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Dundee United 2–0 St. Johnstone

Saturday 24 August 2024, 15:00 · CalForth Construction Arena at Tannadice Park · Round 3 · Half-time 0–0 · Referee Don Robertson · Attendance 7,806

Dundee United Stephenson 54', Sanders 88' (og)

St. Johnstone Sidibeh sent off 84'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Dundee United	St. Johnstone
Goals	2	0
xG	0.41	1.58
Expected Points	0.38	2.40

Dundee United 5%Draw 22%St. Johnstone 73%

Most likely score 0–1, 24%. Final score 2–0, <1%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

Dundee UnitedSt. Johnstone

0.41 −1.36xG1.58 +0.28

0.99 −1.16xG on target0.11 −1.22

3 −10Shots10 −4

2 −3.5Shots on target1 −3.5

1 −1.0Big chances2 +0.5

14 −10Touches in the opposition box14 −10

50% +10Possession50% −5

321 +58Passes301 −62

62% 0Pass accuracy64% −8

61% +22Field tilt39% −20

27 0Final-third entries23 −20

6 −4Box entries8 −3

12.8 −4Passes per defensive action13.8 +3

2 −3.0Corners6 −2.0

13 −9Tackles14 0

8 +1.0Interceptions4 −5.0

24 −4Clearances32 +2

1 −2.0Saves1 −2.0

14 +4Fouls11 −1

1 0.0Offsides2 +2.0

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

St. Johnstone

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 UnitedSt. Johnstone

0.35 2 shots, 1 goalOpen play1.47 9 shots, 0 goals

0.06 1 shot, 0 goalsSet pieces0.11 1 shot, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–0

Level: 54 min (60%) · Dundee United 0.41, St. Johnstone 1.27 xG
Dundee United ahead: 36 min (40%) · Dundee United 0.00, St. Johnstone 0.31 xG

Line-ups

Dundee United substitutes

55' Moult for Trapanovski
80' Docherty for Babunski

St. Johnstone substitutes

73' Clark for Essel
87' MacPherson for Carey

Players

Dundee United

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Walton	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.04	4	1
Adegboyega	CB	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	4
Gallagher	CB	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.06	5	4
Graham	CB	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.02	3	8
Stephenson	RWB	90	1	0.27	0.01	0	0.07	4	5
Holt	CM	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.02	3	9
Sibbald	CM	90		0.00	0.05	0	0.06	2	5
Ferry	LWB	90		0.00	0.04	0	0.07	7	7
Babunski	RW	80		0.08	0.06	0	0.03	4	2
van der Sande	ST	90		0.00	0.06	0	−0.01	1	0
Trapanovski	LW	55		0.06	0.10	1	0.08	4	1
Moult	FW	35		0.00	0.01	0	0.01	2	0
Docherty	MF	10		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1

St. Johnstone

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Rae	GK	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.04	3	0
Wright	RB	90	0.03	0.20	2	0.23	5	7
Sanders	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	3	15
Cameron	CB	90	0.00	0.04	0	0.10	2	10
Raymond	LB	90	0.74	0.00	0	0.03	5	3
M. Smith	RM	90	0.01	0.07	2	0.03	3	3
Neilson	CM	90	0.11	0.03	1	0.08	5	2
Essel	CM	73	0.00	0.01	0	0.04	4	3
Carey	LM	87	0.04	0.02	1	0.01	2	1
Kimpioka	ST	90	0.62	0.04	0	−0.04	0	2
Sidibeh	ST	84	0.03	0.01	0	0.00	1	2
Clark	MF	17	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1
MacPherson	MF	3	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1

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

St. Johnstone

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
Adegboyega	Stephenson	9
Stephenson	Babunski	6
Adegboyega	Gallagher	6
Stephenson	van der Sande	6
Ferry	Trapanovski	5

St. Johnstone

From	To	Passes
M. Smith	Wright	11
Cameron	Sanders	11
Sanders	Cameron	10
Wright	M. Smith	7
Sanders	Essel	6

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 2 matches

St. Johnstone

Against its average of 2 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

St. Johnstone

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	17%	22%	+5
11th	17%	16%	−1
Bottom	27%	19%	−8
St. Johnstone
Top six	14%	10%	−4
11th	19%	20%	+1
Bottom	20%	26%	+6

From the forecast before the match (24 August 2024): 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	St. Johnstone
Expected goals	1.47	1.09
Win	45%	27%
Expected Points	1.63	1.09
Clean sheet	34%	23%

Dundee United 45%Draw 27%St. Johnstone 27%

Most likely score 1–1, 13%. Both sides score 52%.

From the forecast as it stood on 24 August 2024: 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	St. Johnstone win
Dundee United
Top six	17%	22%	14%	10%
11th	17%	16%	16%	18%
Bottom	27%	19%	31%	37%
St. Johnstone
Top six	14%	10%	14%	22%
11th	19%	20%	19%	16%
Bottom	20%	26%	18%	12%

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

St. Johnstone

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

Season to date

Measure	Dundee United	St. Johnstone
Position	7th	5th
Played	2	2
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠2–⁠0	1–⁠0–⁠1
Points	2 (1.00 per game)	3 (1.50 per game)
Expected Points per game	0.96	1.03
Goals	3–⁠3	4–⁠2
xG per game	1.77–⁠2.33	1.30–⁠1.77
Home: points, xG per game	1.00, 2.21–⁠2.42	0.00, 0.81–⁠1.79
Away: points, xG per game	1.00, 1.34–⁠2.23	3.00, 1.79–⁠1.74
Manager	Jim Goodwin (14)	Craig Levein (30)

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		St. Johnstone
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+9%	+5%	−37%	+16%
Counter-attacks	+38%	+16%	−73%	−5%
Set pieces	−4%	−6%	+3%	+60%
Penalties	−33%	+167%	+17%	−30%
Headers	+3%	−10%	+3%	+27%
Left side	+27%	−17%	−32%	+58%
Centre	+3%	+15%	−27%	+7%
Right side	+6%	−5%	−30%	+34%

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 createdSt. Johnstone concededLeft side+27%+34%Centre+3%+7%Right side+6%+58%Open play+9%+16%Counter-attacks+38%−5%Set pieces−4%+60%Headers+3%+27%

St. Johnstone attacking

St. Johnstone createdDundee United concededLeft side−32%−5%Centre−27%+15%Right side−30%−17%Open play−37%+5%Counter-attacks−73%+16%Set pieces+3%−6%Headers+3%−10%

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 UnitedSt. Johnstone

1.77xG1.30

2.33xG against1.77

40%Possession55%

13.5Shots13.5

17.5Shots against17.5

5.5Shots on target4.5

2.0Big chances1.5

23.5Touches in the opposition box24.0

262Passes363

62%Pass accuracy71%

5.0Corners8.0

39%Field tilt59%

27.5Final-third entries42.5

10.0Box entries11.0

16.8Passes per defensive action11.2

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	38	2.30	2.31
Ahead	52	1.38	2.33
Behind	0	–	–

St. Johnstone

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	12	1.51	3.67
Ahead	44	1.70	1.80
Behind	34	0.71	1.02

xG by period

Dundee United

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.57	0.03	1–0
16–30	0.28	0.84	1–1
31–45	0.13	0.28	0–0
46–60	0.38	0.13	1–0
61–75	0.24	0.05	0–0
76–90	0.17	0.99	0–2

St. Johnstone

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.21	0.07	1–0
16–30	0.06	0.46	0–1
31–45	0.30	0.22	1–0
46–60	0.13	0.02	0–0
61–75	0.04	0.42	0–1
76–90	0.56	0.56	2–0

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

Most used players by position

Dundee United

St. Johnstone

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

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.

Head to head

Date	Home	Score	Away	xG
6 May 2023	St. Johnstone	1–0	Dundee United	xG 1.12–1.26
18 February 2023	Dundee United	1–2	St. Johnstone	xG 1.17–0.95
2 January 2023	St. Johnstone	0–1	Dundee United	xG 0.63–0.54
1 October 2022	Dundee United	1–2	St. Johnstone	xG 1.30–0.72
5 February 2022	St. Johnstone	0–0	Dundee United	xG 0.39–1.13
30 October 2021	Dundee United	0–1	St. Johnstone	xG 1.84–0.33

10 league meetings since 2020/21: Dundee United won 2, St. Johnstone won 4, and 4 were drawn. Goals 7–9 and xG 1.14–0.86 per game.

Key players

St. Johnstone

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Sidibeh	13	1,116	7	0	0.50	0.05
Clark	16	1,380	7	0	0.34	0.03
Kimpioka	9	845	4	0	0.30	0.02
Carey	29	2,749	2	9	0.03	0.19

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.