Bojan Miovski gets Aberdeen backing to outscore Lawrence Shankland and be Premiership's Top Gun

Jamie McGrath has backed Bojan Miovski to outgun Lawrence Shankland and show he’s the Premiership’s top striker.

The Irishman thinks it’s a straight shoot-out between his Dons teammate and the Hearts star to be the best frontman. Aberdeen and the Jambos go head-to-head at Tynecastle this afternoon and McGrath knows Miovski will be fired up to prove he’s the main man. The Hearts ace sits on 18 goals, one ahead of the North Macedonia forward. And McGrath said: “Bojan and Lawrence have been the two best strikers in the country this season. They’re both scoring regularly.

“They’ve been the best two in the league so far. Will Bojan want to come out on top this weekend? I’d say so. Both have been in flying form and everything they touch seems to be going in at times. Hopefully Bojan can continue his streak for us, he’s in flames at the moment. He’s never taken his foot off the pedal this season and hopefully that keeps going.”

McGrath believes Miovski revels in the pressure of being Aberdeen’s main man. He has kicked on from last season and upped his goal haul. The Republic of Ireland midfielder said: “He wants the pressure, all good players do because they thrive on the responsibility people put on their shoulders. Even when he’s not involved in the play he can score a goal out of nothing – and that’s the sign of a really good striker.

“He just wants to score goals and be the best, so he’ll be desperate for more goals in this game.When you have him in your team you know any ball into the box, he could be there to tap it in. No matter where it is in the box, with his head or his right or left foot, he’s deadly.

“We know all about Shankland. He’s a top-class striker, he scored against us earlier in the season, so he’s someone