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Dundee United 1–0 Dundee FC

Sunday 19 September 2021, 12:00 · Tannadice Park · Round 6 · Half-time 0–0 · Attendance 12,806

Dundee United Harkes 81'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Dundee United	Dundee FC
Goals	1	0
xG	0.72	0.84
Expected Points	1.19	1.42

Dundee United 27%Draw 39%Dundee FC 34%

Most likely score 0–0, 21%. Final score 1–0, 14%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Stoppage time is shaded as far as the last shot or event recorded in it. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

Dundee UnitedDundee FC

0.72 −0.06xG0.84 −0.03

1.30 +0.29xG on target0.13 −0.88

16 +8.0Shots10 −2.2

6 +2.4Shots on target3 −1.4

0 −1.4Big chances1 0.0

17 +4Touches in the opposition box23

58% +17Possession42% −4

392 +63Passes277 −45

74% +9Pass accuracy61% −5

59% +20Field tilt41% −5

46 +17Final-third entries19 −11

10 +3.8Box entries11 +2.0

9.7 −4Passes per defensive action12.2 −1

4 −0.2Corners3 −2.6

13 −1Tackles9 −6

7 −4.0Interceptions16 +8.2

21 0Clearances19 −1

2 +0.6Saves5 +0.6

20 +5Fouls14 +1

0 −2.4Offsides1 −0.6

The small figure beside each value is its difference from the side's average per league match this season before this one. Field tilt is each side's share of the open-play passes completed in the final third; entries are completed open-play passes and carries into the final third and the box; passes per defensive action (PPDA) counts the opponent's passes in its own 60% of the pitch for each tackle, interception, challenge, or foul there.

Chance locations

Zones Shots

Dundee United

Dundee FC

Each area's share of the side's xG from open play and set pieces, with the xG in it. The two wide areas of the box count together, as on the club pages. Shots shows each of those shots instead, sized by its xG, with goals filled in.

Chance types

Dundee UnitedDundee FC

0.57 13 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.60 6 shots, 0 goals

0.14 3 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.24 4 shots, 0 goals

xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.

Game state

0–01–0

Level: 83 min (88%) · Dundee United 0.72, Dundee FC 0.69 xG
Dundee United ahead: 11 min (12%) · Dundee United 0.00, Dundee FC 0.15 xG

Line-ups

Dundee United substitutes

46' Levitt for Butcher
59' Appere for Niskanen
66' Freeman for Smith
81' Clark for McNulty

Dundee FC substitutes

36' Fontaine for Sweeney
61' Jakubiak for Anderson
75' Cummings for McGowan
86' Sheridan for Kerr

Players

Dundee United

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Siegrist	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	0
Smith	RB	66		0.10	0.00	1	0.01	2	4
Edwards	CB	90		0.01	0.02	0	0.12	6	9
Mulgrew	CB	90		0.04	0.02	0	0.11	7	7
McMann	LB	90		0.00	0.14	2	0.10	13	2
Niskanen	RM	59		0.00	0.01	0	0.02	2	0
Harkes	CM	90	1	0.29	0.04	2	0.02	3	7
Butcher	CM	46		0.00	0.04	0	0.09	7	4
Fuchs	CM	90		0.02	0.03	2	0.04	5	2
Pawlett	LM	90		0.08	0.64	3	0.08	4	6
McNulty	ST	81		0.13	0.02	0	0.02	0	0
Levitt	MF	44		0.01	0.02	1	0.08	8	1
Appere	FW	31		0.00	0.02	1	0.05	3	0
Freeman	DF	24		0.03	0.00	0	0.04	2	1
Clark	FW	9		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	1	0

Dundee FC

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Legzdins	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1
Kerr	RB	86	0.03	0.01	0	0.03	1	7
Ashcroft	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	8
Sweeney	CB	36	0.09	0.00	0	0.04	4	4
Marshall	LB	90	0.11	0.16	2	0.30	9	6
McGhee	CM	90	0.00	0.02	1	−0.08	1	6
Byrne	CM	90	0.19	0.02	0	0.11	3	6
Anderson	CM	61	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	2
McMullan	RW	90	0.02	0.34	1	0.21	6	1
Griffiths	ST	90	0.40	0.03	0	0.04	1	1
McGowan	LW	75	0.00	0.08	1	0.04	4	1
Fontaine	DF	54	0.00	0.01	0	0.03	1	7
Jakubiak	FW	29	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	0
Cummings	FW	15	0.00	0.00	1	0.00	1	0
Sheridan	FW	4	0.00	0.00	0	0.05	1	0

Starters, then substitutes in the order they came on. KP is chances created and Def defensive actions (tackles, blocks, clearances, and interceptions). xT is the expected threat added by the player's completed open-play passes and carries, and Prog counts progressive passes and carries.

Pass networks

Dundee United

Dundee FC

Each starter at the average position of their passes and receptions until the side's first substitution or red card, sized by completed passes. Lines join pairs who passed to each other often, thicker for more passes.

Passing combinations

Dundee United

From	To	Passes
McMann	Fuchs	10
McMann	Pawlett	9
Levitt	Pawlett	8
Mulgrew	Levitt	8
Levitt	Edwards	8

Dundee FC

From	To	Passes
Marshall	McGowan	7
Marshall	Griffiths	6
Byrne	McGowan	5
McGowan	Byrne	5
McGowan	Marshall	5

The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.

Defensive actions

Dundee United

Against its average of 5 matches

Dundee FC

Against its average of 5 matches

Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page. Areas are shaded by the difference from the side's average per match this season before this one: amber for more, blue for fewer.

