The glass has been half empty for Dundee so far, and you could say the same about Ross County. These students from the school of hard knocks pray for some vital points here.
- Dundee have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
This could be an appealing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Dundee form and stats
Dundee must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Premiership games here at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park.
The Dundee coach Docherty and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Hibernian (placed 6th). Dundee's goalie Carson played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Hibernian with a stunning nine saves. Goalkeeper Carson got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.63 out of ten. Carson topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, Dundee hosted Kilmarnock and drew the game 2-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Dundee have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 3 and lost 1.
The Dundee fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches.
Ross County form and stats
Ross County are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premiership, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
The attacking players of Ross County have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 211 minutes.
The manager Mackay was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Global Energy Stadium. Ross County suffered a 0-1 loss to Hearts (placed 4th). Midfield player Brown was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.04/10. Brown hit one key pass.
The match before that was the League Cup-battle against Aberdeen, a home loss (1-2). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Ross County in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for County, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The opposition has been scoring high and low on Ross County's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dundee three wins, one draw and Ross County six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Murray 2 goals |   L. McCowan 1 goals |  Z. Rudden 1 goals |
Dundee missing players
Ross County missing players
| Dundee | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 3.6 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 8.3 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.7 | 6.4 |
| 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.7 | 11.1 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| 35% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 16 | 15.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.3 | 14.9 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7.3 | 5.7 |
- Dundee have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Dundee have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dundee have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
- Ross County have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Premiership
- Ross County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | St. Mirren | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Rangers | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Hearts | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Dundee | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Livingston | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Ross County | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
