Dundee United vs Dundee - prediction, team news, lineups

Dundee United invited metropolis rivals Dundee to Tannadice Park connected Saturday evening for the archetypal Dundee derby of the 2026-27 Scottish Premiership season. 

The hosts are winless successful their past 4 matches, portion the visitors person failed to triumph immoderate of their past 3 distant fixtures.

Match preview

Dundee United initially made a affirmative commencement to the 2026-27 season, with Jim Goodwin's broadside winning 3 and losing lone 1 of their 4 Group B matches successful the Scottish League Cup. 

Consequently, the Tangerines narrowly secured apical spot successful the standings, lone finishing supra Montrose connected extremity difference, ensuring their progression to the 2nd round. 

However, a 3-2 nonaccomplishment to Salford City successful their last affable fixture followed, and that nonaccomplishment has derailed immoderate momentum Dundee United had built during the League Cup. 

Dundee United person subsequently drawn their opening Scottish Premiership crippled against Rangers (1-1), followed by back-to-back 4-0 defeats to Hearts successful the league and Celtic successful the Scottish League Cup. 

Heading into Saturday's fixture, Goodwin volition beryllium anxious for his broadside to extremity that disappointing tally and unafraid their archetypal triumph of the league season, particularly arsenic they look rivals Dundee for the archetypal clip successful 2026-27.

As for the visitors, Dundee person likewise made an inconsistent commencement to the caller campaign, featuring 3 defeats, 4 wins and a gully - which they went connected to suffer connected penalties.

Dundee likewise scraped done their Scottish League Cup group, with 3 wins and a gully - which they mislaid connected penalties - meaning they finished 2nd with 10 points, narrowly capable to guarantee their progression to circular two. 

The Dark Blue followed that up with a nonaccomplishment to Celtic connected matchday 1 of the league play earlier instantly bouncing backmost by beating Aberdeen 2-0 connected matchday two. 

However, Steven Pressley's broadside were incapable to replicate their triumph against the Dons past weekend, losing 3-0 to Aberdeen successful the 2nd circular of the league cup. 

That decision marked Dundee's 3rd consecutive distant lucifer without a victory, featuring 2 defeats and the punishment nonaccomplishment successful the league cupful radical stage, and they volition beryllium hopeless to extremity that tally erstwhile they question to sojourn their rivals. 

The spoils person been shared successful this fixture successful caller meetings, with 2 victories each and 1 gully successful the past 5 encounters, but Dundee volition look to gully assurance from 2 wins successful their past 3 visits to Tannadice Park.

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Team News

Dundee United are acceptable to beryllium without Dario Naamo and Miller Thomson owed to injuries, portion the remainder of the squad should beryllium disposable for selection. 

Off the backmost of 2 consecutive 4-0 defeats, Goodwin is expected to marque galore changes to Saturday's starting side, meaning the likes of Iurie Iovu, Will Ferry, Panutche Camara and Mehdi Merghem could start.

Dundee are anticipated to beryllium without Callum Jones, Imari Samuels and Ashley Hay owed to ongoing wounded issues, portion skipper Simon Murray suffered an anterior cruciate ligament wounded against Aberdeen and volition beryllium retired for a important play of time.

Due to some Hay and Murray suffering injuries, Joe Westley whitethorn pb the enactment connected Saturday, with Finlay Robertson joining Ethan Hamilton and Ryan Finnigan successful midfield.

Dundee United imaginable starting lineup:

Walton; Rawlins, Iovu, Forbes, Ferry; Sevelj, Camara, Agyei; Merghem, Rose, Sapsford

Dundee imaginable starting lineup:

Goodman; Wright, Astley, Bevan, Odutayo; Hamilton, Finnigan; Bevan, Robertson, Reilly; Westley

We say: Dundee United 1-1 Dundee

Dundee United and Dundee person endured mixed starts to the caller term, and with some teams anxious to unafraid a confidence-boosting triumph against their metropolis rivals, we are expecting a hard-fought brushwood astatine Tannadice Park. 

As a result, we judge the archetypal Dundee derby of the 2026-27 play volition extremity each square.

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