The Aberdeen FC masterplan for Bojan Miovski as Peter Leven knows exactly how to get him firing

Peter Leven has admitted Aberdeen must provide more support to get top gun Bojan Miovski back on the goal trail.

The Dons star, who has netted an impressive 22 goals this season, is in the worst barren run of his Pittodrie spell with Saturday taking it to eight games since he last netted. He did make an impact at the weekend as his shot smashed off the woodwork at Motherwell and allowed Leighton Clarkson to latch on to the rebound and net a long overdue winner.

Leven said: “That is something we can rectify. We had a chat last week about getting more bodies about him to give him a wee bit more support. We have Junior, out on the left who is cutting inside and putting good balls in as well, who can also do a little bit more for me at times. He is a natural finisher and we need to give him more opportunities.”

Miovski is now on international duty with North Macedonia and will be looking to make an impact in their friendlies against Moldova and Montenegro. Leven hopes he can get off the mark there and then when he returns can get back firing with the Dons, as they try to force themselves up the league and go into the Scottish Cup semi-finals with Celtic. That starts at home against Ross County. The interim Aberdeen manager knows that his side need to get playing to Miovski’s strengths rather than trying to make him a makeshift target man.

Leven claimed: “We don’t have the long ball strikers. We have good footballers. At times, we have also gone a wee bit direct to him and that is not his game either. We need to find little areas where we can use him more to our advantage and slip little balls down the side for him.”

Former boss Neil Warnock labelled Miovski the best striker he had worked with, after he netted at Ibrox and