Very important face-off in the "wrong" end of the Premiership, with both Dundee United and Kilmarnock enduring more concern than pleasure. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 12th and the guests in 10th position.
- Dundee United have the most conceded goals (30) in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have the fewest points (1) away in Premiership
It should be mentioned that Kilmarnock play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Kilmarnock on grass are 8 victories, 4 draws and 21 defeats from 33 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 23-42. You can compare this with overall results below.
Dundee have less rest than Kilmarnock in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Celtic, so at least Dundee United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Dundee United form and stats
With 2 Premiership wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Dundee United are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Dundee to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Dundee United in their previous match, an away game at Celtic that ended in defeat 2-4. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Dundee United's goalkeeper Birighitti was extremely busy against Celtic, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.
Preceding that match was the home game against Motherwell that was lost 0-1.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 4.
There will be little rest for Dundee United after this match as they are travelling to Aberdeen for a Premiership game in only three days.
Dundee United have scored {6 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Dundee with 16 goals conceded in these matches.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Premiership, after 0-1-6 (7 played).
Kilmarnock's previous game was their home loss versus Livingston (2-3). Defender Wright was the best team player with a rating of 7.83. Wright scored two goals and won 11 of 20 duels.
Prior to that match, the Kilmarnock manager McInnes faced defeat when travelling to St. Johnstone and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Kilmarnock in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Kilmarnock, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
After this away game Kilmarnock return home for a Premiership game against Hibernian. That game is only three sleeps after this.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Kilmarnock's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 7 matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Kilmarnock in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived match between these squads is the Kilmarnock - Dundee United 1-1 played not long ago this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Dundee United won four, Kilmarnock triumphed in three and we saw three draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Armstrong 4 goals |   T. Watt 3 goals |  S. Fletcher 3 goals |
Dundee United missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Dundee United | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 30 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 57% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 43% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 50% | 14% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 36% | 57% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 86% | 50% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 11.9 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 8.7 | 11.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 29% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 44% |
| 15.7 | 15 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 14.3 | 12.8 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
- Dundee United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dundee United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kilmarnock have scored away.
- Dundee United have the most conceded goals (30) in Premiership
- Dundee United have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Premiership
- Dundee United have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Premiership
- Dundee United have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Premiership
- Dundee United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kilmarnock have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kilmarnock have the fewest points (1) away in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 35 | 36 |
| 2 | Rangers | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Livingston | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 7 | Hearts | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 12 |
| 11 | Ross County | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 12 |
| 12 | Dundee United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -17 | 9 |
