Open game expected at Tannadice Park: Dundee United vs St. Mirren preview

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Tue 18.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tannadice Park (14223 seats)

Dundee United have 25 points running out as the hosts. St. Mirren have brought back 19 points using the away locker rooms. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Dundee United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren have the most conceded goals (22) away in Premiership

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Dundee United form and stats

5 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Dundee United have to build on here at Tannadice Park in the Premiership. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Dundee United with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Ross County game, 52 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Dundee's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Hibernian (placed 5th). Mulgrew was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.13 out of 10. The defender Mulgrew won 2 of 3 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Dundee United lost 0-1 at Rangers's place.

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 nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dundee United as they are travelling to their away game against Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup. That match is four days after this one.

Dundee United aren't scoring a lot here at Tannadice Park in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. Dundee United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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St. Mirren form and stats

St. Mirren have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-4-4 (10 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Mirren, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Ross County game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

St. Mirren have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 183 minutes ago. Shaughnessy was the goal scorer.

St. Mirren play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Rangers (placed 1st). Shaughnessy was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.1. The defender Shaughnessy won 4 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Celtic.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by St. Mirren in our archives, and the results are: two wins for St. Mirren, four draws and one defeat.

St. Mirren have another fixture away from home in just four sleeps, a Scottish Cup game versus Ayr United. A rough fixture list for them!

St. Mirren have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Mirren, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The most recent archived meeting between these participants is the St. Mirren - Dundee United 0-0 played earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Dundee United won three, St. Mirren were winners in two and we saw five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

St. MirrenE. Brophy
E. Brophy
5 goals
Dundee UnitedR. Edwards
R. Edwards
3 goals
Dundee UnitedI. Harkes
I. Harkes
3 goals

Dundee United missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Dundee United St. Mirren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
7 5 2 Won W 1 2 3
4 0 0 Drew D 1 4 10
9 5 1 Lost L 1 4 7
16 7 2 Scored S 4 11 18
23 11 1 Conceded C 6 22 31
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 75%
50% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 65%
25% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 45%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 35%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 30% 20%
30% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 50%
35% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 30%
40% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 45%
 
4.4 4.8 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5 5.5
5.7 5.5 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.7 5.8
2.4 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.8 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.2 11.1 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 12.2 12.2
3.9 4.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 4.2
21% 17% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 24% 21%
 
13.9 13.5 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 16.9 15.2
3.6 3.9 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.9 5.8
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • 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.
  • St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Mirren have the most conceded goals (22) away in Premiership

  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 20 16 3 1 43 14 11 8 3 0 22 7 9 8 0 1 21 7 29 51
2 Celtic 20 14 3 3 42 12 9 7 2 0 22 2 11 7 1 3 20 10 30 45
3 Hearts 20 10 6 4 29 18 10 6 3 1 18 8 10 4 3 3 11 10 11 36
4 Motherwell 20 9 4 7 25 27 11 7 1 3 17 15 9 2 3 4 8 12 -2 31
5 Hibernian 20 8 5 7 24 22 10 5 2 3 12 10 10 3 3 4 12 12 2 29
6 Aberdeen 20 8 3 9 25 24 10 6 1 3 15 9 10 2 2 6 10 15 1 27
7 Dundee United 20 7 4 9 16 23 10 5 0 5 7 11 10 2 4 4 9 12 -7 25
8 Livingston 20 5 5 10 16 26 9 2 2 5 7 11 11 3 3 5 9 15 -10 20
9 St. Mirren 20 3 10 7 18 31 10 1 6 3 7 9 10 2 4 4 11 22 -13 19
10 Ross County 20 4 6 10 27 35 9 2 3 4 14 17 11 2 3 6 13 18 -8 18
11 Dundee 20 4 4 12 18 37 10 3 3 4 12 16 10 1 1 8 6 21 -19 16
12 St. Johnstone 20 3 5 12 11 25 11 1 3 7 9 17 9 2 2 5 2 8 -14 14

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.