Aberdeen v BK Hacken

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Aberdeen and Hacken head into this Europa League play-off 2nd leg with the tie evenly poised at 2-2 after last week's entertaining draw in Sweden at the Bravida Arena with both teams having everything to play for in their return leg at Pittodrie on Thursday night.

Aberdeen were involved in another high-scoring draw on the weekend when they drew 2-2 away from home at St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership while goals have also featured on a regular basis as four of Aberdeen's five matches to date in all competitions have seen both teams score.

Although The Dons have yet to register a league win on the domestic front, they have drawn with Livingston and St Mirren and lost to Celtic but they did record a 2-1 win away from home at Stirling Albion in the Scottish League Cup.

Nevertheless, Aberdeen will need to improve upon just one win from their opening five matches in all competitions if they're to progress through to the group stage of this season's Europa League competition.

Hacken were handed a heavy 4-2 defeat away from home in the Swedish top flight on the weekend at IFK Goteborg which ended a previously promising five-match unbeaten run in all competitions which included picking up four wins in the process.

Recent wins against Lithuanian side, Zalgiris, in a landslide 8-1 win on aggregate including domestic wins in the Swedish Allsvenskan against Varberg and Sirius should still give the visitors plenty of confidence that they can produce a positive result in this upcoming 2nd leg tie at Aberdeen on Thursday night.

Again, goals look an almost certainty where Hacken are concerned as the visitors have scored at least once in nine of their last 10 matches in all competitions, while six of these 10 games have also resulted in both teams hitting the back of the net as well.

On the Europa League front, it's hard to back Hacken in the straight win markets as the Swedish side have managed to capture just three wins from their previous 13 ties overall in this competition overall, while on the road, Hacken have registered just four wins from their previous 13 outings on their travels.

Aberdeen v Hacken Verdict

Aberdeen and Hacken have met on two previous occasions prior to last week's 2-2 draw in the 1st leg of their Europa League tie as the two sides locked horns in a previous Europa Conference League two-legged tie back in July 2021 which resulted in a 5-3 victory on aggregate in favour of Aberdeen.

This means that two of the previous three meetings have resulted in goals for both teams and further goals for both sides look fairly likely at Pittodrie on Thursday night.

Therefore, our main bet will be Both Teams To Score Yes @ 1.57

Other side bets worth considering:

Draw @ 3.50

Correct score: 1-1 @ 7.00