Aberdeen v Hearts

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Aberdeen have enjoyed an explosive start to this new Scottish top flight season as The Dons have started brightly by claiming six wins on the trot, while by contrast, Hearts find themselves sitting bottom of the Scottish Premiership table having failed to pick up a win in any of their opening seven games so far this season.

Sunday's hosts have certainly picked up from where they left off at the end of the previous campaign which saw Aberdeen finish with a solid looking nine-match unbeaten sequence which included picking up six wins in the process, and the start of this new season has also been encouraging for Bo Jimmy Thelin's side to date.

Indeed, victories against the likes of St Johnstone, St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Ross County, Motherwell and Dundee have handed Aberdeen the perfect start to this new campaign and has helped lift The Dons up into joint top position with the usual suspects, Celtic.

With this upcoming encounter bringing the basement dwellers, Hearts, to Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen will be in confident mood that they can collect a seventh league win on the trot here this Sunday afternoon and perhaps pull further way from third placed Rangers who are currently five points adrift of the top two clubs heading into this weekend's action north of the border.

Hearts have failed to win any of their opening seven league matches to date this term and the visitors duly find themselves sitting bottom of the pile in the Premiership standings after drawing twice and slipping to no fewer than five defeats as well.

Points picked up in stalemates with Rangers 0-0 and Ross County 1-1 have been overshadowed by losses incurred against Dundee, Motherwell, Dundee United, Celtic and St Mirren respectively and this current form does not appear to bode well for this upcoming trip to Pittodrie.

The bigger picture also suggests Hearts are in for a tough afternoon at the office as the visitors have managed to capture just four wins out of their last 19 league matches in the Scottish Premiership, three of which have been achieved on home soil at Tynecastle Park.

Within these previous 19 games, Hearts have been dealt eight defeats, while results away from home have also been pretty ordinary from the visitors' perspective as Liam Fox's side have picked up just one win from their previous 10 outings on the road in the domestic top flight along with being handed no fewer than seven losses in the process as well.

Aberdeen v Hearts Verdict

Aberdeen have certainly held sway over their visitors in recent exchanges at Pittodrie as The Dons have won each of the last eight meetings on home soil and the hosts look to be well placed to pick up another important three points here on Sunday afternoon as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be Aberdeen win @ 1.66

Other side bets worth considering:

Aberdeen win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.00

Correct Score: Aberdeen 2-0 @ 8.00