Burnley 3 - 1 Aberdeen

Aberdeen Manager Derek McInnes made one change with Andrew Considine having recovered from his concussion and coming into the starting XI. Dom Ball took a place on the bench. An incredible Dons support welcomed the two sides onto the field on a very warm evening in Lancashire.

The opening period was as expected very frenetic with little pattern to the play. But then in the fifth minute Aberdeen lost possession from a throw in. A simple long ball then saw Wood get in between McKenna and Lewis. Although the keeper did enough to put the striker off, Wood had enough composure to step inside before firing the ball high into the net past McKenna and Devlin on the goal line.
It was the worst possible start.
On 10 minutes McGinn put over a swinging cross but Lindegaard made an easy interception. A minute later Mackay-Steven made room for a shot after cutting inside but his low shot was deflected away by skipper Ben Mee. Aberdeen then enjoyed a decent little spell as they slowly tried to get a foothold in the game.
After 16 minutes Gudmundsson put over a dangerous cross on the left but Hoban was well position at the near post to clear. On 20 minutes Considine swung over a cross which was flicked on by Cosgrove and the ball found its way through to GMS. He had a great shooting chance but after taking a touch he was closed down quickly and the ball defected behind for a corner. The Dons wasted the set piece though as the ball drifted straight out of play.
On 24 minutes Aaron Lennon should have been booked for a poor attempt at a dive inside the area. Two minutes later Considine put McGinn down the line and the winger was in behind the defence. He had time to look up but there was no one there and the slight delay allowed a defender to block the cross at the expense of another corner. The ball in from GMS was cleared by Shinnie found the wide man again and this time the dangerous ball over wasn't cleared by Burnley and fell to Lewis Ferguson who produced an incredible first time overhead kick to send the ball sailing into the net. What a goal!

On the half hour mark Lennon made a dangerous run into the box. His ball over was not cleared convincing by Logan but thankfully Considine and Hoban managed to combine to scramble the ball to safety. Then a half chance for the visitors when Shinnie picked the ball up about 30 yards out but his through ball was not read by Cosgrove.
The atmosphere had completely changed around the ground, all you could here were the Red Army now.
Aberdeen then enjoyed another good spell. McGinn flashed over a cross and then when the ball came back over from the other side, Considine rose well but could not direct his header on target.
Burnley were really struggling to get anything going and Aberdeen were now stopping anything from getting forward from the midfield. After such a nervous start, they had completely turned this game around.
Wood and McKenna then clashed with the referee awarding a free kick against the Burnley man when he was one on one at the back. The home fans were not happy.
In the final minute of the half Lindegaard was forced to tip a Shinnie drive round the post. At full stretch it was a fine save. The Dons then caused problems with a couple of corners to finish the half well on top.

Half time Burnley 1 Aberdeen 1