ST Johnstone host Dundee in the Scottish Premiership. Dundee currently sit in a healthier spot in the table, while ST Johnstone have been drawing a lot more than they'd like.
The two sides met back in September and shared the points in a tight game. Since then both have had contrasting runs, which gives us a bit to work through before kick-off.
Analysis updated .
Where to place this bet
Recent form
Dundee's league form has been a mixed bag of wins, losses and draws, but they've kept scoring goals along the way and their defence has held up reasonably well in the process.
What could your bet return?
Potential returns include your stake. Odds may change.
ST Johnstone: 20 completed matches; Dundee: 20 completed matches.
ST Johnstone
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 25% 5 / 20
- Scored
- 33
- Conceded
- 23
- Difference
- +10
Dundee
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 35% 7 / 20
- Scored
- 35
- Conceded
- 27
- Difference
- +8
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Kilmarnock | ST Johnstone | 31.10.2026 | 2-2 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Motherwell | 28.10.2026 | 2-2 |
| Premiership | Rangers | ST Johnstone | 24.10.2026 | 4-0 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee Utd | 17.10.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | Aberdeen | ST Johnstone | 11.10.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Falkirk | 19.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Celtic | 09.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Hibernian | 06.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premiership | Dundee | ST Johnstone | 02.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | Heart Of Midlothian | ST Johnstone | 29.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Dundee | Kilmarnock | 28.10.2026 | 3-1 |
| Premiership | ST Mirren | Dundee | 24.10.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premiership | Dundee | Rangers | 17.10.2026 | 2-2 |
| Premiership | Falkirk | Dundee | 10.10.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Dundee | Motherwell | 19.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premiership | Heart Of Midlothian | Dundee | 06.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premiership | Dundee | ST Johnstone | 02.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | Dundee | Hibernian | 30.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Dundee Utd | Dundee | 22.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| League Cup | Aberdeen | Dundee | 15.08.2026 | 3-0 |
ST Johnstone, on the other hand, have found themselves drawing match after match. Four of their last six outings have ended level, and they've shipped goals at a steady rate even in games they've not lost.
ST Johnstone's habit of drawing games suggests this one could easily go to the wire too.
Comparative Team Statistics: ST Johnstone vs Dundee

Head-to-head record
Dundee have had the better of this fixture lately. Looking back over the recent meetings, they're unbeaten in four of the last five against ST Johnstone, with the only blemish a narrow away defeat back in October 2024.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Dundee | ST Johnstone | 02.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee | 18.05.2025 | 0-2 |
| Premiership | Dundee | ST Johnstone | 01.03.2025 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee | 05.01.2025 | 1-3 |
| Premiership | Dundee | ST Johnstone | 26.10.2024 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee | 30.03.2024 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Dundee | ST Johnstone | 11.02.2024 | 2-1 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee | 02.09.2023 | 2-2 |
| Premiership | Dundee | ST Johnstone | 23.04.2022 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee | 26.01.2022 | 0-0 |
The September draw this season was tight and low-scoring, which fits the pattern of these two sides rarely being separated by much.
Where they stand
Dundee are fourth with seventeen points from eleven games, while ST Johnstone sit seventh with fourteen points from twelve. Dundee have also conceded fewer goals across their league matches.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Heart Of Midlothian | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24/17 | 20 |
| 4 | Dundee | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17/13 | 17 |
| 5 | Dundee Utd | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16/16 | 16 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13/12 | 15 |
| 7 | ST Johnstone | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15/19 | 14 |
| 8 | ST Mirren | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12/20 | 14 |
It's not a huge gap, but Dundee's numbers across the board look a touch stronger right now.
Players to watch
J. Fowler has been ST Johnstone's main source of goals, with four in his last seven appearances, and J. Gullan has chipped in with a couple of assists in a short run of matches.
For Dundee, J. Westley and B. Fink have shared the goalscoring load recently. Discipline is worth a mention too, with C. Diabate picking up a red card alongside a couple of yellows in his last seven games for ST Johnstone, and Ž. Bešir doing similar for Dundee in a smaller sample.

How this one might play out
ST Johnstone's tendency to draw at home, combined with a defence that's conceded freely, points towards another close contest rather than a routine home win.
