Dundee have travelled here for an absorbing game against the home team St. Johnstone. Read up on the game with this in-depth Premiership preview!
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (0) in Premiership
Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an animated game!
St. Johnstone form and stats
The overall Premiership statistics at home this season for St. Johnstone, who have the fewest scored goals (0) in Premiership, are 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
McGowan was the last player to score a league goal for St. Johnstone and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as St. Johnstone haven't scored in 270 minutes.
St. Johnstone drew their last game, 0-0 away at Celtic (placed 1st). The goalie Mitov was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.15 out of ten. Mitov topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ross County (0-2).This is expected to be a close game, with St. Johnstone perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St. Johnstone as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Johnstone has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.
At McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Dundee form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premiership ended in defeat. Last season Dundee had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 7, drew 8 and lost 3.
Dundee had fun at their own home (McDiarmid Park) last time out, beating Hearts 1-0. McCowan scored. Midfield player McCowan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. McCowan scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Prior to that match, the Dundee manager Docherty faced defeat when travelling to St. Mirren and losing 1-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dundee playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 0 Dundee wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Dundee has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. Johnstone seven wins, two draws and Dundee one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. McCowan 1 goals |  L. Cameron 1 goals | J. Mulligan 1 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Dundee missing players
| St. Johnstone | Dundee | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 11.3 | 9 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 18 | 16 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 12.7 |
| 7.3 | 9 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.3 |
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (0) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the the worst goal difference (-4) in Premiership
