Championship match prediction: Little separates Inverness CT and Dundee in quality

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

Inverness CT will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Dundee.

Insights:
  • Inverness CT is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Dundee have the most scored goals (21) away in Championship

The hosts Inverness saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Scottish Cup. That game was an away game at St. Mirren, so at least Inverness CT are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Inverness CT form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Inverness CT at their home stadium (Tulloch Caledonian Stadium) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Queen of the South that finished 1-1.

The manager J. Robertson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hearts in only four days.

Inverness CT are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Inverness have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Dundee form and stats

Playing away, Dundee, who have the most scored goals (21) away in Championship, have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season.

Dundee are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Dunfermline Athletic (placed 5th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Greenock Morton.

A new game in only four days for Dundee, the Championship home match versus Raith Rovers. Busy days.

Dundee are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 12 away games so far. Dundee's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 22 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Dundee - Inverness 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Inverness CT, four draws and three wins for Dundee. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

InvernessN. Todorov
N. Todorov
8 goals
DundeeO. Sow
O. Sow
8 goals
DundeeC. Adam
C. Adam
6 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Dundee missing players

Inverness CT Dundee
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 2 12 24
8 3 1 Won W 1 3 10
10 6 2 Drew D 1 5 8
6 2 0 Lost L 0 4 6
33 13 3 Scored S 3 21 44
25 10 1 Conceded C 1 22 38
96% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 92% 96%
75% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 92% 88%
42% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 67%
25% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 50%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 21%
62% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 71%
29% 27% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 25%
12% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 6.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.2 10.5
4 3.4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.2
34% 35% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 42% 43%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Dundee have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dundee have the most scored goals (21) away in Championship
  • Inverness CT have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Championship
  • Inverness CT 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 Hearts 24 15 5 4 56 24 13 10 1 2 41 16 11 5 4 2 15 8 32 50
2 Raith Rovers 24 11 7 6 42 29 12 6 3 3 24 14 12 5 4 3 18 15 13 40
3 Dundee 24 10 8 6 44 38 12 7 3 2 23 16 12 3 5 4 21 22 6 38
4 Inverness CT 24 8 10 6 33 25 11 3 6 2 13 10 13 5 4 4 20 15 8 34
5 Dunfermline Athletic 24 8 9 7 31 29 12 7 3 2 17 9 12 1 6 5 14 20 2 33
6 Queen of the South 24 9 4 11 37 46 12 4 3 5 17 22 12 5 1 6 20 24 -9 31
7 Ayr United 24 6 9 9 29 31 12 3 5 4 11 12 12 3 4 5 18 19 -2 27
8 Arbroath 24 6 8 10 21 30 12 4 5 3 12 11 12 2 3 7 9 19 -9 26
9 Greenock Morton 24 6 8 10 21 32 12 4 3 5 13 17 12 2 5 5 8 15 -11 26
10 Alloa Athletic 24 4 6 14 27 57 12 2 5 5 16 27 12 2 1 9 11 30 -30 18

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.