Struggling Alloa Athletic will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dundee United in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Dundee United play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Dundee United when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored 14 goals and conceded 15 times in these games.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Alloa Athletic at their home stadium (Indodrill Stadium) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Alloa Athletic, facing Inverness CT in a game that ended 1-1. Before that match, a win away at Queen of the South.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Alloa Athletic here at Indodrill Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee United's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Dundee United, who have the most scored goals (49) in Championship, collect 24 points from their 11 away matches in the Championship. 8 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Dundee United has been amazing away for a time now, winning six in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Queen of the South.
Dundee United failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Arbroath (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that match, the Dundee United manager R. Neilson faced defeat when travelling to Hibernian and losing 2-4.
The travelling fans enjoy Dundee United's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Dundee United as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Dundee United - Alloa Athletic 2-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Alloa Athletic wins - draws - Dundee United wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. O'Hara 9 goals |   N. Clark 7 goals |  A. Trouten 6 goals |
Alloa Athletic missing players
Dundee United missing players
| Alloa Athletic | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 49 |
| 37 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | 78% |
| 52% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 45% | 52% |
| 26% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 18% | 26% |
| 13% | 9% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 17% |
| 70% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 27% | 39% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 45% | 43% |
| 17% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | 17% |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| 8.5 | 7.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 150 | 74 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 134 | 291 |
| 68 | 28 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 51 | 119 |
| 40% | 36% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 29% | 39% |
- Alloa Athletic has the fewest scored goals (10) at home
- Alloa Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Alloa Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals (10) away
- Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals (18)
- Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
- Dundee United has the most points (24) away
- Dundee United has the most scored goals (49)
- Dundee United has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- Dundee United has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Dundee United has the the best goal difference (+31)
- Dundee United has the the best goal difference (+7) away
- Dundee United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dundee United 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 | Dundee United | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 35 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 31 |
| 6 | Dundee | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -11 | 27 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -13 | 23 |