📏 Form Guide

Dundee United

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Dundee United will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-1 Premiership success versus Hearts.

In that match, Dundee United managed 49% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Dundee United was Sam Dalby (67'). On the other side, Hearts had 15 shots at goal with 7 on target.

Dundee United haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They’ve managed to rack up 8 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 9. Let’s see whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

Their previous form shows that Dundee United:

• haven't lost in the league to St Johnstone in their previous 2 games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

St Johnstone

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St Johnstone will come into the encounter after a 1-0 Premiership win to defeat Celtic in their previous outing.

In that match, St Johnstone had 20% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for St Johnstone was Daniels Balodis (4'). Celtic had 25 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target.

The attacking players from St Johnstone have suffered from a lack of goals over their last six clashes, contributing the poor return of just 4. In those fixtures, The Saints have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 4.

Coming into this meeting, St Johnstone haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 01/10/2022, neither club has come out on top overall with Dundee United winning 3 of those games, St Johnstone 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for The Tangerines and 6 netted by The Saints. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 19 on 26/12/2024 when the final score was St Johnstone 1-2 Dundee United.

That time, St Johnstone had 51% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Makenzie Kirk (44').

On the other side, Dundee United had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Glenn Middleton (51') and Sam Dalby (60') scored.

The referee was Kevin Clancy.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that St Johnstone will manage to find the back of the net against this Dundee United outfit, however it may not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Dundee United after 90 minutes. Let’s see what happens here.

Peter Guest, 13:04 12/04/2025