Premiership duel: Close contest expected between Dundee United and Dundee

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tannadice Park (14223 seats)

Dundee United prepare to contest Dundee in this Premiership match. Everything you need to know about the fixture can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Dundee United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
  • Dundee have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Premiership

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Dundee United form and stats

Only two Premiership home games for Dundee United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 210 minutes without scoring a league goal. P. Pawlett was the last player to find the net.

Dundee shared the glory with St. Mirren in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Defender Charlie Mulgrew got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.54/10. Mulgrew won 7 of 11 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Hearts (0-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Dundee United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Dundee, as the League Cup home game vs Hibernian is only four days away.

Dundee United has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Dundee form and stats

It's not happening yet for Dundee on their Premiership travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Dundee have lost on their last two travels.

Dundee have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 187 minutes ago. P. McGowan was the goal scorer.

Dundee's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Livingston that finished 0-0. Defender Ryan Sweeney was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Sweeney hit the woodwork once and won 14 of 21 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Motherwell wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Dundee in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Dundee, zero draws and three defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Dundee are hosting St. Johnstone in the League Cup only three days away.

Dundee have the goal stats of 0-7 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Dundee United won three, Dundee were winners in three and we saw four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

DundeeJ. Cummings
J. Cummings
2 goals
DundeeP. Pawlett
P. Pawlett
1 goals
DundeeP. McGowan
P. McGowan
1 goals

Dundee United missing players

Dundee missing players

Dundee United Dundee
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 0 4
4 2 0 Conceded C 6 7 11
80% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
40% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 20%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 40%
60% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
60% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 60%
 
4.2 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 5.6
6 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 11 7 7.8
2.8 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.6 7.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4 9.5 12.6
4 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 4.4
10% 9% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 18%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Dundee United have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Premiership
  • Dundee have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dundee have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Dundee have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Dundee have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Premiership
  • Dundee have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Dundee United Last season Dundee
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   14 27
10 6   Won W   4 12
14 6   Drew D   6 9
14 7   Lost L   4 6
32 21   Scored S   24 49
50 24   Conceded C   23 40
82% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
68% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 89%
42% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 63%
16% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 44%
5% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 19%
42% 53%   BTTS BTTS   64% 70%
34% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 26%
42% 32%   Failed to Score F T   14% 7%
 
4.1 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.3 6.2
6.6 6.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.3
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.7 7.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 10.3
2.4 2.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.2
35% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 43%

  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 5 4 0 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 1 6 4 6 12
2 Hibernian 5 3 2 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 5 4 6 11
3 Hearts 5 3 2 0 7 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 11
4 Motherwell 5 3 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 10
5 Celtic 5 3 0 2 16 3 3 3 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 13 9
6 Aberdeen 5 2 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 8
7 Dundee United 5 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 -2 7
8 St. Johnstone 5 0 3 2 2 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2 3
9 Dundee 5 0 3 2 4 11 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 3
10 St. Mirren 5 0 3 2 3 10 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 8 -7 3
11 Ross County 5 0 2 3 3 11 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 0 1 2 1 7 -8 2
12 Livingston 5 0 1 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 0 1 2 0 5 -7 1

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.