Are Aberdeen now favourites to face relegation play-off?
[SNS] Aberdeen are the clear favourites to end up in the relegation play-off spot after their latest defeat, according to Motherwell midfielder Andy Halliday. A 2-0 loss to St Mirren made for an unhappy return to Paisley for Dons boss Stephen Robinson, just weeks after he took on the job in Aberdeen, and the performance underlined just how big a task he has to turn around their form. Though the Pittodrie side still remain in ninth, St Mirren's victory drew them level with their rivals on 30 points, with Kilmarnock just three behind.
Halliday believes recent results show some momentum for the other sides, while Aberdeen are continuing a long spell of underachievement. "It's got to be Aberdeen," he told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast . "The last 48 points that's been available to them, they've picked up six.
"I think [bottom side] Livingston have got more than that in the last 10 games. On form alone, you've got to say Aberdeen [are favourites for the play-off]. "I don't think there's anything Aberdeen have got going for them at the minute.
They've only scored one goal away from home this calendar year. Defensively, they look suspect. "I don't think they look very well organised, something you thought Stephen Robinson would initially bring to that team.
It doesn't look as if that's happening. "I just don't see what's going to get them an upturn in form. They've not got a player that they can really rely on, who can score seven or eight goals throughout the rest of the season.