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Aberdeen will host Celtic at the Pittodrie Stadium on Saturday in the semifinals of the 2023-24 Scottish Cup.
The home side have had their struggles in the league this season but remain hopeful of extending their cup run on Saturday. They faced Kilmarnock in the previous round of the tournament last month picking up a 3-1 victory via goals from Jamie McGrath and Graeme Shinnie.
Celtic meanwhile are on the hunt for a third consecutive Scottish Premiership title but will now turn their attention to cup action this weekend. They picked a 4-2 victory over Livingston last time out in the tournament with Daizen Maeda scoring a brilliant hat-trick before compatriot Kyogo Furuhashi wrapped up the win at the death.
The visitors are the current holders of the Scottish Cup after beating second-tier outfit Caley Thistle 3-1 in the final last season and will be looking to continue their title defence this weekend.
Aberdeen vs Celtic Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Historically, there have been 345 meetings between Aberdeen and Celtic. The hosts have won 79 of those games while the visitors have won 195 times. There have been 71 draws between the two teams.
- The visitors are undefeated in their last 24 games in this fixture, a run dating back to 2018.
- The hosts are without a clean sheet in their last 20 games in this fixture.
- Celtic are the highest-scoring side in the Scottish top-flight this season with a goal tally of 80.
- Only five of the Dons' 14 league wins this season have come on home turf.
- The Celts have kept just two clean sheets in their last seven games on the road.
Aberdeen vs Celtic Prediction
Aberdeen are on a run of back-to-back draws and have lost just one of their last six games across all competitions. They have lost just one of their last nine home games and will be hopeful of a positive result this weekend.
Celtic have won four of their last five games and have lost just one of their last 18 games across all competitions. The sheer gulf in class and quality between the two teams should see the visitors come out on top this Saturday.
Prediction: Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic
Aberdeen vs Celtic Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Celtic
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the last five matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just two of their last seven matchups)
