Only the second game in the Premiership for these teams and it's all to play for here at Tannadice Park as Dundee United welcomes Rangers. Check out this preview!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game was also an away game, at Malmö FF. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Dundee United form and stats
Last season, Dundee United's league statistics were 18 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Championship. Over these 28 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 22. Playing at home last season Dundee United managed 10-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 10 conceded.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 237 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Meekison was the last player to find the net.
Dundee are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Aberdeen. Midfield player Jamie Robson got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Robson .
In the game before, an away victory in the League Cup match versus East Fife with a 1-0 scoreline.Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Dundee United have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn one and lost two from three games. zero defeats by at least two goals.
Rangers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Rangers performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 31/12 goals scored/conceded.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Rangers goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin is eager to challenge this, with his 330 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Rangers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Malmö FF.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Livingston in the Premiership.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Rangers given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 18 matches with 14 wins as expected, three draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won eleven of these games by at least two goals.
A new game in only three days for Rangers, the Champions League home match versus Malmö FF. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Dundee United-Rangers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dundee United four wins, Rangers six wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Hagi 1 goals |  S. Wright 1 goals |  K. Roofe 1 goals |
Dundee United missing players
Rangers missing players
| Dundee United | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| Dundee United | Last season | Rangers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 13 | 32 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 35 | 92 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | ||
| 82% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 97% | ||
| 68% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 76% | ||
| 42% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 50% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 29% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 13% | ||
| 42% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 34% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 68% | ||
| 42% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 5% | 3% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.5 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.7 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 14.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 35% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hearts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Dundee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ross County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Celtic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Dundee United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |