The home advantage belongs to St. Johnstone in this match against Dundee United, but the visitors will resist to the finish. Here's the complete Tipsway match preview!
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Dundee United have yet to win a game away.
Both teams have had sufficient rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's hope for an active game!
St. Johnstone form and stats
Overall Premiership stats playing at home this season for St. Johnstone are 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The St. Johnstone crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Hearts here at McDiarmid Park. The penalty miss from Carey in the defeat against Hearts was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. May, an attacker, was the highest rated performer for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.34 (out of 10). May scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Celtic (1-4).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 Johnstone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 3.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 latest league games reveals that 10 of them had goals from both sides.
The St. Johnstone fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Dundee United form and stats
There's been little loot from Dundee United's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Premiership. Dundee United only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Fox, the Dundee United manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Dundee go into this game after a win, the home game against Ross County that ended 3-0. Midfielder Sibbald was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Sibbald scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Hearts.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dundee United playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Dundee United wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
The attacking power of Dundee United when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dundee United have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have fought before this season: Dundee United - Johnstone 1-2. Previous ten meetings involving these teams: St. Johnstone won three, Dundee United were winners in two and we saw five draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Clark 4 goals |  S. May 4 goals |   D. Levitt 4 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Dundee United missing players
| St. Johnstone | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 29 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 33 |
| 95% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 74% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 72% |
| 68% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 61% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 63% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 16% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 28% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 6.8 | 8.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 9.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.6 | 10.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 44% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 35% |
| 13.8 | 12.3 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.6 | 15 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
- Dundee United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dundee United have yet to win a game away.
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
| 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 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 46 | 54 |
| 2 | Rangers | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Hearts | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 6 | St. Johnstone | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 24 |
| 7 | Livingston | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Dundee United | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 12 | Ross County | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -18 | 15 |
