Aberdeen return to action tonight with a trip to New Douglas Park to take on high flying Hamilton Accies.
Alex Neil’s men defeated Celtic at Parkhead in their last match, they have lost just once this season and they sit proudly at the top of the Premiership table.
However, the Dons have also been in impressive form since switching formation and playing Adam Rooney and David Goodwillie up front together and tomorrow night’s match promises to be a thrilling encounter.
Hamilton team news
- Darian MacKinnon will return to the Accies squad after serving his four-match ban for elbowing Dundee United’s Paul Paton last month.
- Martin Canning should also return after shaking off the knee injury which caused him to miss four games.
- Jon Routledge has stepped up his recovery from knee surgery with a run-out against Celtic in an Under-20s match on Tuesday but is not yet ready for a top-team return
Dons team news
- Winger Jonny Hayes returns from an ankle injury for game.
- Clark Robertson is expected to miss out again through his thigh injury
- Knee injuries are expected to keep out skipper Russell Anderson and midfielder Ryan Jack (both knee) are all close to fitness following injuries, however, none are expected to feature at New Douglas Park
Did you know?
- The Dons are unbeaten against Hamilton in four matches.
- There have been four penalties scores in the last four meetings between the teams – but that is largely down to Paul Hartley’s hat-trick of penalties in 2010.
- The last time Aberdeen lost against Hamilton, in May 2010, Zander Diamond and Ricky Foster were both sent off for the Dons.
- Hamilton have made the best start to the season of any promoted club in the top flight since Clyde in the 1957/58 season.
- Midfielder Ali Crawford is Hamilton’s top scorer this season with five goals to his name.
Hamilton provisional squad
McGovern, Gordon, Canning, Tena, Gillespie, MacKinnon, Longridge, Antoine-Curier, Currie, Andreu, Devlin, Neil, Crawford, Scotland, Redmond, Imrie, Hill, Ryan.
Dons provisional squad
Langfield, Logan, Reynolds, Considine, Taylor, Flood, Robson, Rooney, Pawlett, Monakana, Smith, McGinn, Hayes, Low, Wright, Goodwillie, Brown, Jones, Rose, Felek, Shankland.