Both sides may rest one or two bodies with the more important showdown at Hamdump a fortnight later in mind.
The unbeaten domestic tag is getting very close now and this, in the league certainly is the one real threat to the record. Aberdeen and especially their fans will be desperate to be the side to break the invincibles tag and put down a marker for the cup final, knowing the Dons and more delusional among them they could well win this, get their arses handed to them in the cup final but go on about this for years to come.
Prediction, 1-1, Andrew Considine to score an own goal and/or concede a penalty and/or be sent off.