Former Aberdeen captain Russell Anderson believes his old club can sustain their Premiership title challenge.

The Dons have made a blistering start under Jimmy Thelin, whose side are level on points with leaders Celtic having won 10 and drawn one of their opening 11 games.

Anderson said: “I think they can sustain the challenge. Of all the games I have seen so far, I think they are good enough to beat anyone on any given day.

“They have a lot of confidence at the moment and the manager, I have heard him already, it is the old cliche of taking one game at a time. He will be reminding the players about what they are actually doing to allow them to win the games rather than thinking too far ahead.

“So if they continue in that vein and can keep everyone fit, there is nothing to suggest they can’t sustain this for the season.

“And it would be really interesting to see, if they are still neck and neck with Celtic maybe after another 10, 20 games, what that would look like for the run-in.”

Anderson is hoping the positivity generated by Thelin’s side filters through as he prepares to skipper a team of former Pittodrie players at the Scottish Masters in the Granite City on Thursday night, live on the BBC.

Celtic, Rangers and Dundee United complete the quartet of sides taking part.

Anderson said “There is a feelgood factor about the city when it comes to football at the moment which is nice to see and feel. Hopefully some of that we can take advantage of on Thursday night.”

• Watch the Scottish Masters live on BBC Scotland, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website on Thursday, 14 November at 19:15 GMT.