Dundee United 3-2 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 24 October 2026
Result
Dundee United 3-2 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 24 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Tannadice Park, Dundee · half-time 2-1
Dundee United 3-2 Aberdeen: match report
Dundee United defeated Aberdeen 3-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 24 October 2026 at Tannadice Park. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Zidane Iqbal opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Dundee United's goals came from Zidane Iqbal (14'), Dylan Tait (27') and Zachary Sapsford (72'). Aberdeen scored through Nesta Guinness-Walker (25') and Connor Ronan (56').
Discipline: Dundee United received no yellow cards; Aberdeen received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Dundee United were 6th on 12 points from 9 and Aberdeen 7th on 11 points from 9. In the current table Dundee United are 6th on 16 points and Aberdeen are 10th on 11 points.
Dundee United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aberdeen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dylan Tait of Dundee United (8.4), ahead of Zidane Iqbal (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Dundee United wins, 3 draws and 4 for Aberdeen.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Zidane Iqbal
- 17'Yellow card · Brad Lyons
- 25'Goal · Nesta Guinness-Walker
- 27'Goal · Dylan Tait
- 56'Goal · Connor Ronan
- 72'Goal · Zachary Sapsford
Form and table
- Dundee UnitedLast five: L D W W D
- AberdeenLast five: D W D L W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Dundee United | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 | WWDWD |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 11 | DLWLL |
Head-to-head
Team news
Dundee United line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Walton, Joshua Rawlins, Bert Esselink, Michael Forbes, Kevin Ciubotaru, Lyall Cameron, Dylan Tait, Zidane Iqbal, Jesse Randall, Zachary Sapsford, Daniel Bennie
Aberdeen line-up (4-4-2)
Marius Müller, Chris Cadden, Jack Milne, Gavin Molloy, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Brad Lyons, Stuart Armstrong, Afeez Aremu, Connor Ronan, Ayoub Mouloua, Kevin Nisbet
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