Threat

Dundee United

Dundee FC

Expected threat added by completed open-play passes and carries, by where the move started, attacking up the page. Expected threat is the chance that possession in an area leads to a goal; a move adds the difference between where it ends and where it starts.

Ratings

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday (ring) and after it (dot); a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs after the matchday, spread up and down only so they don't overlap. The change takes in the whole matchday.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
Dundee United
Top six	21%	27%	+6
11th	12%	9%	−3
Bottom	7%	4%	−3
Dundee FC
Top six	5%	3%	−2
11th	20%	20%	0
Bottom	42%	50%	+8
Ross County
Top six	5%	4%	−1
11th	25%	27%	+2
Bottom	26%	24%	−2
Livingston
Top six	11%	11%	0
11th	17%	18%	+1
Bottom	11%	10%	−1

From the forecast before the match (19 September 2021): each chance then, and across the simulations in which the match ended this way. The change is in percentage points.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	Dundee United	Dundee FC
Expected goals	1.34	0.91
Win	46%	25%
Expected Points	1.67	1.04
Clean sheet	40%	26%

Dundee United 46%Draw 29%Dundee FC 25%

Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 45%.

From the forecast as it stood on 19 September 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	Dundee United win	Draw	Dundee FC win
Dundee United
Top six	21%	27%	18%	13%
11th	12%	9%	13%	16%
Bottom	7%	4%	8%	12%
Dundee FC
Top six	5%	3%	5%	10%
11th	20%	20%	20%	19%
Bottom	42%	50%	40%	30%
Ross County
Top six	5%	4%	5%	5%
11th	25%	27%	23%	22%
Bottom	26%	24%	28%	29%
Livingston
Top six	11%	11%	12%	12%
11th	17%	18%	17%	17%
Bottom	11%	10%	11%	13%

Each chance before the match and across the simulations ending in each result. Other teams are listed where a chance moves by at least 3 percentage points.

Form

Dundee United

Dundee FC

The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.

Season to date

Measure	Dundee United	Dundee FC
Position	7th	10th
Played	5	5
Won, drawn, lost	2–⁠1–⁠2	0–⁠3–⁠2
Points	7 (1.40 per game)	3 (0.60 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.15	1.02
Goals	2–⁠4	4–⁠11
xG per game	0.78–⁠1.06	0.87–⁠2.09
Home: points, xG per game	1.50, 0.47–⁠1.53	1.00, 0.98–⁠1.57
Away: points, xG per game	1.33, 1.00–⁠0.75	0.00, 0.69–⁠2.87
Manager	Tam Courts (5)	James McPake (5)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

Ratings

This season

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.

Strengths and weaknesses

Chances	Dundee United		Dundee FC
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−39%	−32%	−18%	+48%
Counter-attacks	+135%	−54%	−3%	+46%
Set pieces	−37%	+54%	−30%	−7%
Penalties	−92%	+23%	−83%	+247%
Headers	−46%	+2%	−6%	−2%
Left side	−29%	+27%	−34%	−19%
Centre	−19%	−15%	−32%	+57%
Right side	−57%	−50%	+21%	+38%

xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.

Matchups

Dundee United attacking

Dundee United createdDundee FC concededLeft side−29%+38%Centre−19%+57%Right side−57%−19%Open play−39%+48%Counter-attacks+135%+46%Set pieces−37%−7%Headers−46%−2%

Dundee FC attacking

Dundee FC createdDundee United concededLeft side−34%−50%Centre−32%−15%Right side+21%+27%Open play−18%−32%Counter-attacks−3%−54%Set pieces−30%+54%Headers−6%+2%

Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.

Season averages

Dundee UnitedDundee FC

0.78xG0.87

1.06xG against2.09

41%Possession46%

8.0Shots12.2

12.4Shots against15.2

3.6Shots on target4.4

1.4Big chances1.0

329Passes322

65%Pass accuracy66%

4.2Corners5.6

38%Field tilt46%

28.8Final-third entries29.8

6.2Box entries9.0

14.0Passes per defensive action13.5

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Dundee United

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	57	1.02	1.33
Ahead	11	0.02	0.88
Behind	22	0.56	0.45

Dundee FC

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	45	0.81	1.58
Ahead	6	0.06	3.12
Behind	39	1.05	2.53

xG by period

Dundee United

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.06	0.16	0–0
16–30	0.11	0.12	0–1
31–45	0.18	0.41	0–1
46–60	0.16	0.11	1–1
61–75	0.22	0.06	1–0
76–90	0.04	0.20	0–1

Dundee FC

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.23	0.13	1–1
16–30	0.05	0.54	0–2
31–45	0.09	0.27	1–2
46–60	0.24	0.38	1–3
61–75	0.08	0.33	0–1
76–90	0.18	0.43	1–2

Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.

Most used players by position

Dundee United

Formations: 4-4-2 (2), 4-3-2-1 (1), 4-3-3 (1), 3-5-1-1 (1)

Dundee FC

Formations: 4-3-3 (3), 4-5-1 (2)

This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.

Key players

Dundee United

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Shankland	31	2,788	8	3	0.31	0.11
Clark	28	2,318	8	2	0.23	0.11
Chalmers	10	887	0	2	0.20	0.09
Spörle	17	1,496	4	2	0.18	0.11

Dundee FC

Player	Starts	Min	xG per 90	xA per 90
McGhee	5	450	0.03	0.09
Legzdins	5	450	0.00	0.10
Ashcroft	5	450	0.03	0.03

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes. Until a side has played six matches, last season's minutes at the club count too.