Aberdeen will hope to see their recent capitulation come to an end when they welcome Ross County to Pittodrie in the Scottish Premiership on Thursday. After keeping pace with Celtic for most of the season so far, the Dons now look in danger of not even finishing in the top six if current form continues. Aberdeen started the season by taking 31 points from a possible 33 available, beating Rangers and drawing away at Celtic.
However, since then, the wheels have fallen in scarcely believable fashion, with a 1-0 defeat at Tannadice against Dundee United on Sunday extending their eight-game winless run which has yielded just three points. Jimmy Thelin 's side had a comfortable buffer over Rangers before this dismal run, but now find themselves in third, and potentially only a couple of games from dropping further. Following a 4-0 defeat at Kilmarnock on Boxing Day, morale will be at rock bottom after losing in the last minute of injury time on Sunday, and they may only be seven points inside the top six come the weekend.
One positive they can take is that they have an excellent record against Ross County, with the Dons now nine games unbeaten against their upcoming opponents, winning six. However, the visitors enter this fixture on a positive run themselves, boosted by a dramatic comeback at the weekend. Don Cowie saw his side lose four in a row before Christmas, conceding 13 goals in the process, but they have now taken four points from two games since to move away from the botto.
