Aberdeen, still nursing their wounds from their Scottish Cup semi-final elimination, host Motherwell in Premiership round 24 on Saturday
The Steelmen journey to the Pittodrie Stadium on a run of three consecutive away wins and will look to keep the juggernaut rolling as they set out to end the eight-game winless run against the hosts
Aberdeen suffered a semi-final exit from the Scottish Cup as they were beaten on penalties by Celtic following a pulsating 3-3 draw in 120 at Glasgow’s Hampden Park.
Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn and James Forest found the back of the net to cancel out Bojan Miovski‘s early opener but Slovenian forward Ester Sokler came up clutch for the hosts as he netted a 90th-minute equaliser to take the game to extra time.
Matt O’Riley scored one minute into the second half of extra time to put Celtic, but once again Aberdeen upped the ante as Angus MacDonald netted with a minute to go to force penalties, where the Bhoys picked up a 6-5 victory.
Peter Leven‘s men now turn their attention to the Premiership, where they are on a four-game unbeaten run, picking up two wins and two draws since losing four consecutive games between February and March.
This impressive late-season form has been down to their recent turnaround at the defensive end of the pitch, where they have kept three clean sheets and conceded just once in their last four matches, having failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 11 games preceding this run.
With 35 points from 33 matches, Aberdeen find themselves in the bottom six after the league split and will be looking over their shoulders as they sit just five points above 15th-placed Ross County in th
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