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Aberdeen face a trip to Glasgow Celtic at Celtic Park on Saturday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Dons will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 76 and win only 23 of the 125 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in November 2002, with Celtic annihilating their visitors 7 - 0 in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Thu 02 Jan | Aberdeen | 1 - 1 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 03 Nov | Celtic | 7 - 0 | Aberdeen | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 Aug | Aberdeen | 0 - 4 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 12 May | Aberdeen | 0 - 1 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Mar | Celtic | 1 - 0 | Aberdeen | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 25 Feb | Aberdeen | 0 - 2 | Celtic | SFAC |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 22 Dec | Aberdeen | 2 - 0 | Celtic | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Glasgow Celtic could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, The Bhoys have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 1.
The Dons have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Dons's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Celtic are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 9 games giving them a return of 25 points. Aberdeen are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 7 points from 9 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Celtic | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Dons are doing reasonably well on their travels in recent games, but FootyMad think this will not be enough to stop what should be a relatively comfortable home win for Celtic. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Celtic | Won 9 successive home games. 10 games since last home draw. Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 11 . |
| Aberdeen | Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |