Premiership match preview: Dundee United versus Livingston

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 13.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tannadice Park (14223 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Dundee United in 7th and Livingston in 5th place.

Insights:
  • Dundee United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Livingston has the most matches over the total-line (15) 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.

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Dundee United form and stats

When playing at home in the Premiership, Dundee United have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 14 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Dundee United, their manager M. Mellon and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

It's back home for Dundee, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ross County away with the result 2-0. Ryan Edwards found the net in that victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Motherwell.

The Dundee United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Livingston form and stats

6-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Livingston in their Premiership matches away. Livingston are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premiership home defeat versus St. Johnstone with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Livingston won their away game at Aberdeen. The scoreline was 2-0.

Livingston have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Livingston in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Livingston - Dundee United 2-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Dundee, one draw and six wins for Livingston. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

DundeeN. Clark
N. Clark
8 goals
LivingstonS. Pittman
S. Pittman
6 goals
LivingstonJ. Guthrie
J. Guthrie
5 goals

Dundee United missing players

Livingston missing players

Dundee United Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 2 13 27
7 4 1 Won W 1 6 11
10 4 2 Drew D 0 3 6
11 6 1 Lost L 1 4 10
23 15 6 Scored S 2 19 35
38 20 9 Conceded C 2 14 31
82% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
71% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 85% 78%
43% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 48%
14% 14% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 22%
4% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
46% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 48%
29% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 37%
43% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 8.5 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.7 9.6
2.2 2.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3
37% 45% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 44% 43%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Dundee United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Livingston has the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Premiership
  • Livingston has the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premiership
  • Livingston have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 28 24 4 0 68 8 13 13 0 0 39 1 15 11 4 0 29 7 60 76
2 Celtic 27 17 7 3 61 21 14 9 3 2 28 10 13 8 4 1 33 11 40 58
3 Hibernian 28 14 7 7 39 26 14 5 5 4 17 17 14 9 2 3 22 9 13 49
4 Aberdeen 27 12 8 7 31 28 14 8 2 4 21 16 13 4 6 3 10 12 3 44
5 Livingston 27 11 6 10 35 31 14 5 3 6 16 17 13 6 3 4 19 14 4 39
6 St. Mirren 26 9 5 12 26 32 13 3 4 6 11 19 13 6 1 6 15 13 -6 32
7 Dundee United 28 7 10 11 23 38 14 4 4 6 15 20 14 3 6 5 8 18 -15 31
8 St. Johnstone 28 7 9 12 27 37 13 3 4 6 5 11 15 4 5 6 22 26 -10 30
9 Motherwell 27 7 7 13 25 39 13 3 3 7 12 21 14 4 4 6 13 18 -14 28
10 Kilmarnock 28 7 3 18 26 40 14 4 2 8 17 20 14 3 1 10 9 20 -14 24
11 Ross County 28 6 5 17 21 53 14 2 4 8 11 27 14 4 1 9 10 26 -32 23
12 Hamilton Academical 26 5 5 16 23 52 14 2 4 8 11 23 12 3 1 8 12 29 -29 20

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.