ST Johnstone host Dundee Utd in the Scottish Premiership. Both clubs have had a stop-start opening to the season, swinging between big wins and big losses rather than settling into any real rhythm.
Games involving either side have tended to be decided by heavy margins rather than tight one-goal contests. That pattern makes this one tricky to read with the season still finding its shape.
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League form this season
St Johnstone have been the stronger side at home this term, winning two of their four home Premiership games and scoring freely against Kilmarnock and Hibernian. Away from home, though, they've picked up just a single point from three attempts.
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Potential returns include your stake. Odds may change.
ST Johnstone: 20 completed matches; Dundee Utd: 20 completed matches.
ST Johnstone
- Win
- 60% 12 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 20% 4 / 20
- Scored
- 40
- Conceded
- 17
- Difference
- +23
Dundee Utd
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 28
- Conceded
- 31
- Difference
- -3
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Premiership | ST Mirren | ST Johnstone | 08.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Kilmarnock | 02.08.2026 | 4-3 |
| League Cup | ST Johnstone | East Fife | 25.07.2026 | 1-1 |
| League Cup | Inverness CT | ST Johnstone | 21.07.2026 | 1-0 |
| League Cup | ST Johnstone | Morton | 18.07.2026 | 3-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | ST Mirren | Dundee Utd | 19.09.2026 | 0-3 |
| Premiership | Dundee Utd | Falkirk | 05.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premiership | Motherwell | Dundee Utd | 02.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| Premiership | Kilmarnock | Dundee Utd | 29.08.2026 | 0-4 |
| Premiership | Dundee Utd | Dundee | 22.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| League Cup | Dundee Utd | Celtic | 15.08.2026 | 0-4 |
| Premiership | Heart Of Midlothian | Dundee Utd | 09.08.2026 | 4-0 |
| Premiership | Dundee Utd | Rangers | 31.07.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Salford City | Dundee Utd | 25.07.2026 | 3-2 |
| League Cup | Dundee Utd | Spartans | 21.07.2026 | 4-0 |
Dundee Utd have gone the other way. They're still to win at home this season, drawing with Falkirk and Rangers and losing to Dundee, but on the road they've swung between heavy wins and heavy defeats, beating both St Mirren and Kilmarnock by three or more goals while also shipping four at Hearts.
Home advantage looks more meaningful for St Johnstone right now than it does for Dundee Utd.
Comparative Team Statistics: ST Johnstone vs Dundee Utd
Head-to-head record
Dundee Utd have won the last three meetings between these two, home and away, though those results stretch back to 2024 and early 2025 and predate this season's form.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Dundee Utd | ST Johnstone | 12.04.2025 | 1-0 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee Utd | 26.12.2024 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | Dundee Utd | ST Johnstone | 24.08.2024 | 2-0 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee Utd | 06.05.2023 | 1-0 |
| Premiership | Dundee Utd | ST Johnstone | 18.02.2023 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee Utd | 02.01.2023 | 0-1 |
| Premiership | Dundee Utd | ST Johnstone | 01.10.2022 | 1-2 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee Utd | 05.02.2022 | 0-0 |
| Premiership | Dundee Utd | ST Johnstone | 30.10.2021 | 0-1 |
| Premiership | ST Johnstone | Dundee Utd | 22.08.2021 | 0-1 |
Across the fixture's longer history the results have gone both ways, without either club holding a clear upper hand.
Recent head-to-head history favours Dundee Utd, but it's stale relative to this campaign.
How close the table is
Seven games into the season, St Johnstone sit sixth on eight points with Dundee Utd eighth, also on eight. There's barely anything between them on goal difference either.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | ST Mirren | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8/9 | 10 |
| 6 | ST Johnstone | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9/10 | 8 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7/8 | 8 |
| 8 | Dundee Utd | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9/11 | 8 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9/11 | 8 |
Key contributors
J. Fowler has been St Johnstone's main source of goals with four in seven appearances this season, while Dundee Utd's J. Randall has been involved in goals both as scorer and creator.
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x 1 x 3 x 2Both squads have picked up a handful of yellow cards this season, but nothing in the numbers points to a discipline issue likely to shape this one.
What kind of game this could be
Recent matches for both sides have rarely finished as tight affairs. Scorelines like 4-3, 4-0 and 0-4 have cropped up regularly, suggesting neither defence is fully settled.
That points to an open contest, but it also means either side could end up on the wrong end of a heavy scoreline rather than a narrow one.
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 | 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 | 22 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| D. Schmidt | Germany | 23 | Attacker | 188 | 78 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. Ševelj | Croatia | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Eskesen | Denmark | 27 | Midfielder | 175 | 68 |
| Panutche Camará | Guinea-Bissau | 29 | Midfielder | 185 | 63 |
| J. Walton | England | 28 | Goalkeeper | 184 | 75 |
| M. Merghem | France | 29 | Attacker | 178 | 70 |
| R. Graham | Scotland | 25 | Defender | 187 | n/a |
| L. Cameron | Scotland | 23 | Midfielder | 180 | n/a |
| N. Farrugia | Republic of Ireland | 27 | Attacker | 187 | 83 |
| D. Tait | Scotland | 24 | Midfielder | 176 | 82 |
| J. Rawlins | Australia | 22 | Defender | 181 | 73 |
| J. Randall | New Zealand | 24 | Attacker | 176 | n/a |
| W. Ferry | Republic of Ireland | 25 | Defender | 176 | 68 |
| I. Metsoko | France | 24 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Zidane Iqbal | Iraq | 23 | Midfielder | 181 | 71 |
| M. Forbes | Northern Ireland | 22 | Defender | 188 cm | 76 kg |
| B. Esselink | Netherlands | 27 | Defender | 191 | 81 |
| L. Rose | Australia | 27 | Attacker | 170 | n/a |
| Z. Sapsford | Australia | 24 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| J. Amissah | Ghana | 25 | Goalkeeper | 197 cm | n/a |
| I. Iovu | Moldova | 24 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
With the two sides so evenly matched on paper, and both capable of both big wins and big losses, there isn't a clear enough edge among the markets on offer here.
We'd rather see how this one plays out than back a side or a line with real confidence.
Match result odds
Who will win?
