Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dundee United & Celtic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Scottish Cup.Dundee United have performed here at Tannadice Park this season with 10 wins from 14 Scottish Cup matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
Dundee United drew their last game, also a home match. Hearts was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Smith (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Smith scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Livingston in the Premiership.Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Dundee United have been in this position before, they have won one, drawn one and lost two from four games. zero defeats by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Dundee United are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Dundee have conceded only 10 goals.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 4th round.Two away matches in a row for Celtic, whose coach Postecoglou could celebrate last time after the win against Livingston. Attacker Jota got a player rating of 8.24 in the game. "Man of the match" Jota served one assist, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).
Before that, Celtic secured a home win against St. Mirren with the score 2-0.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Celtic given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed seven matches with four wins as expected, two draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won two of these games by at least two goals.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Dundee won zero games, two matches ended in a draw and Celtic got eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  L. Abada 9 goals |  K. Furuhashi 8 goals |  J. Neves Filipe 7 goals |
Dundee United missing players
Celtic missing players
| Dundee United | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Scored | S | 26 | 50 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 9.1 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.4 | 17.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 14.4 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee United | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 59 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
| 3 | Dundee | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 41 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -7 | 36 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 28 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -15 | 26 |
