Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 20

Jan 2, 2023 at 3pm UK

McDiarmid Park

St Johnstone
0 - 1
Dundee Utd

Gordon (28'), Phillips (59'), Wotherspoon (90+4')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Watt (81')
Sibbald (19')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Monday's Scottish Premiership clash between St Johnstone and Dundee United, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

St Johnstone

All competitions

Last Game: St Johnstone 2-3 Hearts
Wednesday, December 28 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Dundee United

All competitions

Last Game: Dundee Utd 3-0 Ross County
Wednesday, December 28 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: St Johnstone 1-2 Dundee United

Buoyed by their victory over Ross County, Dundee United will head into the new year with renewed confidence as they look to strengthen their league position in the second half of the season. Fox's men have enjoyed success in their recent visits to McDiarmid Park and we are backing them to come away with a slender victory against the floundering St Johnstone. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a St Johnstone win with a probability of 40.01%. A win for Dundee United had a probability of 31.07% and a draw had a probability of 28.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a St Johnstone win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.94%) and 2-0 (7.82%). The likeliest Dundee United win was 0-1 (11.16%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.31%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 11.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Dundee United would win this match.

Result
St Johnstone	Draw	Dundee United
40.01% ( -0.23)	28.92% ( 0.07)	31.07% ( 0.16)

Both teams to score 44.41% (

-0.14)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

37.93% (

-0.2)

62.07% (

0.21)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.21% (

-0.15)

81.79% (

0.15)

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.66% (

-0.24)

30.34% (

0.24)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.47% (

-0.29)

66.53% (

0.29)

Dundee United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.75% (

0.01)

36.25% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.96% (

0.01)

73.04% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

St Johnstone 40%

Dundee United 31.07%

Draw 28.91%

St Johnstone	Draw	Dundee United
1-0 @ 13.11% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 7.94% ( -0.04) 2-0 @ 7.82% ( -0.04) 3-1 @ 3.16% ( -0.04) 3-0 @ 3.11% ( -0.04) 3-2 @ 1.6% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 0.94% ( -0.02) 4-0 @ 0.93% ( -0.02) Other @ 1.39% Total : 40%	1-1 @ 13.31% ( 0.02) 0-0 @ 10.99% ( 0.08) 2-2 @ 4.03% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.59% Total : 28.91%	0-1 @ 11.16% ( 0.09) 1-2 @ 6.75% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 5.66% ( 0.05) 1-3 @ 2.28% ( 0) 0-3 @ 1.92% ( 0.02) 2-3 @ 1.36% ( -0.01) Other @ 1.93% Total : 31.07%