Can Arbroath beat Dundee United in Gayfield Park clash?

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5900 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Arbroath have their presumed home advantage while Dundee United are ahead 15 points in the Championship table.

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.

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Arbroath form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Arbroath are 4-3-1 (wins-draw-losses).

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Dundee in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. Previous to that game, a Scottish Cup home match hosting Auchinleck Talbot in a game that was won 3-0.

Arbroath are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. From these home matches, Arbroath have conceded only 6 goals.

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Dundee United form and stats

4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Dundee United, who have the most scored goals (35) in Championship, playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Dundee United have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Dundee United has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Dundee United are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Championship against Alloa Athletic (placed 10th). Before that, Dundee United secured a home win against Queen of the South with the score 3-0.

Dundee United find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by Dundee United in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Dundee United - Arbroath 2-1. Last three meetings between the teams: Arbroath won 0, Dundee United won 1 and 2 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArbroathB. Linn
B. Linn
6 goals
Dundee UnitedN. Clark
N. Clark
5 goals
ArbroathL. Donnelly
L. Donnelly
4 goals

Arbroath missing players

Dundee United missing players

Arbroath Dundee United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 7 15
6 4 2 Won W 1 4 12
3 3 0 Drew D 0 0 0
6 1 0 Lost L 1 3 3
15 9 4 Scored S 2 9 35
16 6 0 Conceded C 2 8 13
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 87%
40% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 60%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 33%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 47%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 20%
 
5 5.5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 6.5 7.6 7.1
5.1 4.6 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 4.1 4.6
1.9 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
137 86 20 Total Shots T S 37 108 213
49 33 11 Shots on Target S O 13 37 86
31% 27% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 24% 41%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (15)
  • Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals (13)
  • Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
  • Dundee United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Dundee United has the most scored goals (35)
  • Dundee United has the most scored goals in the first half (17)
  • Dundee United has the most scored goals in the second half (18)
  • Dundee United has the the best goal difference (+22)
  • Dundee United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dundee United have scored more than double the goals of Arbroath.
  • Dundee United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dundee United is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 15 12 0 3 35 13 8 8 0 0 26 5 7 4 0 3 9 8 22 36
2 Inverness CT 16 9 2 5 24 18 8 5 1 2 15 9 8 4 1 3 9 9 6 29
3 Dunfermline Athletic 16 7 4 5 25 17 9 5 2 2 18 10 7 2 2 3 7 7 8 25
4 Ayr United 15 8 0 7 28 22 7 4 0 3 12 8 8 4 0 4 16 14 6 24
5 Dundee 16 6 4 6 20 22 8 4 1 3 9 9 8 2 3 3 11 13 -2 22
6 Arbroath 15 6 3 6 15 16 8 4 3 1 9 6 7 2 0 5 6 10 -1 21
7 Queen of the South 16 5 4 7 16 19 8 3 2 3 11 8 8 2 2 4 5 11 -3 19
8 Greenock Morton 15 5 1 9 19 32 7 5 1 1 14 8 8 0 0 8 5 24 -13 16
9 Partick Thistle 16 4 3 9 21 32 7 1 1 5 7 14 9 3 2 4 14 18 -11 15
10 Alloa Athletic 16 3 5 8 16 28 8 2 2 4 7 14 8 1 3 4 9 14 -12 14

Read more about Championship

The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.