Flashy Motherwell visit Dundee United after their 0-4-result versus Celtic. Get out our comprehensive preview!
- Dundee United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It's no vacation for neither Dundee United nor Motherwell as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dundee United form and stats
6-0-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Dundee United so far this season.
Dundee United are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 270 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Clark). Nothing to worry about in defence for Dundee, as their goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Premiership.
An away draw last time out for Dundee United, facing St. Johnstone in a game that ended 0-0. The striker Watt bettered all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.85 out of 10. Watt hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Before that, Dundee United played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Dundee.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 eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost two.
The manager Courts will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Partick Thistle in only three days.
Dundee United have scored 10 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Dundee United have conceded 14 goals.
Motherwell form and stats
Motherwell have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-4-6 (12 played).
Home advantage was not enough for Motherwell in their previous game as they lost hosting Celtic, 0-4.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus St. Mirren that ended 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Motherwell in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Motherwell, one draw and five defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Motherwell are hosting Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup only three days away.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Motherwell rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before in this season, with the match result Motherwell - Dundee United 1-0 logged in the official records. The ref pulled out his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the recipient was Maguire (Motherwell). As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Dundee victories, two draws and four Motherwell wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. van Veen 7 goals |   N. Clark 4 goals |  R. Edwards 3 goals |
Dundee United missing players
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| Dundee United | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 37 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 84% |
| 28% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 40% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 48% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 8% | 28% |
| 44% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 6.4 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 12.8 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.4 | 9.8 |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 21% | 19% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 23% | 33% |
| 13.7 | 13.2 | 18.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 14 | 14.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
- Dundee United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundee United have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premiership
- Dundee United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Dundee United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 41 | 60 |
| 2 | Rangers | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 32 | 59 |
| 3 | Hearts | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 33 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 31 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 30 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Livingston | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 29 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -15 | 19 |
| 12 | Dundee | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -22 | 18 |
