The campaign has been back-breaking for Ross County so far, while Dundee United have enjoyed success. Will the highest placed take a new scalp at Global Energy Stadium?
- Ross County have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premiership
- Dundee United have the most clean sheets (7) in Premiership
The hosts County saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premiership. This match was also played here at Global Energy Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Dundee United have had more rest.
Ross County form and stats
With 1 Premiership win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Ross County are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Ross County's last game was hosting Hibernian (placed 7th) and winning 1-0. Manager M. Mackay felt very clever after Blair Spittal scored the winning goal against Hibernian, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 72nd minute. Goalkeeper Ashley Maynard Brewer got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.3 out of ten. Brewer stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as County lost 2-4 at Rangers's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for County as they are travelling to their away game against St. Mirren in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
The County fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. County have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number. When Ross County hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Livingston, Dundee and St. Johnstone), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Dundee United form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Dundee United, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Premiership, playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
The supporters enjoyed Dundee's previous game versus Aberdeen (placed 8th), a Premiership 1-0 win played at home. Dundee United made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Calum Butcher receiving a red card in the 42nd minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Dundee United won the match 1-0! Scott McMann was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender McMann served one assist, hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Prior to that match, the Dundee manager T. Courts faced defeat when travelling to Hearts and losing 2-5.Dundee have another game away in just three sleeps, a Premiership game against Motherwell. A back-breaking timetable for the visitors!
Dundee find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Dundee have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other already this season, with the match result Dundee United - County 1-0 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three County victories, one draw and six Dundee United wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Charles-Cook 4 goals |  B. Spittal 4 goals |  H. Clarke 3 goals |
Ross County missing players
Dundee United missing players
| Ross County | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 26 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 46% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 10.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.3 | 10.8 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 23% |
| 14.6 | 12.7 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.6 | 13.2 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
- Dundee United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dundee United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premiership
- Dundee United have the most clean sheets (7) in Premiership
- Ross County have the most dropped points from leading position (10) 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Celtic | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 26 |
| 3 | Hearts | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 21 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Livingston | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Dundee | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | Ross County | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 9 |