Dundee have shown they can score on the road and have generally been tidier defensively, which lines up with their recent dominance in this fixture.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Mikulić | Croatia | 29 | Defender | 186 cm | 91 kg |
| J. Holt | Scotland | 33 | Midfielder | 164 cm | 70 kg |
| R. Sinclair | Scotland | 25 | Goalkeeper | 197 cm | 73 kg |
| J. Baird | Scotland | 30 | Defender | 188 cm | 75 kg |
| S. Stanton | Scotland | 32 | Midfielder | 180 cm | 70 kg |
| L. Chalmers | Scotland | 26 | Midfielder | 175 cm | 68 kg |
| L. Smith | Scotland | 30 | Defender | 173 cm | 68 kg |
| M. Todd | Scotland | 25 | Defender | 172 cm | n/a |
| J. Gullan | Scotland | 27 | Midfielder | 170 cm | n/a |
| J. Campbell | Scotland | 26 | Midfielder | 182 | n/a |
| D. Finlayson | Northern Ireland | 25 | Defender | 191 | 84 |
| R. Paton | Republic of Ireland | 26 | Midfielder | 177 | 65 |
| R. McAlear | Scotland | 24 | Midfielder | 189 | 75 |
| M. Boyes | Wales | 25 | Defender | 189 cm | 69 kg |
| M. Foulds | England | 28 | Defender | 183 cm | 74 kg |
| E. Alıç | Türkiye | 27 | n/a | 175 cm | 72 kg |
| C. Diabate | England | 24 | Defender | 186 | 84 |
| E. Alić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| L. Lloyd | England | 23 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| D. Schmidt | Germany | 23 | Attacker | 188 | 78 |
| K. Fotheringham | Scotland | 23 | Attacker | 169 | 66 |
| T. Steven | Scotland | 22 | Attacker | 178 cm | 70 kg |
| M. Tait | Scotland | 21 | Midfielder | 175 | n/a |
| T. Steward | England | 21 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| J. Cotterill | Wales | 21 | Midfielder | 183 | n/a |
| Z. Mitchell | England | 21 | Defender | 188 | 78 |
| A. Brookfield | Scotland | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Fowler | n/a | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Halliday | England | 31 | Defender | 180 | 68 |
| K. O'Hara | Republic of Ireland | 30 | Goalkeeper | 191 cm | 78 kg |
| J. Wright | Wales | 31 | Defender | 193 cm | 79 kg |
| E. Hamilton | Scotland | 28 | Midfielder | 187 | 75 |
| D. Wright | England | 31 | Defender | 175 | 69 |
| A. Forrest | Scotland | 30 | Attacker | 175 | n/a |
| S. Murray | Scotland | 34 | Attacker | 182 | 70 |
| F. Robertson | Scotland | 24 | Midfielder | 171 | n/a |
| C. Reilly | Scotland | 24 | Midfielder | 181 | n/a |
| Ž. Bešir | Slovenia | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| R. Astley | Wales | 25 | Defender | 184 | n/a |
| H. Sharp | Scotland | 25 | Goalkeeper | 189 | 81 |
| B. Fink | Switzerland | 23 | Defender | 192 | 87 |
| C. Jones | Wales | 25 | Midfielder | 178 | 80 |
| I. Samuels | England | 23 | Defender | 187 | 79 |
| I. Odutayo | England | 24 | Defender | 158 | n/a |
| R. Finnigan | England | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| O. Goodman | England | 22 | Goalkeeper | 193 | n/a |
| J. Westley | England | 22 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| B. Wales | Scotland | 21 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| J. Moorhouse | England | 20 | Midfielder | 184 | 70 |
| M. Akinmboni | USA | 20 | Defender | 191 | 77 |
| O. Bevan | Wales | 23 | Defender | 186 | n/a |
| Alfie Harrison | England | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Bevan | Scotland | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. Hay | England | 23 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| E. Crombie | Scotland | 17 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| R. Bland | n/a | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| A. Leiper | n/a | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| C. Oosenbrugh | n/a | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| R. Hughes | n/a | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
Taking Dundee with the handicap cushion feels like a fair reflection of where these two sides actually stand right now, rather than leaning purely on home advantage.
It covers the draw that both the h2h record and ST Johnstone's recent form suggest is a real possibility, while still backing the team that's looked the more solid of the two.
