Dundee United perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Arbroath can look both up and down from their 6th position.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dundee United and Arbroath.
Dundee United form and stats
Home games in the Championship have been a walk in the park for Dundee United so far, with 29 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Dundee United has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Queen of the South defeat 105 days ago. Dundee United have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
In their previous game, the manager R. Neilson led his Dundee United to a defeat in the Scottish Cup match away at Hibernian. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tannadice Park. Before that, Dundee United drew at home versus Greenock Morton.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Dundee United are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (32 goals in 11 games). Dundee United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tannadice Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.
Arbroath form and stats
There's been little loot from Arbroath's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Championship. Arbroath only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
Two away games in a row for Arbroath, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Falkirk in the Scottish Cup. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Partick Thistle in the Championship.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arbroath as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Arbroath in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Arbroath - Dundee United 0-1. Dundee United-Arbroath H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Dundee United 2 wins, Arbroath 0 wins, 2 draws. 1 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 23 goals |  N. Clark 7 goals |   B. Linn 6 goals |
Dundee United missing players
Arbroath missing players
| Dundee United | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 49 | 32 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 82% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 68% |
| 55% | 64% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 36% |
| 27% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 18% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 36% | 41% |
| 45% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 27% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 36% |
| 6.7 | 6.5 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 276 | 142 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 86 | 194 |
| 112 | 61 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 26 | 70 |
| 42% | 52% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | 27% |
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (20)
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Arbroath has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Arbroath haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals (17)
- Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home
- Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
- Dundee United has the most points (29) at home
- Dundee United has the most scored goals (32) at home
- 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 (+25) at home
- Dundee United has the the best goal difference (+32)
- Dundee United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dundee United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundee United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dundee United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 (4-2-0)
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Dundee | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -11 | 26 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -13 | 22 |