Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dundee United & Hibernian face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Dundee saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premiership. This match was also played here at Tannadice Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Hibernian have had more rest.
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.On the other hand, in the League Cup, Dundee United has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
A nice win for Dundee last time playing, versus Dundee. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Ian Harkes scoring for the victors. Ryan Edwards was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender Edwards won 6 of 9 duels.
0-0 away at St. Mirren before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dundee as they are travelling to their away game against Celtic in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Dundee, who have participated in one training match. Dundee United have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian was sent out of League Cup in the semi-finals last season.Visiting Hibernian has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Hibernian delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against St. Mirren in their previous match; a Premiership game. Attacker Joe Newell got a player rating of 7.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Newell hit one key pass and had 40 successful passes (of 45 total).
Before that, Hibernian travelled to Hearts and returned home with a draw after the Premiership game finished 0-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting St. Johnstone in just three days.
It's a day of discovery for Hibernian as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Hibernian have played five with the results W3-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Hibernian has scored 11 goals and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dundee one win, three draws and Hibernian six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Boyle 5 goals |  K. Magennis 2 goals |  C. Doidge 2 goals |
Dundee United missing players
Hibernian missing players
| Dundee United | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 28 | 43 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.1 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||