St. Johnstone favourites for feisty fight facing Dundee United

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: McDiarmid Park (10696 seats)

Dundee United have come here for an engaging duel versus the home side St. Johnstone. Prepare for the match with this full Premiership preview!

Both sides have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!

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St. Johnstone form and stats

The complete Premiership results at home this season for St. Johnstone are 0-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Johnstone travelled for their previous game, a trip to Arbroath (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) that ended 2-2. A painful moment in the game against Arbroath (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) was the missed penalty kick from J. Kerr in the 57th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.

Ahead of that match, Johnstone lost 2-4 at home to Galatasaray.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does St. Johnstone handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and one defeat.

At McDiarmid Park, St. Johnstone has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Dundee United form and stats

Playing away, Dundee United have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premiership this season.

Dundee has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ayr United (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) for a League Cup game that ended a draw (1-1).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Rangers in the Premiership.

We have checked recent matches where Dundee have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were one victory, four draws and two defeats.

Dundee United have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two parties are: four wins for Johnstone, five draws and one win for Dundee United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Dundee UnitedJ. Robson
J. Robson
1 goals

St. Johnstone missing players

Dundee United missing players

St. Johnstone Dundee United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 1 1 Scored S 0 0 1
1 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 2
50% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
6 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.5
3 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 6.5
1.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 6
3 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2
17% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
St. Johnstone Last season Dundee United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 5   Won W   4 10
12 6   Drew D   8 14
15 8   Lost L   7 14
36 9   Scored S   11 32
46 15   Conceded C   26 50
89% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   74% 82%
58% 32%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 68%
37% 16%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 42%
16% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
42% 21%   BTTS BTTS   32% 42%
29% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 34%
39% 53%   Failed to Score F T   53% 42%
 
4.6 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.1
4.5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 6.6
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
5 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.1 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 8.7
2.9 2.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.4
32% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hibernian 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 6
2 Aberdeen 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Hearts 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Celtic 2 1 0 1 7 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 3
5 Rangers 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
6 Dundee United 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
7 St. Johnstone 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
8 Motherwell 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
9 St. Mirren 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
10 Ross County 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
11 Dundee 2 0 1 1 2 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 1
12 Livingston 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0

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.