Open game expected at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium: Inverness CT vs Dundee preview

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Inverness CT in 5th and Dundee in 6th place.

Insights:
  • Inverness CT have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dundee has the most conceded goals (11) away in Championship

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.

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Inverness CT form and stats

Inverness CT have collected seven points from their first three Championship games here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, a promising start. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mark Ridgers not having conceded a league goal in 200 minutes.

Inverness are returning here after visiting Queen of the South in a Championship game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. K. Kennedy, R. MacGregor and M. Storey scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Inverness won a home game hosting Raith Rovers (2-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Inverness CT perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Inverness CT as a small favourite), we find six games. Inverness CT has won four of these, drawn two and lost zero.

The Inverness manager J. Robertson has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Inverness are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Dundee form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Championship for Dundee, who have the most conceded goals (11) away in Championship, with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.

The supporters enjoyed Dundee's previous game versus Arbroath (placed 9th), a Championship 1-0 win played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Hibernian before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dundee playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Dundee wins, one draw and four defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Dundee's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Dundee can't defend away. 11 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Inverness won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Dundee has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Inverness CTN. Todorov
N. Todorov
3 goals
Inverness CTA. Doran
A. Doran
1 goals
InvernessR. MacGregor
R. MacGregor
1 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Dundee missing players

Inverness CT Dundee
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
11 6 1 Scored S 0 5 8
7 2 1 Conceded C 2 11 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 33%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 67% 33%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.7 5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 8
3.3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.7 3.3
55% 67% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Dundee's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Inverness CT's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dundee has the most conceded goals (11) away in Championship
  • Dundee have yet to win a game away.
  • Dundee haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Inverness CT have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Inverness CT have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Inverness CT 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 Hearts 6 5 0 1 15 5 3 3 0 0 11 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 10 15
2 Dunfermline Athletic 6 4 2 0 14 7 3 3 0 0 8 4 3 1 2 0 6 3 7 14
3 Raith Rovers 6 3 2 1 16 7 3 2 1 0 10 2 3 1 1 1 6 5 9 11
4 Ayr United 6 3 2 1 9 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 11
5 Inverness CT 6 3 1 2 11 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 1 0 2 5 5 4 10
6 Dundee 6 2 2 2 8 12 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 5 11 -4 8
7 Greenock Morton 6 2 1 3 4 10 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 0 6 -6 7
8 Queen of the South 6 1 1 4 8 14 3 1 0 2 4 8 3 0 1 2 4 6 -6 4
9 Arbroath 6 0 2 4 2 9 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 1 7 -7 2
10 Alloa Athletic 6 0 1 5 4 15 3 0 1 2 4 9 3 0 0 3 0 6 -11 1

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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.