Mcghee wary of catching wounded Aberdeen on the rebound
Motherwell manager Mark Mcghee is expecting to see the best of Aberdeen at Fir Park tonight.
The Dons have faded in recent weeks after losing the Betfred Cup final to Celtic last month, winning only one of their four league matches since to drop seven points behind second-placed Rangers – albeit they have a game in hand over the Ibrox side.
The Scotland assistant boss, however, insists every game in the Ladbrokes Premiership offers a clean slate.
“I have said this about us all and I include the top teams – whatever happens in one game has practically no relevance to the next game,” he said. “We all can win a game after losing and lose a game after winning, so it is no different for them. We have to assume that they will be at their best.
“They have a great pitch to come and play [on] and will think they can come here and get back their form, but we have to make sure they don’t.”
The teams met at Pittodrie on 13 December, only for the match to be abandoned after floodlight failure. Mcghee, however, saw enough in the few minutes of game time to give him encouragement.
He said: “Even though it was only ten minutes, we got a fla- vour of it up there and I felt competitive so I think we can give them a game. They are one of the top four teams and will finish in the top four.
“It will be a difficult game but we are at home – generally we do quite well when we are at home – so we can be positive.”
Mcghee revealed striker Dylan Mackin will be on the bench after his two goals in Motherwell under-20s’ remarkable 9-1 win over their Aberdeen counterparts in Montrose on Tuesday night.