This is Premiership and Motherwell - Dundee. In this preview and prediction you'll find stats, previous results, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundee have the most conceded goals (49) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Motherwell nor Dundee as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Motherwell form and stats
The total Premiership results at home this season for Motherwell are 7-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).
The Motherwell crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Ross County here at Fir Park. van Veen, a natural forward, was the champion performer for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 7.32 (out of 10). Veen hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
2-2 away at Rangers before that.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 Motherwell have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost four.
Motherwell has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Motherwell's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dundee form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dundee so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-10 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking players of Dundee have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 210 minutes.
There were no winners in Dundee's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Hibernian (placed 5th). Lawlor was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.12. The agile goalkeeper Lawlor topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Livingston.Dundee are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting St. Mirren in just four days.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Dundee have conceded 27 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other previously this match year: Dundee - Motherwell 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Motherwell eight wins, zero draws and Dundee two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. van Veen 7 goals |   D. Mullen 5 goals |  L. McCowan 4 goals |
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| Motherwell | Dundee | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 30 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 43 | 21 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 27 | 49 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 83% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 61% |
| 38% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 54% |
| 21% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 32% |
| 7% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 21% | 18% |
| 48% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 39% |
| 24% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 31% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.3 | 10.2 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.8 | 9.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 32% | 38% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 25% |
| 14.3 | 13.7 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 15.4 | 14.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
- Dundee have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dundee have the fewest points (8) away in Premiership
- Dundee have the most conceded goals (27) away in Premiership
- Dundee have the most conceded goals (49) in Premiership
- Dundee have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Premiership
- Dundee have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Premiership
- Dundee have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Premiership
- Dundee have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 45 | 70 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 59 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 35 | 67 |
| 3 | Hearts | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Livingston | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -3 | 37 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 35 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 35 |
| 8 | Ross County | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -5 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 26 | -13 | 33 |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 23 |
| 12 | Dundee | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -26 | 22 |
