Dundee United 1-1 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 20 October 2012

Result

Dundee United 1-1 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 20 October 2012, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Dundee United 1-1 Aberdeen: match report

Dundee United drew with Aberdeen 1-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 20 October 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

J. Rankin opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Dundee United's goal came from J. Rankin (22'). Aberdeen scored through Niall McGinn (53').

Discipline: Dundee United received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Dundee United were 11th on 8 points from 7 and Aberdeen 5th on 14 points from 9. Dundee United went on to finish that season 6th with 51 points, and Aberdeen 7th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Dundee United wins, 3 draws and 4 for Aberdeen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · J. RankinDundee United · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · J. RankinDundee United
  • 47'Yellow card · Clark RobertsonAberdeen
  • 53'Goal · Niall McGinnAberdeen · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · S. VernonAberdeen
  • 64'Yellow card · Russell AndersonAberdeen
  • 88'Yellow card · Rob MilsomAberdeen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Dundee United 3, draws 3, Aberdeen 4.

Team news

Dundee United line-up

Radosław Cierzniak, Sean Dillon, Gavin Gunning, Keith Watson, Willo Flood, John Rankin, Mark Millar, Stuart Armstrong, Johnny Russell, Michael Gardyne, Jonathan Daly

Aberdeen line-up

Jamie Langfield, Clark Robertson, Russell Anderson, Mark Reynolds, Chris Clark, Isaac Osbourne, Stephen Hughes, Scott Vernon, Niall McGinn, Ryan Fraser, Gavin Rae