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Scottish Premiership · Matchweek 25

St. Johnstone

STJ

Dundee United

DUD

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

St. Johnstone33%
Draw26%
Dundee United41%

Expected goals

1.39 – 1.57

Over 2.5

56%

Both to score

60%

Fair handicap

0.25

Most likely scorelines

  • 1–111.5%
  • 1–28.8%
  • 0–18.6%
  • 2–17.7%
  • 1–07.5%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

42%Possession47%
36%Territory36%
40%From set plays29%
0.11Chance quality0.10
5.9%Directness5.4%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for St. Johnstone, 3 for Dundee United. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 21 of 69 matches, not the full season.