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Match preview · Scottish Premiership

St. Johnstone – Dundee United

St. Johnstone 6th in Scottish Premiership Home 1.35 projected goals by the model
Dundee United tied 8th 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
1.35 1.37
St. Johnstone Dundee United
St. Johnstone
34%
Draw
30%
Dundee United
35%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
St. Johnstone Draw Dundee United
Fair odds 2.91 3.30 2.83
Total goals
2.71
Over 2.5 goals
52%
Both teams to score
61%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 7 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model can't separate them

35% Dundee United to win

Attack
3rd vs 9th
Dundee United attack v St. Johnstone defence
Defence
10th vs 8th
Dundee United defence v St. Johnstone attack
Recent xG form
+0.10 vs -0.43
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.35 – 1.37
St. Johnstone v Dundee United

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 7 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

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: St. Johnstone and Dundee United compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading St. Johnstone Dundee United
xG / match 1.30 · 8th (better) 1.56 · 5th
xGA / match 1.52 · 5th (better) 1.44 · 4th
xGD / match -0.23 · 8th (better) +0.11 · 5th
xPts / match 1.20 · 9th (better) 1.43 · 5th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.43 (better) +0.10

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 34% of the model's distribution.

Dundee United clean sheet
23%
Dundee United 2+ goals
41%
Under 2.5 goals
48%
Both teams to score: no
39%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
15.2%
1:2
9.7%
2:1
9.5%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
St. Johnstone sample
7 matches
Dundee United sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · St. Johnstone
4 matches
Away xG sample · Dundee United
4 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Warnings

  • St. Johnstone has only 7 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

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.