Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Johnstone & Dundee United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Johnstone nor Dundee United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The Johnstone supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kilmarnock in Premiership and win 1-0. In the match before that, St. Johnstone hosted Dundee United and drew the Premiership game 0-0.
Johnstone are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at Peterhead awaits in four days.
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.Total League Cup statistics for Dundee United: 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. It's three draws from Dundee's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to St. Mirren in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 0-0. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Ross County in the Premiership.
Dundee United played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match Dundee scored 0 and conceded 1 goal.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for St. Johnstone, three draws and two wins for Dundee United. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.St. Johnstone missing players
Dundee United missing players
| St. Johnstone | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 52% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 304 | 171 | Total Shots | T S | 108 | 235 | ||
| 95 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 70 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Johnstone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Kelty Hearts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Brechin City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 0 |