A quick look at the Premiership table indicate an edge to Hearts when they go to Dundee United. Even so; let's wait before we award the win!
- Dundee United have the most conceded goals (31) in Premiership
- Hearts have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Dundee United form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Dundee United have to build on here at Tannadice Park in the Premiership. When Dundee United hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Aberdeen, Celtic and Rangers), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Dundee United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Aberdeen. Defender Graham got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.32/10. Graham won 9 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that match, Dundee won a home game hosting Kilmarnock (4-0).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Ross County in only four days. This game is also played here at Tannadice Park.
Dundee United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. When Dundee United hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Kilmarnock, Motherwell and Ross County), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Hearts form and stats
There's been little loot from Hearts's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Premiership. Hearts only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Hearts won their last game, 3-1 versus Kilmarnock played at home. Kingsley, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.11. Kingsley hit one key pass and won 2 of 2 duels.
Prior to that match, the Hearts manager Neilson faced defeat when travelling to Rangers and losing 0-1.Hearts have another match away from home in just four sleeps, a Premiership game against St. Johnstone. A grim programme for the visitors!
10 goals have been conceded by Hearts in these games.
Head 2 Head
Hearts have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when playing Dundee United.The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Hearts - Dundee United 4-1. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 11 goals |   T. Watt 3 goals |  D. Levitt 3 goals |
Dundee United missing players
Hearts missing players
| Dundee United | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 31 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 62% |
| 31% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 44% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 44% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 62% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 6% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 5.4 | 6.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 11.4 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.2 | 12.5 |
| 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
| 32% | 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 40% |
| 15.4 | 15.1 | 22 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.7 | 15.9 | 15.2 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
- Dundee United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundee United have the most conceded goals (31) in Premiership
- Dundee United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Hearts have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 38 | 45 |
| 2 | Rangers | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 36 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Hearts | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | St. Johnstone | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 24 |
| 6 | Livingston | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 23 |
| 7 | St. Mirren | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Ross County | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -14 | 15 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 17 | -17 | 15 |
| 12 | Dundee United | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 12 |
