Derek McInnes has issued a warning to Kilmarnock ahead of their Europa League battle in Wales.
The Aberdeen boss, who saw his side draw 0-0 with Connah's Quay Nomads on Saturday, reckons Killie will see off the Welsh Premier side, but it won't be easy.
New Killie manager Angelo Alessio takes his men to Rhyl for the first leg a week on Thursday.
And McInnes said: “Kilmarnock will be favourites but you can see the confidence in the Connah’s team.
“They are clearly used to winning and have a fantastic spirit about them.
“They have physicality, long throws and can impose themselves.
“But if Killie hit the form they hit last season they will be favourites. But they’ll have their work cut out as they’ll have to produce a performance to get past these boys.”
He added: “Kilmarnock are a good counter-attacking team but they might not get the chance to show that.
“Connah’s Quay have good European experience, Andy has them well organised and he barks instructions the whole way through.
“This is their third clean sheet of pre-season and you can see why.
“Connah’s will be tough to break down but once it becomes more competitive I’m sure Kilmarnock have the players who can cause them problems as we have – we just didn’t show it enough.”
