Possible nail-biting contest in Dundee - Ross County game

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park (11506 seats)

Develop their own game or switch tactics dependant on the opposing team? Both Dundee and Ross County must try something else than in earlier matches. Read more!

Insights:
  • Dundee is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals (42) in Premiership

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dundee and Ross County.

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Dundee form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Dundee, who have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Premiership, have to build on here at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park in the Premiership. When Dundee hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like St. Mirren, Dundee and St. Johnstone), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Dundee are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 353 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Griffiths). Nothing to worry about in defence for Dundee, as their goalkeeper Adam Legzdins has completely shut out the opponents for 214 minutes in the Premiership.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Dundee, who played 0-0 against Dundee United. That match was also played at this venue (Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park). Kerr was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.02 out of 10. The defender Kerr hit one key pass and won 3 of 3 duels.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with St. Johnstone the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Dundee perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dundee as a small favourite), we find nine games. Dundee has won four of these, drawn four and lost one.

There will be little rest for Dundee after this match as they are travelling to Hearts for a Premiership game in only four days.

Dundee has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 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. Dundee's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ross County form and stats

There's been little loot from Ross County's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the Premiership. Ross County only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, County are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Ross County's last game was the home draw against Aberdeen (1-1).

Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Rangers.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ross County playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Ross County wins, two draws and three defeats.

A new game in only four days for Ross County, the Premiership home match versus Livingston. Busy days.

Ross County have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Ross County have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met earlier this season: Ross County - Dundee 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Dundee victories, two draws and five Ross County wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ross CountyR. Charles-Cook
R. Charles-Cook
10 goals
DundeeL. McCowan
L. McCowan
4 goals
Ross CountyB. Spittal
B. Spittal
4 goals

Dundee missing players

Ross County missing players

Dundee Ross County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 2 12 24
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 5
6 4 1 Drew D 1 3 8
13 4 0 Lost L 0 7 11
18 12 3 Scored S 2 14 35
39 16 2 Conceded C 1 20 42
87% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 92% 92%
57% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 83%
48% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 67%
30% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 38%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 29%
35% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 71%
26% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 17%
52% 45% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 21%
 
4.7 5.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 4
7 7.7 8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.3 6.3
2.5 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.5
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 11.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 16 12.2 10.6
3.6 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4 3.9
22% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 38%
 
14.9 14.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 17 16.9 15.8
5 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 5.2
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Dundee have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dundee have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dundee have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Premiership
  • Dundee is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals (42) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premiership

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rangers 23 17 5 1 48 18 12 9 3 0 23 7 11 8 2 1 25 11 30 56
2 Celtic 23 17 3 3 47 13 11 9 2 0 25 2 12 8 1 3 22 11 34 54
3 Hearts 24 12 7 5 34 20 13 8 3 2 23 10 11 4 4 3 11 10 14 43
4 Motherwell 24 9 6 9 27 33 12 7 2 3 17 15 12 2 4 6 10 18 -6 33
5 Hibernian 24 8 7 9 26 27 12 5 3 4 14 13 12 3 4 5 12 14 -1 31
6 Aberdeen 23 8 5 10 27 27 11 6 2 3 16 10 12 2 3 7 11 17 0 29
7 Dundee United 24 8 5 11 19 27 12 6 0 6 10 14 12 2 5 5 9 13 -8 29
8 Livingston 24 7 5 12 22 31 11 3 2 6 10 13 13 4 3 6 12 18 -9 26
9 St. Mirren 23 5 11 7 22 33 12 2 7 3 9 10 11 3 4 4 13 23 -11 26
10 Ross County 24 5 8 11 35 42 12 3 5 4 21 22 12 2 3 7 14 20 -7 23
11 St. Johnstone 23 4 6 13 13 28 12 1 4 7 9 17 11 3 2 6 4 11 -15 18
12 Dundee 23 4 6 13 18 39 11 3 4 4 12 16 12 1 2 9 6 23 -21 18

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.