St Mirren vs Dundee United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

St Mirren

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St Mirren prepare for this game following on from a 0-0 Premiership stalemate against St Johnstone.

In that game, St Mirren managed 45% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. St Johnstone had 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.

Over their preceding six fixtures, Jim Goodwin's St Mirren have hit the back of the net 6 times - an average number of goals per match equal to 1.

Their past results show that St Mirren:

• have not been beaten in the league by Dundee United in their last 3 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

Dundee United

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After a loss in their previous game against Hearts in Premiership competition, Dundee United will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Dundee United had 39% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Hearts got 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Liam Boyce (45') and Armand Gnanduillet (90') scored for Hearts.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Dundee United has become noticeable of late. Checking on their last six outings reveals that it’s occurred 5 times. During those clashes, their opponents have managed a goal total of 5 while Dundee United have scored 4. That aside, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern will persist here in this game.

Their previous form shows that Dundee United:

• are winless against St Mirren when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are undefeated by St Mirren when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 23/05/2019, there has been little between the sides with St Mirren winning 1 of those games, Dundee United 1 and 4 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined total of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 from The Buddies and 4 being from The Tangerines. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The previous league meeting between the two was Premiership match day 5 on 16/05/2021 when the final score was St Mirren 0-0 Dundee United.

In that match, St Mirren managed 59% possession and 13 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

On the other side, Dundee United had 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Euan Anderson.

🗞️ Team News: St Mirren

The St Mirren manager Jim Goodwin will be grateful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this match thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Dundee United

Dundee United manager Thomas Courts has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Logan Chalmers (Knee Injury), Calum Butcher (Knee Injury) and Mark Connolly (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) miss out here.

💭 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Dundee United are capable enough to put a goal past this St Mirren lineup, however that isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for a 2-1 winning score for St Mirren by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Lucas Pereira, 23:30 06/09/2021