Premiership duel: Close contest expected between Ross County and Dundee United

It's no vacation for neither County nor Dundee United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Ross County form and stats

Ross County's struggle is real here at Global Energy Stadium with only 10 points collected from 13 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-7.

County are returning here after visiting Hamilton Academical in a Premiership game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Billy McKay and Jordan White scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was a defeat to Motherwell (1-2).

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 County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn two and lost zero.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ross County here at Global Energy Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 13 games). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the County defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Dundee United form and stats

Dundee United, who have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Premiership, have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-6-5 (13 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Dundee have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Ross County game. Recent form does not give Dundee United much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Ross County will be a tough nut to crack.

Two away games in a row for Dundee, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Motherwell in the Premiership. A 0-2 loss hosting Hibernian before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Dundee United in our archives, and the results are: one win for Dundee, three draws and one defeat.

Goals are few and far between in Dundee United's away league games. Only 6 goals from 13 travels. As opposed to that, Dundee United have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dundee United - County 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): County three wins, one draw and Dundee United six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Clark 8 goals

O. Shaw 6 goals

R. Draper 2 goals

Ross County missing players

Dundee United missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Rangers	26	23	3	0	66	7	12	12	0	0	38	1	14	11	3	0	28	6	59	72
2	Celtic	25	15	7	3	55	20	13	8	3	2	26	9	12	7	4	1	29	11	35	52
3	Hibernian	27	13	7	7	37	26	13	4	5	4	15	17	14	9	2	3	22	9	11	46
4	Aberdeen	26	12	8	6	31	26	14	8	2	4	21	16	12	4	6	2	10	10	5	44
5	Livingston	26	11	6	9	34	29	13	5	3	5	15	15	13	6	3	4	19	14	5	39
6	St. Mirren	24	8	5	11	24	28	11	2	4	5	9	15	13	6	1	6	15	13	-4	29
7	Dundee United	27	6	10	11	21	38	14	4	4	6	15	20	13	2	6	5	6	18	-17	28
8	St. Johnstone	26	6	9	11	25	35	13	3	4	6	5	11	13	3	5	5	20	24	-10	27
9	Motherwell	25	6	7	12	23	37	13	3	3	7	12	21	12	3	4	5	11	16	-14	25
10	Kilmarnock	26	7	3	16	26	37	13	4	2	7	17	19	13	3	1	9	9	18	-11	24
11	Ross County	27	6	5	16	21	51	13	2	4	7	11	25	14	4	1	9	10	26	-30	23
12	Hamilton Academical	25	5	4	16	22	51	13	2	3	8	10	22	12	3	1	8	12	29	-29	19