The Championship league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Alloa Athletic and Dundee are placed 8th and 7th respectively.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It should be mentioned that Dundee play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Dundee on artifical turf are 3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 9-8. You can compare this with overall results below.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
Alloa Athletic's first Championship home game here at Indodrill Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 14 matches.
The Alloa fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Indodrill Stadium: A 1-4 defeat against Dunfermline Athletic (placed 1st). Heartbreak before that as Alloa Athletic lost 0-1 at Greenock Morton's place.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Alloa Athletic at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Dundee form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Championship ended in defeat. Last season Dundee had these away match statistics: Played 14; won 4, drew 6 and lost 4.
Dundee's last game was the home draw against Raith Rovers (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Greenock Morton.
A new game in only four days for Dundee, the League Cup home match versus Cove Rangers. Busy days.
2 goals so far away for Dundee, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Alloa victories, three draws and seven Dundee wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Cawley 1 goals |  J. Afolabi 1 goals |
Alloa Athletic missing players
Dundee missing players
| Alloa Athletic | Dundee | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Alloa Athletic | Last season | Dundee | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 89% | ||
| 82% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 70% | ||
| 46% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 33% | ||
| 25% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 15% | ||
| 14% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 61% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 37% | ||
| 25% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 193 | 105 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 290 | ||
| 93 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 108 | ||
| 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Hearts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Dundee | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee United | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 59 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
| 3 | Dundee | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 41 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -7 | 36 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 28 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -15 | 26 |