Premiership forecast and guide: Motherwell modest favourite to overpower Dundee United

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13677 seats)

Motherwell are ready to challenge Dundee United in this Premiership game. Everything you need to know about the match can be found here!

Insights:
  • Motherwell have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Dundee United have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premiership

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Motherwell form and stats

Only two Premiership home games for Motherwell so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Motherwell's previous match was a League Cup game also played at home, ending 4-0 against Inverness CT. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.

A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Kilmarnock.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Motherwell handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from Motherwell's 2 home games: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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Dundee United form and stats

The Premiership season is young and Dundee United have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

The attacking players of Dundee have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 199 minutes.

Two away matches in a row for Dundee United, whose boss Ross could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Livingston.

Preceding that, the 0-9 home loss versus Celtic.

We have checked recent matches where Dundee have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

2 goals so far away for Dundee United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Motherwell, two draws and four wins for Dundee United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

MotherwellK. van Veen
K. van Veen
4 goals
MotherwellC. Slattery
C. Slattery
1 goals
MotherwellB. Spittal
B. Spittal
1 goals

Motherwell missing players

Dundee United missing players

Motherwell Dundee United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 4
7 2 1 Scored S 0 2 2
6 2 2 Conceded C 0 5 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
60% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
60% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 40%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 60%
 
4.8 3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4.6
5.6 3.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 5.8
1.8 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 7.5 2 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 9.2
3.2 1.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.2
44% 67% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 12%
 
10.6 4 4 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15 16
2 1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 7.2
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Dundee United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dundee United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dundee United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Dundee United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Dundee United have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the most conceded goals (18) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Premiership
  • Dundee United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dundee United have yet to win a game.
  • Dundee United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dundee United is in the worst form (0-1-4)
  • Motherwell have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Motherwell have scored more than double the goals of Dundee United.
  • Motherwell have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 5 5 0 0 21 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 3 0 0 17 1 20 15
2 Rangers 5 4 1 0 14 3 3 3 0 0 10 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 11 13
3 Hearts 5 3 1 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 9 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 10
4 Aberdeen 5 3 0 2 12 6 3 2 0 1 11 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 6 9
5 Motherwell 5 3 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 9
6 St. Mirren 5 3 0 2 6 5 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 9
7 Livingston 5 2 0 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 1 6 -5 6
8 Hibernian 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 5
9 Kilmarnock 5 1 1 3 3 10 3 1 1 1 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 4
10 St. Johnstone 5 1 0 4 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 4 8 -6 3
11 Ross County 5 1 0 4 3 10 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 1 7 -7 3
12 Dundee United 5 0 1 4 2 18 3 0 0 3 0 13 2 0 1 1 2 5 -16 1

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.