Dundee United battle St. Mirren for kudos and sporting success.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Dundee United form and stats
0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Dundee United have to build on here at Tannadice Park in the Premiership.
Dundee United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hearts (1-4). Dundee's goalkeeper Birighitti was extremely busy against Hearts, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. Behich was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Behich hit one key pass and won 11 of 12 duels.
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 13 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 1 and lost 5.
Early season league goal statistics from Dundee United's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.
St. Mirren form and stats
Playing away, St. Mirren have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premiership this season.
St. Mirren go into this game after a win, the home game against Ross County that ended 1-0. That win felt good as this team had gone five league matches without winning. Tait got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Tait scored one goal.
Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Aberdeen's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by St. Mirren in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Mirren, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, St. Mirren has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Dundee United wins - draws - St. Mirren wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Levitt 1 goals |  S. Fletcher 1 goals |   R. Tait 1 goals |
Dundee United missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Dundee United | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 5 | 9 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.3 | 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2 | 7.7 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 13 | 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 6.3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2.3 |
