Aberdeen vs Kilmarnock Prediction: Aberdeen to pick another win

The match for round 31 of the Scottish Premiership will take place at Pittodrie Stadium and will feature Aberdeen taking on Kilmarnock. The host team comes into this match riding a wave of momentum, while their opponent, Kilmarnock, is still fighting to avoid being demoted.

After beating St. Johnstone by a score of 0-1 in the Premiership, Aberdeen will be looking for more of the same and will be encouraged by their previous performance. Throughout that game, Aberdeen controlled possession for 65.0% of the time and had 12 shots on goal, with only three of them finding the target. St. Johnstone, the team they played against, had a total of 14 shots on goal, just six of which were on target. The goal for St. Johnstone came via an own goal scored by Remi Matthews in the 3rd minute. Aberdeen, coached by Barry Robson, has been rewarded for their shots on goal a total of 11 times over the course of their most recent six matches, which works out to an average of 1.83 goals scored per game. Coming into this matchup, Aberdeen had a streak of three consecutive home league matches in which they had not been defeated.

Kilmarnock comes into the match riding high after defeating Hearts by a score of 2-1 in their most recent Premiership match. Throughout that match, Kilmarnock had 36% possession of the ball and 17 shots on goal, with only 4 of those shots being on target. Daniel Armstrong in the 22nd minute and Christian Doidge in the 45th minute were the ones to score for Kilmarnock. At the other end of the field, Hearts had ten shots on goal, with three of them finding the back of the target. The goal for Hearts was scored by Lawrence Shankland. Kilmarnock's opponents have scored at least one goal against them in each of their previous six matches, for a total of ten goals scored by their opponents. Kilmarnock have not won against Aberdeen in any of the five league meetings that have taken place away from their home stadium in the previous season. In no way satisfactory, they are winless in their previous 18 matches played away from their home venue in the league.

A look back at their previous head-to-head matches, which date all the way back to March 4, 2020, reveals that Aberdeen have won 4 of these games, while Kilmarnock have won 1, and the total number of games in which they have drawn is 1. During the course of those encounters, a total of 16 goals were scored between the two teams, with the Dons contributing 11 of those goals and Killie contributing 5 of their own. That works out to an average of 2.67 goals scored per game.

Notwithstanding the difficulty that will be presented by Kilmarnock, we predict that Aberdeen will be able to pick up another win here and extend their winning streak despite the competition that they will face. In the meantime, we predict that the away team won't score in a game that looks like it will have few possibilities to score goals. A pick that has Aberdeen winning at home by a score of 2-0 is a strong one.