Aberdeen

Aberdeen's numbers paint them as one of the Premiership's weakest attacking sides and a fairly ordinary defensive one. Only St Mirren have scored fewer goals overall, while Rangers and Celtic operate in a completely different bracket at the top end. Defensively they sit around mid-table rather than among the division's softest sides, so the main issue is not collapse but lack of firepower: they are usually close enough in matches, yet rarely force opponents into shoot-outs or sustained damage.

There is a notable edge to Aberdeen's away discipline. They collect far more yellow cards on their travels than at home, which hints at a side that spends longer without the ball and has to break rhythm more often outside Pittodrie. The red-card rate is not extreme, so this is less about recklessness than a team whose away games are played in a more reactive, combative way.

The extremes show a side with a decent ceiling at home and a fairly ordinary floor away from it. A 6-2 home win proves Aberdeen can look expansive and ruthless when a match opens up in their favour, while a 3-1 away win shows they are not incapable of producing on the road. But their heaviest defeat being 4-1 away is probably more instructive: when games tilt against them outside Pittodrie, they do not have the attacking force to swing momentum back.

The corner numbers reinforce the home-away divide. Aberdeen win a healthy number of corners at home and concede fewer there too, which fits with a side able to push opponents back on familiar ground. Away from home that balance flips sharply: they win far fewer and allow more, underlining how rarely they sustain territorial pressure on the road.