Dundee United 1-2 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Monday 2 January 2012

Result

Dundee United 1-2 Aberdeen

Premiership · Monday 2 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Dundee United 1-2 Aberdeen: match report

Dundee United lost to Aberdeen 1-2 in the Premiership on Monday 2 January 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jonathan Daly opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Dundee United's goal came from Jonathan Daly (6'). Aberdeen scored through M. Chalali (67') and Kári Árnason (86').

Discipline: Dundee United received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Dundee United were 6th on 26 points from 21 and Aberdeen 9th on 21 points from 21. Dundee United went on to finish that season 4th with 59 points, and Aberdeen 9th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Dundee United wins, 4 draws and 2 for Aberdeen.

Going into the match Dundee United's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Aberdeen's D-L-W-W-D.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Jonathan DalyDundee United · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Gary Mackay-StevenDundee United
  • 67'Goal · M. ChalaliAberdeen · 1-1
  • 86'Goal · Kári ÁrnasonAberdeen · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Dundee United 4, draws 4, Aberdeen 2.

Team news

Dundee United line-up

Dušan Perniš, Sean Dillon, Paul Dixon, Gavin Gunning, Robbie Neilson, John Rankin, Stuart Armstrong, Gary Mackay-Steven, Johnny Russell, Scott Robertson, Jonathan Daly

Aberdeen line-up

Richard Foster, Andy Considine, Robert Milsom, Peter Pawlett, Isaac Osbourne, Fraser Fyvie, Ryan Jack, Scott Vernon, Rory Fallon, Kári Árnason, Jason Brown