National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dundee United or Kilmarnock that keep their silverware dream alive.
Kilmarnock play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture takes place on grass. Up to date results for Kilmarnock when featuring on grass are 7 wins, 5 draws and 23 defeats from 35 matches. They have created {25 goals} and conceded 53 times on these occasions.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee United participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Dundee United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hearts (1-3). The striker Fletcher bested all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Fletcher scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Prior to that, an away loss at Kilmarnock in the Premiership.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 Dundee have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.As the visiting team in Championship matches, Kilmarnock have produced an overall stat of 8-6-4 so far.
Kilmarnock play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Livingston. Doidge, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Doidge scored one goal.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Dundee United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kilmarnock playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Kilmarnock win, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kilmarnock have scored 22 goals in 18 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Dundee United won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Kilmarnock managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Armstrong 6 goals |   S. Fletcher 5 goals |  D. Levitt 4 goals |
Dundee United missing players
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| Dundee United | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 10 | 12 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Conceded | C | 26 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 36% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 46% | ||
| 14.3 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 67 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 59 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 50 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -15 | 42 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 40 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -13 | 39 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -17 | 35 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | -18 | 33 |
