Dundee vs St. Mirren Match Analysis and Prediction

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Dundee will play host to St. Mireen at Dens Park on Wednesday, with Mark McGhee taking charge of his first home game as manager for the hosts.

The visitors, who are currently sitting 7th in the Scottish Premiership, will be looking to extend their unbeaten run to nine matches in all competitions.

Dundee will enter the midweek contest bottom of the table in the Scottish Premiership, but they can take encouragement from their last two league matches.

Following an away victory over Hearts, Dundee competed well against Celtic in Mark McGhee’s first game in the dugout for the Dee.

Danny Mullen scored the opener for Dundee before Giorgos Giakoumakis netted two quick goals to give Celtic the advantage at half time, but Ryan Sweeney found the back of the net in the 60th minute to level the game.

However, with four minutes to time, Giakoumakis scored his and Celtic’s third goal of thegame to make McGhee’s opening game end in a defeat, and they now need to improve defensively heading into the midweek fixture.

Meanwhile, St. Mirren saw their boss Jim Goodwin depart for Aberdeen on Saturday, with Jamie Langfield and Allan McManus put in interim charge.

Even with the change in the dugout, St. Mirren extended their unbeaten run to six games with a 1-1 away draw against Livingston on Saturday.

Bruce Anderson put the hosts on the lead in the 55th minute before Greg Kiltie scored his first league goal of the season to ensure the Buddies secured a point from the match.

As a result, St. Mirren have now picked up 14 points from their last six matches, with only Celtic picking up more in that period.

The Buddies have fared well on their travels this season with 17 away points giving them the third-best away record in the Scottish Premiership.

Dundee vs St. Mirren head to head

The two sides have previously met on 38 occasions across all competitions, where Dundee have taken 19 victories while St. Mirren have won 16, and they have drawn in three. Dundee have scored 59 goals and conceded 45. In their last meeting in the league, Dundee took a 1-0 away victory.

Dundee 1-1 St. Mirren 10/11/18

St. Mirren 2-1 Dundee 30/03/19

Dundee 2-3 St. Mirren 18/05/19

Dundee 2-2 St. Mirren 31/07/21

St. Mirren 0-1 Dundee 30/10/21

Dundee latest home form

Dundee have recently been on a poor run of form at home, having failed to win in any of their three most recent matches. Their last home victory came on December 1 when they defeated St. Johnstone 1-0. In their last five matches, they have scored 5 goals and conceded 3.

Dundee 3-0 Motherwell 27/11/21

Dundee 1-0 St. Johnstone 01/12/21

Dundee 0-1 Hearts 18/12/21

Dundee 0-0 Dundee United 01/02/22

Dundee 1-2 Ross County 05/02/22

Dundee latest away form

Dundee lost their last league away game 3-2 to Celtic. However, they have recently been on a positive form on the road, having been unbeaten in four matches prior to that. In their last five matches, they have won three, drawn one and lost one, scoring 8 goals and conceding 4.

Dumbarton 0-1 Dundee 22/01/22

St. Johnstone 0-0 Dundee 26/01/22

Hearts 1-2 Dundee 09/02/22

Peterhead 0-3 Dundee 14/02/22

Celtic 3-2 Dundee 20/02/22

St. Mirren latest home form

St. Mirren have recently been on a positive run of form at home, as they have been unbeaten in their last eight matches. They recently managed to defeat Kelty Hearts 4-0 in the Scottish Cup. In their five most recent matches, they have scored 8 goals and conceded just 2.

St. Mirren 0-0 Celtic 22/12/21

St. Mirren 1-0 Aberdeen 25/01/22

St. Mirren 1-1 Motherwell 01/02/22

St. Mirren 2-1 St. Johnstone 09/02/22

St. Mirren 4-0 Kelty Hearts 12/02/22

St. Mirren latest away form

The Buddies have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their four most recent away matches. Their last away defeat came on December 26 when they lost 2-0 to Rangers. They recently managed to defeat Ayr United 2-0 in the Scottish Cup.

Rangers 2-0 St. Mirren 26/12/21

Dundee United 1-2 St. Mirren 18/02/22

Ayr United 0-2 St. Mirren 22/01/22

Hibernian 0-1 St. Mirren 05/02/22

Livingston 1-1 St. Mirren 19/02/22

Dundee news

Dundee will be without the services of Cillian Sheridan and Lee Ashcroft due to injury issues, while Mullen should start upfront at Dens Park.

Vontae Daley-Campbell came into the starting lineup against Celtic after returning frm suspension, and he is set to keep his place in the squad for Wednesday’s contest.

St. Mirrem news

The Buddies will not be able to call upon Eamonn Brophy, who is out due to an ankle issue.They should be a change in defence after Charles Dunne was sent off in Saturday’s game.

Conor McCarthy is expected to come into the backline to partner Joe Shaughnessy in the centre of defence.

Prediction and Odds

Dundee have shown some improvement recently, and they will hope to pick up a positive result in midweek to improve their status in the standings.

However, St. Mirren are now unbeaten in eight games in all competitions, and they are certainly the favourites to win here, although a draw is also possible.

Odds: 1 2.50 X 2.05 2 2.20