In a weekend match in week 25, on Sat Feb 5th, Dundee United will travel to Perth to battle St. Johnstone in a Premiership match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. St. Johnstone is fresh off their 2-1 win against Livingston. Callum Hendry struck first for St. Johnstone in the 11th minute on a feed from Daniel Cleary, then Bruce Anderson got the equalizer for Livingston in the 34th minute on a feed from Alan Forrest. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches, while dundee United sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Dundee. Neither Dundee nor Dundee United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 30th, Dundee United hosted St. Johnstone in their last match together. St. Johnstone was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Ali Crawford struck first for St. Johnstone in the 17th minute on a feed from Cameron MacPherson, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Dundee United was frustrated by St. Johnstone’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. St. Johnstone ended the match with the shutout victory.
Dundee United’s most prolific scorer has been Nicholas Clark. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. St. Johnstone hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Jacob Butterfield and Chris Kane, and they each have 1 goal.