Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dundee United & Partick Thistle face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee United participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The fans are hoping that Dundee will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League Cup fixture against Spartans.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Motherwell (2-3).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Cup game versus Peterhead in only four days. This game is also played here at Tannadice Park.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Partick Thistle have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 7 defeats in the Championship this season.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Peterhead in their previous outing. The League Cup battle ended 1-1.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Ross County in the Playoffs 1/2.A quick return to home after this game, as Partick Thistle are hosting Falkirk in the League Cup only four days away.
Partick Thistle have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 26 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Partick Thistle have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Dundee have put together a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (5-1-0) when facing Partick Thistle.Dundee United missing players
Partick Thistle missing players
| Dundee United | Partick Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Scored | S | 26 | 48 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 40% | ||
| 13 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | Spartans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
