National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hibernian or Dundee United that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hibernian and Dundee United.
Hibernian form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Hibernian manager J. Ross and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Motherwell in the Premiership. Ahead of that match, Hibernian won a home game hosting Hamilton Academical (2-1).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hibernian handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus St. Mirren in only four days. This game is also played here at Easter Road Stadium.
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee United's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Dundee United have an excellent away record in the Championship so far with 8-0-3 from 11 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Dundee United as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Dundee United's record of six away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Queen of the South game.
There were no winners in Dundee United's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Greenock Morton. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Hibernian.
Dundee United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of three matches.
After this away game Dundee United return home for a Championship game against Arbroath. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Dundee United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. Dundee United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Dundee United - Hibernian 2-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Hibernian victories, 5 draws and 2 Dundee United wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Doidge 8 goals |   N. Clark 7 goals |  M. Boyle 5 goals |
Hibernian missing players
Dundee United missing players
| Hibernian | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 51 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 7 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 231 | 124 | Total Shots | T S | 134 | 303 | ||
| 100 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 122 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Dundee | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -11 | 26 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -13 | 22 |