Premiership: Tipsway are previewing an interesting and important fight featuring St. Johnstone and Dundee at McDiarmid Park. They both need three points!
- St. Johnstone have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
- Dundee have lost all their away matches so far.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone have played three Premiership home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for St. Johnstone, their manager C. Davidson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The fans are hoping that Johnstone will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premiership game against Hibernian (placed 2nd). Zander Clark had a busy but productive day in the Hibernian match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Michael O'Halloran, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.33 (out of 10). O'Halloran hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 7 of 10 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the League Cup match versus Dundee with a 2-0 scoreline.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 Johnstone have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn four and lost two.
Johnstone aren't scoring a lot here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. On the other hand, Johnstone have conceded 4 goals.
Dundee form and stats
No Premiership points yet away for Dundee, from their first 3 matches. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. McPake, the Dundee manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Dundee are looking to quickly end their 367 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership.
Dundee might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Rangers proved too strong as Dundee slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park. The attacker Paul McMullan got a match rating of 7.95 in that game. McMullan hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
The game before that, in the League Cup, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against St. Johnstone.We have checked recent matches where Dundee have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, one draw and three defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dundee's away games in the league this season with only 0 goals from 3 matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Dundee concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Johnstone victories, zero draws and three Dundee wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Cummings 2 goals |   M. O'Halloran 1 goals |  S. May 1 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Dundee missing players
| St. Johnstone | Dundee | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 5.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 7.4 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.6 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.3 | 12 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 4.1 |
| 15% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
- Dundee have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dundee have failed to score a single goal away.
- Dundee have lost all their away matches so far.
- Dundee have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest points (1) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- St. Johnstone have yet to win a game at home.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Hearts | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Celtic | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Livingston | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 11 | Ross County | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 12 | Dundee | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -9 | 3 |