Struggling Dundee will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dunfermline Athletic in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Dundee have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dunfermline Athletic has the most matches over the total-line (6) in Championship
The visiting Dunfermline Athletic played their last game only four days ago, a League Cup match.
Dundee form and stats
Seven points from three Championship home games is a great start for Dundee, who are hoping to build on that form here at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park.
Dundee manager J. McPake and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Inverness CT (placed 5th) in the Championship. Before that, Dundee had a home game versus Arbroath which ended with a victory 1-0.
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 Dundee have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost zero.
The Dundee fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Dundee have only let in 1 goal at home.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
Dunfermline Athletic, who have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Championship, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). Two points from the last two away games for Dunfermline, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
There were no winners in Dunfermline's previous match, a League Cup home game that ended 1-1 vs St. Johnstone (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Greenock Morton.
The draw against St. Johnstone (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) came from a losing position. The Dunfermline manager S. Crawford brought on I. Wilson as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dunfermline playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Dunfermline Athletic wins, three draws and three defeats.
Dunfermline have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 6 goals from 3 away matches. Dunfermline have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Dundee victory, four draws and five Dunfermline Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Murray 3 goals |  R. Dow 2 goals |   J. McGhee 1 goals |
Dundee missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Dundee | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 57% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| 3.1 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 50% | 48% |
- Dundee have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dundee haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dunfermline Athletic has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic has the most matches over the total-line (6) in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic has the the best goal difference (+3) away in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic have not yet lost a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 7 | Dundee | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 4 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 2 |