National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dundee United or Peterhead that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Dundee saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Brechin City.
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee United participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Happy days for Dundee in their previous game, a League Cup match away at Brechin City (placed 5th) that ended with a 6-2 victory. Preceding that match was the home Premiership game against Livingston that was lost 1-2.
As mentioned above, Dundee "killed" Brechin City in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Cup game versus Kelty Hearts in only three days. This game is also played here at Tannadice Park.
Peterhead form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Peterhead's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 13 away games in the League One. Peterhead only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for Peterhead as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Clyde match.
Two away games in a row for Peterhead, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Falkirk in the League One. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Falkirk's place.
A new game in only three days for Peterhead, the League Cup home match versus Brechin City. Busy days.
Peterhead have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 14 goals have been scored. For Peterhead, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Clark 3 goals |  M. Reynolds 1 goals |  A. Sporle 1 goals |
Dundee United missing players
Peterhead missing players
| Dundee United | Peterhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 30 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 250 | 127 | Total Shots | T S | 107 | 237 | ||
| 79 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 86 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brechin City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kelty Hearts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Peterhead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | St. Johnstone | 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 | 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 |