Aberdeen have the chance to bounce back immediately from Monday’s disappointing loss against Inverness Caley Thistle when they take on Partick Thistle at Firhill tonight.
The Dons went down 3-1 to the Caley Jags on Monday but can move level on points with Celtic with victory tonight.
Thistle currently sit 10th in the league with 28 points but victories tonight and in their game in hand could push them into the top six.
Partick Thistle team news
- Right back Mustapha Dumbuya is out of tonight’s game with an ankle injury.
- New signing Antonio German could make his debut as could highly rated Celtic loanee Aidan Nesbitt.
Aberdeen team news
- Midfielder Jonny Hayes faces a month on the sidelines after suffering a hamstring injury during Monday night’s defeat to Inverness.
- Captain Ryan Jack is available for tonight after recovering from a similar injury.
- The Dons have no other injury problems.
Partick Thistle defender Freddy Frans
“Aberdeen are a great team and are still competing for the league, so for them it will be a very big game because they lost on Monday.
“I don’t think they can afford to drop points again,
so it will be a really hard game.
“We might have three games in hand but we are close to the bottom and don’t want to get dragged into the relegation struggle.
“We have three games in hand and if we win those games we could be close to the top six.
“I look atthe league table and we are in 10th position. We have to take it game by game and see how it goes. We have it in our own
hands.”
Aberdeen striker Adam Rooney says
“We have to make sure we get ourselves into a position in a match where decisions don’t matter.
“We’ve got to take things into our own hands.
“Decisions went against us on Monday but that happens over a season and we’ve probably had ones in our favour this year.
“The last time we went to Partick I got a lucky one with a handball, so they equal themselves out.
“Sometimes they go for us, sometimes they go against – that’s football.
“It’s frustrating at the time when it goes the other way but we can’t dwell on them and just have to get on with things.
“We have looked at our own performance as well. We had time to get back into the game against Inverness but didn’t do that.
“So, we have to learn from that. We are going to Thistle focused on our own performance and not thinking about anything else.
“Referees have a difficult job as they are under pressure to make decisions.”
“Losing him (Jonny Hayes) to injury is a blow but we have to just get on with it. It’s a chance for other players to step in and do a job.
“We have seen in the last few weeks as Cammy Smith and Peter Pawlett have come in and done really well.
“So, it’s an opportunity for someone to step in and stake a claim.”
Partick Thistle provisional squad
Cerny, Miller, Booth, Frans, Lindsay, Seaborne, Osman, Lawless, Amoo, Welsh, Bannigan, Doolan, Nisbet, German, Elliott, Fraser, Pogba, Nesbitt, Edwards, Wilson, Scully.
Aberdeen provisional squad
Brown, Logan, Shinnie, Taylor, Reynolds, Considine, McLean, Rooney, McGinn, Jack, Flood, Pawlett, Storie, Smith, Robson, Church, Wright, Harvie, McKenna, Ross, Collin.