Motherwell v Aberdeen Betting Preview – FA Cup 14th April 12.15pm
This will be the first of the Scottish FA Cup semi-finals this weekend and the winner of this tie will go on to face the winner of Celtic and Rangers in the Final. Motherwell have scrapped and battled their way to the final four and will go as underdogs against the Dons who are looking to make it back to the showcase match after losing last year’s final.
Motherwell v Aberdeen FA Cup Betting Tips
Motherwell failed to make it into the top six at the season’s split in the Scottish Premiership so the FA Cup run is going to be the highlight of their season. They did also have a great League Cup campaign too, reaching the final where they lost against Celtic so they have certainly shown plenty of cup moxie along the way this term. Can they turn out an upset in this semi-final? Motherwell’s FA Cup run started with a success at home against Hamilton, before taking out Dundee away from home. They pulled off a 2-1 home win over Hearts in the quarter finals so that’s exactly two goals in each of their FA Cup games this season. The Well are not in great current form though currently going D3 L2 in their last five Scottish Premiership games. Are they just saving their best for the FA Cup? The worrying thing for them is that they have failed to score in four of their last five league games and one of those was at home against Aberdeen recently.
So The Dons will be heading to Hampden Park as the favourite and their league defeat last weekend against Hearts snapped a six-match undefeated streak of form that they were on in all competitions (W3 D3). They will be keen to get back to the final again after last season’s disappointment there against Celtic. In their recent league win over Motherwell, it took a couple of second-half goals for them to get the three points and Aberdeen are at 9/4 odds to win to nil with bet365* (Betting Odds taken at 7:34 p.m. on April 13th, 2018). After easing through their first two FA Cup matches this season, they did have a fight on their hands against Kilmarnock in the last round, needing a penalty shootout to get through in the end. The Dons do have superior firepower in them. At this stage of last year’s competition, they battled their way past Hibs with a 3-2 win. As the Well know how to scrap it out, it may be worth backing the Dons to get through by a one-goal margin and no more.
These two have already met four times this season, with this even at two wins each. Motherwell took a 3-0 home win over the Dons in the Scottish League and then won on the road at Pittodrie in their one league meeting there this season. Aberdeen’s two wins were both away from home in the Scottish top flight. Aberdeen are 109-68 ahead in the overall head-to-head history between the two clubs. They are narrowly 6-4 up with four drawn matches from the fourteen previous FA Cup games played.
Motherwell v Aberdeen FA Cup Betting Odds*
Aberdeen 21/20, Draw 23/10, Motherwell 13/5* (Betting Odds taken at 7:34 p.m. on April 13th, 2018)
Motherwell v Aberdeen FA Cup Predictions
Aberdeen should have the quality to get over the finish line and back to the Final. They have been in much better form than the Well have been that’s for sure. There is a decent chance that the Dons will get out of this with a clean sheet behind them too.
