Aberdeen to finish in the top 6 of the Scottish Premiership drifted from 4/5 to a best price of 5/4 with Bet Victor as three bookmakers eased. Read more.
The odds on Aberdeen to finish in the top 6 of the Scottish Premiership have drifted out from 4/5 to 5/4, and after a messy Saturday night at Tannadice it is not hard to see why.
Aberdeen are now priced at a best price of 5/4 to finish in the top 6 of the Scottish Premiership.
Dundee United beat Aberdeen 3-2 at Tannadice, with Zac Sapsford grabbing the winner.
Hearts remain the clear favourites at a best price of 1/33 with Bet Victor.
Three bookmakers have eased their price on Aberdeen, with Bet Victor now offering the top end of that drift.
The defeat at Dundee United is the story here. Aberdeen kept clawing their way back, with Nesta Guinness-Walker and Connor Ronan both finding the net, only for Zidane Iqbal, Dylan Tait and Zac Sapsford to keep the home side in front every time. Scoring twice on the road is not the issue, the goals are flowing and Ronan is very much part of that. The issue is the other end of the pitch, where three goals conceded undid all the good work.
Stephen Robinson explained that a squad virus lasting three to four days wrecked the build-up, forcing several late changes to the starting line-up and leaving a number of players running through illness. Add the absence of centre-backs Lewis Mayo and Mats Knoester and Aberdeen were patched together at the back. That is why Aberdeen have drifted out to 5/4 to finish in the top 6 of the Scottish Premiership: the bookmakers are pricing in a defence that could not hold firm, not an attack that has gone cold. Our take is that this price reflects a sick, short-handed side as much as a judgement on the squad itself.
Scottish Premiership Top 6 Finish odds
Best odds on Aberdeen to finish in the top 6 of the Scottish Premiership are 5/4 with Bet Victor, the same firm that has Hearts as favourites at 1/33.
Last updated: 24 October 2026, 21:23 UK time
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Who is favourite to finish in the top 6 of the Scottish Premiership?
Hearts head the market at a best price of 1/33, a price that tells you the log already looks sorted as far as the bookmakers are concerned. Aberdeen sit at 5/4 with Bet Victor, some way back after Saturday's result. The side that just beat them, Dundee United, are considerably shorter, and that result at Tannadice is exactly the kind of outcome that shuffles a tight top-six race.
Hearts – 1/33 with Bet Victor, the clear favourites.
Dundee Utd – 4/6 with Bet Victor, fresh from taking all three points off Aberdeen.
Dundee – 11/10 with Bet Victor.
Hibernian – 11/10 with Bet Victor, priced level with Dundee.
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What next for the odds on Aberdeen to finish in the top 6 of the Scottish Premiership?
Robinson was clear after the defeat: his squad have to shake off the virus quickly and cut out the defensive errors from set plays. That is the whole job in a sentence, because the attack is already doing its part. Aberdeen head to Rangers in the League Cup next, and a tidy, controlled outing there would go some way to steadying this price. For our money, a side that keeps finding the net in front of goal is still a fair each-way view of their top-six prospects once Robinson gets a healthy, settled back line out there. Fix the set-piece defending and this price could tighten up again just as quickly as it eased.
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