Premiership match preview and statistics: Dundee United fight Ross County

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tannadice Park (14223 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premiership table so far. Here's the Dundee United - Ross County latest:

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Dundee United form and stats

Dundee United's struggle is real here at Tannadice Park with only 5 points collected from 6 Premiership games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.

Stress levels are on the rise for Dundee's attacking players as they have now played 252 minutes without scoring in a league game. N. Clark was their last goal scorer. Dundee United are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Dundee manager M. Mellon and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus St. Johnstone (placed 10th) in the Premiership. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Aberdeen that ended 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dundee United handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, one draw and one defeat.

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 (4 from 6 games). 6 goals have been conceded.

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Ross County form and stats

Playing away, Ross County, who have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Premiership, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premiership this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Ross County have lost on their last two travels.

I. Vigurs was the last player to score for the away team. County haven't scored a league goal in the last 408 minutes.

County play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Motherwell (placed 8th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Hibernian.

County lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

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

County are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. As opposed to that, Ross County have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ross County - Dundee 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Dundee won six, Ross County won three and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dundee UnitedN. Clark
N. Clark
3 goals
Ross CountyR. Stewart
R. Stewart
2 goals
DundeeM. Reynolds
M. Reynolds
1 goals

Dundee United missing players

Ross County missing players

Dundee United Ross County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 0 Played P 1 6 12
3 1 0 Won W 0 2 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 0 Lost L 1 3 6
8 4 0 Scored S 0 3 7
16 6 0 Conceded C 4 8 20
83% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
58% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 58%
42% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 17% 42%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
42% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 25%
25% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
119 57 0 Total Shots T S 13 51 113
25 14 0 Shots on Target S O 3 9 23
32% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 30%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Ross County has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Premiership
  • Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-13) in Premiership
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • 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 12 10 2 0 28 3 6 6 0 0 16 0 6 4 2 0 12 3 25 32
2 Celtic 11 8 2 1 28 10 5 4 0 1 14 5 6 4 2 0 14 5 18 26
3 Hibernian 12 7 3 2 17 10 5 2 2 1 7 6 7 5 1 1 10 4 7 24
4 Aberdeen 11 7 2 2 17 11 7 4 1 2 12 11 4 3 1 0 5 0 6 23
5 Kilmarnock 11 4 2 5 15 13 5 2 1 2 8 5 6 2 1 3 7 8 2 14
6 Dundee United 12 3 4 5 8 16 6 1 2 3 4 6 6 2 2 2 4 10 -8 13
7 Ross County 12 3 3 6 7 20 6 1 2 3 4 12 6 2 1 3 3 8 -13 12
8 Motherwell 10 3 2 5 11 13 6 2 1 3 8 9 4 1 1 2 3 4 -2 11
9 Livingston 12 3 2 7 13 20 6 2 1 3 6 9 6 1 1 4 7 11 -7 11
10 St. Johnstone 12 3 2 7 9 16 6 1 1 4 1 5 6 2 1 3 8 11 -7 11
11 St. Mirren 10 2 1 7 6 15 5 1 1 3 3 7 5 1 0 4 3 8 -9 7
12 Hamilton Academical 11 2 1 8 13 25 5 0 1 4 4 10 6 2 0 4 9 15 -12 7

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.