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Saturday, 31/10/2026 at 16:00

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Match preview · Scottish Premiership

Dundee United – Heart of Midlothian

Dundee United tied 8th in Scottish Premiership Home 1.20 projected goals by the model
Heart of Midlothian 3rd in Scottish Premiership Away 1.37 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.20 1.37
Dundee United Heart of Midlothian
Dundee United
30%
Draw
31%
Heart of Midlothian
39%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Dundee United Draw Heart of Midlothian
Fair odds 3.30 3.22 2.59
Total goals
2.57
Over 2.5 goals
49%
Both teams to score
58%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Heart of Midlothian

39% Heart of Midlothian to win

Attack
4th vs 10th
Heart of Midlothian attack v Dundee United defence
Defence
3rd vs 3rd
Heart of Midlothian defence v Dundee United attack
Recent xG form
+0.63 vs +0.10
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.20 – 1.37
Dundee United v Heart of Midlothian
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Dundee United and Heart of Midlothian compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Dundee United Heart of Midlothian
xG / match 1.56 · 5th (better) 1.62 · 4th
xGA / match 1.44 · 4th (better) 1.26 · 3rd
xGD / match +0.11 · 5th (better) +0.35 · 3rd
xPts / match 1.43 · 5th (better) 1.68 · 3rd
Last 6 xGD / match +0.10 (better) +0.63

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 35% of the model's distribution.

Heart of Midlothian clean sheet
27%
Heart of Midlothian 2+ goals
41%
Under 2.5 goals
51%
Both teams to score: no
42%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
15.9%
1:2
10.1%
2:1
8.7%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Dundee United sample
20 matches
Heart of Midlothian sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Dundee United
3 matches
Away xG sample · Heart of Midlothian
4 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.