League Cup: Dundee - Forfar Athletic prediction and detailed statistics

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 06.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park (11506 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dundee & Forfar Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

It should be mentioned that Forfar Athletic play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Forfar Athletic on grass are 5 victories, 6 draws and 14 defeats from 25 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 25-44. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Dundee form and stats

Last season, Dundee's League Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.

The story so far in the Championship for Dundee at their home stadium (Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Dundee, as their goalkeeper Jack Hamilton has completely shut out the opponents for 514 minutes in the Championship.

Dundee's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Ayr United. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Ayr United.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Dundee home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in zero wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Dundee after this match as they are travelling to Brora Rangers for a League Cup game in only four days.

Dundee has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 14 goals have been conceded. 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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Forfar Athletic form and stats

Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Forfar Athletic so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-9 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Forfar as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Peterhead match. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Forfar have lost on their last two travels.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Forfar, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Raith Rovers. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Dumbarton's place.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Forfar Athletic played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Forfar struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Dundee victories, zero draws and one Forfar Athletic win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Dundee missing players

Forfar Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dundee Forfar Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
10 6   Won W   1 4
7 1   Drew D   3 5
8 5   Lost L   9 16
29 16   Scored S   8 25
28 17   Conceded C   27 50
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
76% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 80%
36% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 56%
12% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 32%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 24%
44% 42%   BTTS BTTS   38% 56%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 12%
32% 33%   Failed to Score F T   62% 40%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
265 155   Total Shots T S   82 188
99 62   Shots on Target S O   29 70
27% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brora Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Forfar Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 28 18 5 5 52 22 14 10 3 1 35 10 14 8 2 4 17 12 30 59
2 Inverness CT 27 14 3 10 39 32 13 8 2 3 24 14 14 6 1 7 15 18 7 45
3 Dundee 27 11 8 8 32 31 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 4 6 4 15 17 1 41
4 Ayr United 27 12 4 11 38 35 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 3 40
5 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 15 7 3 5 25 17 13 3 4 6 16 19 5 37
6 Arbroath 26 10 6 10 24 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 10 16 -2 36
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 14 6 5 3 27 22 14 4 1 9 18 30 -7 36
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 14 4 4 6 12 19 14 3 6 5 21 24 -10 31
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 14 4 2 8 17 20 14 3 5 6 11 20 -12 28
10 Partick Thistle 27 6 8 13 32 47 13 2 4 7 13 22 14 4 4 6 19 25 -15 26
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brora Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Forfar Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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