottish Premiership on Thursday.
Having kept pace with Celtic for most of the season so far, the Dons now look in danger of not finishing in the top six if their current form continues.
Aberdeen started the season with 31 points out of a possible 33 available, beating Rangers and drawing at Celtic.
However, since then, things have only gotten worse, with a 1-0 defeat at Tannadice against Dundee United on Sunday extending their eight-game winless run which saw them yield just three points.
Jimmy Thelin's side had a sizeable lead over Rangers before this heartbreaking defeat, but are now in third place, and potentially just a few games away from dropping further.
After a 4-0 defeat at Kilmarnock on Boxing Day, the team's morale will be at rock bottom after losing in the final minute of injury time on Sunday, and they may be just seven points adrift of the top six heading into the weekend.
One positive they can take is that they have an excellent record against Ross County, with the Dons now unbeaten in nine games against their upcoming opponents, with six wins.
However, the visitors enter this match on a positive note, boosted by a dramatic comeback at the weekend.
Don Cowie saw his side lose four in a row before Christmas, conceding 13 goals in the process, but they have now taken four points from the two games since then to move away from bottom.
County were able to rescue a point superbly despite going into the 97th minute trailing 2-0 at home to Hearts on Sunday.
Joshua Nisbet and Jordan White then scored two quick goals to stun the out-of-form Jam Tarts to ensure they remained in 10th place going into the game.
The result came after an impressive 3-0 win over Dundee on Boxing Day, meaning they are now five points clear of St Johnstone at the bottom of the table.
Improvement in front of goal has been crucial in those two games, with five goals scored compared to just 14 in their first 18 games of the season, but they will need to remain consistent considering they are still the team with the fewest goals scored in the division.
Not much has changed in Aberdeen's starting XI despite their poor performance, but there could be a change in attack, with Ester Sokler failing to make a big impact at the weekend.
Peter Ambrose and Kevin Nisbet are other options to replace Sokler, but the trio has only scored six goals so far this season.
Regarding injuries, they are still missing Pape Habib Gueye and Vicente Besuijen in attack, while Jack Milne is still absent in defense.
Ross County were without Eli Campbell after he made an early exit shortly after scoring the opener against Hibernian in mid-December.
Fellow defender Will Nightingale is also undergoing treatment, along with striker Alex Samuel, with White likely to put pressure on Ronan Hale to start up front following his goals from the bench in two consecutive games.
(source: Sportsmole)
Aberdeen vs Ross County Player Predictions
Aberdeen : Mitov; Devlin, Rubezic, Molloy, Mackenzie; Palaversa, Nilsen; McGrath, Clarkson, Central; K Nisbet
Ross County : Amissah; Efete, Leak, Lopata, Wright, Harmon; Randall, Grieves, J Nisbet, Chilvers; White
Aberdeen vs Ross County Score Prediction: 1-1
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