Premiership: Dundee United are 7 points behind St. Johnstone, but intend to go full force. Get this show on the road!
- Dundee United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premiership
Both teams have had enough rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an energetic game!
Dundee United form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Dundee United at their home stadium (Tannadice Park) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. Dundee has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Fox and the players.
The Dundee United fans got no joy from their last fixture, a Scottish Cup duel also played here at Tannadice Park: A 0-1 defeat against Kilmarnock.
A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Hearts.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 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 4.
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 12 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
St. Johnstone form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Celtic with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Defender Wright was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Wright scored one goal and won 5 of 6 duels.
Prior to that result Johnstone won their away game at Motherwell. The scoreline was 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by St. Johnstone in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for St. Johnstone, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
St. Johnstone find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Johnstone have conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent fixture: St. Johnstone - Dundee United 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Dundee wins - draws - St. Johnstone wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Fletcher 5 goals |   D. Wright 5 goals |  D. Levitt 4 goals |
Dundee United missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Dundee United | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 29 |
| 43 | 22 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 24 | 42 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 71% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 76% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 69% | 60% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 28% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 20% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 56% |
| 25% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 8% | 16% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 32% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.5 | 10.2 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 35% | 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 40% | 43% |
| 15.3 | 14.3 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 15 | 13.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
- Dundee United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundee United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone 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 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 60 | 70 |
| 2 | Rangers | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 35 | 61 |
| 3 | Hearts | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Livingston | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -7 | 35 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -1 | 34 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -7 | 33 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 47 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 33 | -8 | 32 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -13 | 27 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 27 | -23 | 23 |
| 10 | Ross County | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 21 |
| 11 | Motherwell | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Dundee United | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 20 |
