Home advantage could prove decisive in Dundee United - Ross County battle

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tannadice Park (14223 seats)

Get ready for Dundee United - Ross County! Even with their varied results, this match could be great fun!

Insights:
  • Dundee United have the most clean sheets (4) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals (15) in Premiership

Dundee United and Ross County should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Dundee United form and stats

Dundee United have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premiership. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

An away draw last time out for Dundee, facing Celtic in a game that ended 1-1. Defender Ryan Edwards got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Edwards won 2 of 5 duels.

Preceding that match was a League Cup defeat to Hibernian (1-3).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dundee United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost zero.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dundee here at Tannadice Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Dundee are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tannadice Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Ross County form and stats

The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (15) in Premiership, are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. With two straight losses from their last two away games, County are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

County play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Motherwell (placed 4th). The attacker Blair Spittal got a match rating of 7.91 in that game. Spittal hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Hearts.

We have checked recent matches where County have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, one draw and three defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from County's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. The County manager M. Mackay has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Dundee victories, one draw and four Ross County wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dundee UnitedI. Harkes
I. Harkes
2 goals
Ross CountyR. Charles-Cook
R. Charles-Cook
2 goals
Ross CountyB. Spittal
B. Spittal
2 goals

Dundee United missing players

Ross County missing players

Dundee United Ross County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 4 7
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 0
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
4 2 1 Scored S 1 2 6
5 2 0 Conceded C 4 9 15
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
43% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 71%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
57% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
43% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 43%
 
3.9 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 2.7
6 5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 7.5 7.7
2.9 3.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.3 9.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 11.2 9.4
4.3 5.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 2.7
13% 12% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 18% 32%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Ross County's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dundee United have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the most clean sheets (4) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ross County have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ross County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals (15) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
  • Ross County have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Ross County have yet to win a game.
  • Ross County 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 Rangers 7 5 1 1 12 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 3 0 1 7 4 7 16
2 Hibernian 7 4 3 0 13 6 4 3 1 0 8 2 3 1 2 0 5 4 7 15
3 Hearts 7 4 3 0 12 5 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 7 15
4 Motherwell 7 4 2 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 14
5 Dundee United 7 3 2 2 4 5 3 2 0 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 -1 11
6 Celtic 7 3 1 3 17 5 4 3 1 0 16 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 12 10
7 Aberdeen 7 2 2 3 8 9 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 5 7 -1 8
8 St. Mirren 7 1 4 2 8 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 0 2 1 4 10 -6 7
9 St. Johnstone 7 1 3 3 3 5 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 -2 6
10 Livingston 7 1 1 5 3 12 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 0 1 3 0 8 -9 4
11 Ross County 7 0 3 4 6 15 3 0 2 1 4 6 4 0 1 3 2 9 -9 3
12 Dundee 7 0 3 4 4 13 4 0 3 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 0 8 -9 3

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.