Aberdeen are scheduled to face Hamilton Academical on Wednesday evening after seeing their previous game postponed due to two positive coronavirus cases.
Hamilton are due to make the trip to Pittodrie having began the new Scottish Premiership campaign with back-to-back defeats.
Match preview
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After watching his players under-perform against Rangers on the opening day of the season, the last thing that Derek McInnes would have wanted was Aberdeen's schedule being interrupted because of coronavirus issues.
With eight of his players needing to self-isolate after two positive tests, the SFA made the decision to postpone last Saturday's fixture with St Johnstone.
Despite having to cope with a depleted squad, it appears likely that the meeting with Hamilton will go ahead as scheduled, followed by a meeting with Celtic three days later.
Although the eight players in question have publicly apologised, McInnes is left with the difficult task of trying to ensure that the club are not still on zero points by the end of the week.
While that should only motivate his players heading into this game, Hamilton will also view this encounter as a chance to make some headway up the standings.
Despite a heavy defeat at Celtic on the opening day of the season being largely expected, there was disappointment after Saturday's home setback against Ross County.
Brian Rice spoke confidently ahead of the meeting with Celtic, but the Hamilton boss was less optimistic when assessing the performance of his players at the weekend.
The Accies have only troubled the scoresheet courtesy of an own goal, a return which will need to improve sooner rather than later if they are to move off the bottom of the table.
Aberdeen Scottish Premiership form: L
Hamilton Academical Scottish Premiership form: LL
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With five of the last starting lineup remaining in self-isolation and Andrew Considine serving a ban, McInnes must change over half of his side.
Tommie Hoban and Shay Logan could be handed a start in defence, while youngster Dean Campbell may come into the centre of midfield.
The front three could consist of Niall McGinn, Ryan Hedges and Ryan Edmondson.
Rice has already used 19 players across the opening two matches, leaving it likely that alterations will be made to his starting lineup.
Charlie Trafford and David Templeton are both pushing for appearances in the first XI.
Aberdeen possible starting lineup:
Lewis; Hernandez, Taylor, Hoban, Logan; Ferguson, Campbell, Ojo; McGinn, Edmondson, Hedges
Hamilton Academical possible starting lineup:
Fulton; Odoffin, Fjortoft, Want, McMann; L.Smith, Callachan, Martin, Trafford; Templeton; Moyo
We say: Aberdeen 0-0 Hamilton Academical
With eight first-team players missing, it is difficult to back Aberdeen to prevail with any level of certainty. At a time when Hamilton are facing their own struggles on the pitch, do not be surprised if this contest ends in a goalless draw.
Top betting tip
Our expert tipster partners at Sporita.com are predicting that at least one team will not score (BTTS - no) in this match. Click here to find out what else they are predicting for this game and for more of their tried-and-tested football tips.BTTS No:dataData Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Aberdeen win with a probability of 57.73%. A draw had a probability of 23.2% and a win for Hamilton Academical had a probability of 19.05%.
The most likely scoreline for an Aberdeen win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.76%) and 2-1 (9.77%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.03%), while for a Hamilton Academical win it was 0-1 (6.23%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Aberdeen would win this match.
