Competition: Scottish Premiership
Market: Motherwell win
Odds: 7/10 @ BetUS
Looking to extend on their stellar Premiership flurry, Motherwell will welcome Aberdeen to Fir Park on Sunday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, while Motherwell might have spent the majority of last season scrapping it out at the foot of the Premiership standings, the Steelmen have made a string of improvements this time around. Cementing their spot as one of Scotland’s ultimate surprise packages this year, Jens Berthel Askou’s men find the mood in their camp at a red-hot high. Snatching a late 1-1 draw at home against Rangers earlier in the week, the Lanarkshire-based outfit currently sit in fourth-place and they should be smelling the chance to make another statement here. Signing off January with a 2-0 victory away at Livingston, Motherwell are unbeaten in all of their previous seven appearances across all competitions. Claiming a heavyweight scalp on December 30th as they secured a 2-0 win against Scottish champions Celtic, Sunday’s hosts have also remarkably suffered just a single Premiership defeat since the middle of October. It should also be highlighted, Askou’s side are unbeaten in all of their previous nine straight showdowns at Fir Park (seven wins, two draws).
As for the visitors, making an immediate return to losing ways last time out as they slumped to a routine 3-0 drumming away at Kilmarnock, Aberdeen find themselves at the heart of what has become a serious rut. Dropping into the bottom-half of the Premiership standings, interim boss Peter Leven has an almighty job on his hands. Getting the New Year underway with a 1-0 loss at the hands of Falkirk, Sunday’s guests have lost five of their previous six Premiership appearances – a run that stems back to a 1-1 stalemate at home against Dundee United on December 27th. Drawing a blank in each of those five top-flight defeats, Aberdeen should also be concerned by a worrying record at Fir Park. In fact, the Reds have lost back-to-back trips to Motherwell by a 2-0 scoreline. Given what has been a huge recent gulf in class between Sunday’s opponents, we are backing a home victory this weekend.
Bet: Motherwell 7/10 to beat Aberdeen in Sunday’s Scottish Premiership battle @ BetUS