Week 12 features a match on Sat Oct 22nd, where St. Mirren will host Dundee United in a meeting of these two mismatched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 5th placed St. Mirren, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Kilmarnock. Neither St. Mirren nor Kilmarnock could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. St. Mirren is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 11th placed Dundee United, recorded a 1-1 draw against Ross County. Ross Callachan struck first for Ross County in the 39th minute on a feed from Ben Purrington, but Tony Watt got the equalizer for Dundee United in the 61st minute earning Dundee United a comeback draw. Dundee United looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On Saturday Aug 20th, Dundee United hosted St. Mirren in their last match together. St. Mirren was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Curtis Main scored the first goal for St. Mirren in the 40th minute, then Curtis Main added another in the 51st minute on a feed from Jonah Ayunga In the end, Dundee United couldn’t muster any offence and St. Mirren ran away with the shutout win.
Tony Watt has been the most prolific scorer on Dundee United in the last 5 matches with three goals. St. Mirren is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jonah Ayunga and Mark O’Hara each only have 1 goal in their last five.