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Dundee v Dundee United
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Kick Off: Thursday 2nd January at 17:30
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Competition: Scottish Premiership
Dundee United make the shortest trip in British football on Thursday when they open 2025 with a derby encounter against Dundee.
Jim Goodwin’s side have performed well above expectations this season, muscling their way into European contention off the back of a dream beginning to their first campaign back in the top-flight.
The Dark Blues, meanwhile, have been going through an erratic period but head into the derby after a fine win away to St Mirren.
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Every single Dundee home game this season has produced at least 3 goals, with the Dark Blues proving specialists when it comes to entertaining the home crowd.
Goals have come at both ends of the park, too. Prior to the 3-0 loss against Ross County on Boxing Day, each of their home encounters had seen goals at both ends of the field.
Dundee United’s recent away matches, meanwhile, have also been entertaining encounters. They won 2-1 against St Johnstone on Boxing Day and played their part in a thrilling 4-3 loss against Motherwell in mid-December.
With the previous game between these clubs ending 2-2, expect more entertainment from this derby encounter.
Dundee United are unfortunate not to be favourites to win this match – and to that end 1.91 on the Draw No Bet market is worth consideration – and look excellent value simply to avoid defeat.
The Tangerines have lost only 1 of their last 9 Premiership outings, which include fixtures against Rangers and Celtic, while they are coming off a 1-0 win over third-placed Aberdeen last Thursday.
Dundee have yet to pick up successive victories in the Premiership this season, which is a duck they will have to break if they are to win this match as they are coming off the back of a 2-1 victory over St Mirren. Before that, they had lost 3 in a row without scoring.
Dundee’s greatest weakness this season has been an inability to keep clean sheets. They have conceded at least 1 goal in each of their last 11 Premiership clashes.
Last time out at home, they leaked 3 against a Ross County outfit that had previously only scored twice away from home all term. On top of this, they have conceded at least 2 in 12 of their 19 games.
United, meanwhile, have scored at least 2 goals in 2 of their last 4, with their failures in this regard against runaway leaders Celtic and third-placed Aberdeen. After netting 2 against their neighbours in August, they should feel confident of replicating this effort.
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🔍 Dundee v Dundee United Players to Watch
🟠 Sam Dalby
The Englishman is the Premiership’s top scorer with 9 goals this season and is the form forward in Scotland after bagging these goals in his last 12 games.
He has been a model of efficiency this season, with 48.4% of his shots hitting the target and 23% finding the net.
Dalby is also likely to be Dundee United’s penalty taker in this game if they are awarded one. He has scored 2 from 2 from the spot.
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💻 Dundee v Dundee United Form and Tactics
Dundee have experienced an inconsistent season to date, such that Tony Docherty’s side are chasing successive wins in the Premiership for the first time all campaign.
They are a side that operate best when they have possession of the ball. Indeed, 4 of their last 5 wins have come when they have posted over 50% control, with the exception coming on Sunday as they edged St Mirren 2-1. Often, they struggle to achieve this, with a season average of just 47.1% possession.
The Dark Blues had been building some momentum in terms of their home form until they crashed to a shock 3-0 loss against Ross County on Boxing Day. Prior to that surprising loss, they had won 3 straight, during which they had scored a total of 11 goals.
Former Dundee United striker Simon Murray is their top scorer on 6 league goals, with the centre-forward netting twice against St Mirren on Saturday.
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Dundee United, meanwhile, have been a study in pragmatism under Jim Goodwin this season. They have defied pre-season predictions of trouble emphatically, and while they have not always been pretty to watch, they have been highly effective and very difficult to beat.
The Terrors have lost just 4 of 19 matches this season. Only 1 of these losses has come in their last 9, during which they have drawn with both Rangers and Celtic.
As well as an excellent mentality through the squad, their strength has been the defence, which has conceded only 20 goals. Only Rangers and Celtic have fared better.
This has been achieved despite typically seeing little of the ball. United have only had more possession than their opponents on 5 occasions this term in the league, while they snatched a 2-2 draw against Dundee on the opening day of the season despite having just 38% of the ball.
🏁 Dundee v Dundee United Ref Watch
- Referee: Steven McLean
- McLean has overseen 10 matches already this season, averaging 3.2 cards per game, with just 1 red shown.
- He has awarded 2 penalties in the 7 Premiership games he has overseen, 1 of which was against Dundee United.
- He averages 21.71 fouls per Premiership game this season, with 16.0 awarded against Dundee United in the 2 Terrors games he has officiated.
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