Free-scoring Swedish champions Hacken will provide a tough test for Aberdeen's makeshift defence in their Europa League play-off, writes Thomas Duncan.
Listen on BBC Radio Scotland Extra/DAB/810MW, live text commentary on the BBC Sport website & appThe site of the club's greatest triumph - the European Cup Winners' Cup win over Real Madrid 40 years ago - is a city that holds near mythical status for Dons fans.That great feat will never be repeated, and while fans who make the trip can bask in nostalgia, the current Aberdeen side are here strictly on business.
There has been lots of change across the North Sea too, with Jack MacKenzie and Jonny Hayes the only first team regulars who are still at Aberdeen, which means little can be taken from that 5-1 home win, followed by a 2-0 away defeat. They are not infallible, having lost in Champions League qualifying to the Faroese side Klaksvik on penalties. They conceded three goals at home in the second leg of that tie after a goalless draw in the Faroe Islands, which suggests they can be vulnerable.
Amor Layouni on the left wing and Serbian striker Srdjan Hrstic have made immediate impacts since joining in the summer window, scoring a further eight between them in quick time. They have nous in defence and though precocious left-back Kristoffer Lund left for Palermo on Monday in a deal worth around £2m, Hacken moved swiftly to replace him with Jacob Barrett Laursen from Standard Liege, who has also played 40 times for Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga.
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