Dundee host Aberdeen on Friday night and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Dundee v Aberdeen
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Premiership
DATE: Friday 8th December 2017
KICK-OFF: 7.45pm
VENUE: Dens Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1903
STADIUM: Pittodrie Stadium
CAPACITY: 20,866
PITCH SIZE: 109m x 72m
MANAGER: Derek McInnes
CHAIRMAN: Stewart Milne
NICKNAME: The Dons
MASCOTS: Angus the Bull, Sammy the Seagull, Donny the Sheep
CLUB COLOURS: Red and White
HONOURS: UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup: 1982/83
UEFA Super Cup: 1983
Scottish League Division One (1st tier) champions: 1954/55
Scottish League Premier Division (1st tier): 1979/80, 1983/84,
1984/85
Scottish Cup winners: 1947, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990
League Cup winners: 1955/56, 1976/77, 1985/86, 1989/90,
1995/96, 2013/14
Southern League Cup winners: 1945/46
Drybrough Cup: 1971/72, 1980/81
RECORD WIN: 10-0 v Raith Rovers, Scottish League A Division, 13/10/1962
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 45,061 v Hearts, Scottish Cup, March 13th 1954
CLUB WEBSITE: www.afc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Dens Park for Sat-Nav is Dens Park, Sandeman Street, Dundee, DD3 7JY
The city centre of Dundee can be reached easily by both road & rail. From Dundee City Centre you can use the no 1A or no 24 National Express Dundee bus service, both of which can be boarded at the Albert Square. For a taxi to the ground, call Tay Taxis on 01382450450.
Head to Head v Aberdeen
LEAGUE: Won 42, Drawn 66, Lost 101
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 6, Drawn 9, Lost 12
LEAGUE CUP: Won 6, Drawn 4, Lost 10
TOTALS: Won 54, Drawn 79, Lost 123
Last Five Dundee v Aberdeen Matches
19/8/2017 | Away | Premiership | Lost 2-1 | 15,646 | Deacon
31/3/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 7-0 | 7,314
27/1/2017 | Away Premiership | Lost 3-0 | 10,512
18/9/2016 | Home | Premiership | Lost 3-1 | 6,321 | Holt
22/1/2016 | Away | Premiership | Lost 1-0 | 11,805
Match Officials
REFEREE: Nick Walsh
ASSISTANT REFEREE: David Roome
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Mark McLean
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Steven Reid
Last Meeting
Dundee went down to a narrow and slightly unfortunate 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie last August. The Dons took an early lead through Stevie May. Dundee came back strongly and fully deserved their equaliser early in the second half from Roarie Deacon. Although The Dee had the better of the second half they conceded a second goal to May while they were temporarily down to nine men through injury.
Aberdeen: Lewis, Logan, Reynolds, O’Connor, Considine, Tansey (Maynard 65), Shinnie(c), Christie, McLean, Mackay-Steven (Stewart 56), May (Rooney 81)
Subs Unused: Rogers (gk), Arnason, Wright, Stockley.
Goals: May (10, 78).
Booked: Logan (foul on Holt), May (foul on El Bakhtaoui), McLean (foul on Williams).
Dundee FC: Bain, Kerr (c), Hendry, Waddell, Holt, Vincent, Kamara (O’Hara 84), Deacon, El Bakhtaoui (McGowan 79), Allan, Haber (Williams 79)
Unused subs: Parish (gk), Hateley, Spence, Lambert.
Booked: Kamara (persistent fouling).
Attendance: 15,646.
Referee: Kevin Clancy. Assistants: David Roome, Gavin Harris. Fourth official: John McKendrick.
Aberdeen’s Season So Far
Aberdeen’s season started on July 13th with a two legged Europa League with NK Siroki Brijeg and after a 1-1 at Pittodrie, The Dons secured a superb 2-0 win in Bosnia thanks to goals from ex-Dee Greg Stewart and ex-Arab Gary MacKay-Steven scoring their first goals for the club.
In the next round Aberdeen drew Apollon Limassol and despite winning the home leg 2-1 this time, crashed out after a disappointing 2-0 defeat in Cyprus.
Aberdeen opened their domestic campaign with a double header against Hamilton Academical and after a 2-0 win in the opening Premiership game at Pittodrie, knocked the Accies out the Betfred Cup three days later with a 1-0 win at the SuperSeal Stadium.
However The Dons interest in the League Cup ended in the next round when they lost 3-0 to eventual runners-up Motherwell in the quarter-final at Fir Park but got revenge four days later with a 1-0 win in the Premiership at the same venue.
By then The Dons were second in the league after wins over Ross County, Dundee and Partick and draws with Hearts and Kilmarnock.
Aberdeen continued to put pressure on leaders Celtic with victories over St Johnstone and Hibernian but when the sides met at Pittodrie at the end of October, it was a comfortable 3-0 win for the visitors.
November just saw one win for The Dons at Rugby Park after two points dropped at Hamilton and a defeat at home to Motherwell and The Reds now come to Dens after back to back, home and away defeats to Rangers which has seen them drop down to third.
Top Scorers
DUNDEE: Moussa 6; El Bahktaoui 5; Leitch-Smith, O’Hara 4; Hendry, Waddell 2
ABERDEEN: May, McLean, Rooney 4; Christie 2
Ticketing Information
Tickets are now available for the match against Aberdeen at Dens Park on Friday.
The ticket office is becoming increasingly busy on matchdays and fans are encouraged to buy their tickets as early as possible.
The ticket office is open from 10am on matchdays.
Prices for the Aberdeen match are £26 (adults) and £19 concessions ( Over 65 or Students with valid student photo ID), Under 18s are £12
Family Area Priced tickets available in the Bobby Cox Stand Rows A – Y, Seats 1 – 47 with prices as follows:
Adult and one child under 12 £31
Two adults and two children under 12 £57
With additional children under 12 at £ 5
Under 12 tickets can only be bought as part of a family group
Under 16 tickets can be bought without an adult ticket
Matchday Programme
Dundee’s 2017/18 match programme The Dee will be available to buy at the Aberdeeb game in and around the ground and in the club shop. It is a full, colour 52 page edition packed with news, views, features and exclusive interviews which this week include:
- A message from manager Neil McCann
- A message from managing-director John Nelms
- This Week in History
- DFC in the Community update
- The regular series of articles looking at the players who have worn the different squad numbers over the years featuring this week number 30
- Played for Both featuring Robert Connor
- Where are they now?
- Profile on visitors Aberdeen
- Junior Dees News
- Classic Match
- Dundee Supporters Association news
How To Watch
As well as being live on BT Sport, the full ninety minutes of the match will be available to subscribers of DEETV on Friday evening. A shorter highlights package will be available to view on Saturday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Thursday.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game.
