Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kilmarnock & Dundee United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
3 - 4 - 4 with 5-14. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Dundee United when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Dundee United play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Dundee United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only four sleeps ago.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Kilmarnock have collected 13 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-1-4.
Kilmarnock shared the glory with Partick Thistle in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Before that match, a Championship win away at Queen of the South.This is expected to be a close game, with Kilmarnock perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kilmarnock as a small favourite), we find seven games. Kilmarnock has won two of these, drawn one and lost four.
The Kilmarnock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Kilmarnock have conceded only 8 goals.
Dundee United form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Home advantage was not enough for Dundee United in their previous game, as they lost their Premiership-match, hosting St. Mirren, 1-2. Mulgrew, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.32. Mulgrew hit two key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.
A 1-3 loss hosting Hibernian before that.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 six relevant matches. Results were one Dundee win, three draws and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Dundee United are hosting Ross County in the Premiership only four days away.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Kilmarnock, two draws and four wins for Dundee United. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  O. Shaw 9 goals |  C. Hendry 4 goals |   R. Edwards 3 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
Dundee United missing players
| Kilmarnock | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 21 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 23% | ||
| 9 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 33 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -13 | 24 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 21 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 18 |
