On Wed Dec 1st, in week 16, Dundee will host St. Johnstone in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 11th placed Dundee is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Motherwell. Luke McCowan struck first for Dundee in the 19th minute, then Danny Mullen added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Luke McCowan At the end of 90 a dissapointed Motherwell couldn’t manage to score, and Dundee took the shutout win. Dundee is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, St. Johnstone recorded a 1-2 loss against Hibernian. Ryan Porteous scored the first goal for St. Johnstone on an own goal in the 40th minute, but Kevin Nisbet got the equalizer for Hibernian in the 83rd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 86th minute on a goal by Jamie Murphy to cap off a wild match. St. Johnstone is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
Dundee and St. Johnstone last played eachother at the Mcdiarmid Park on the 2nd of October. St. Johnstone was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Chris Kane scored the first goal for St. Johnstone in the 31st minute, then Chris Kane added another in the 39th minute on a feed from Stevie May.
St. Johnstone hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Liam Gordon and Ali Crawford, and they each have 1 goal. Danny Mullen has been the most prolific scorer on Dundee in the last five matches with 2 goals.