Dundee United vs Motherwell - prediction, team news, lineups

Dundee United volition invited Motherwell to Tannadice Park connected Saturday for a matchday 13 showdown successful the Scottish Premiership. 

The hosts are sixth with 16 points from 11 games, portion the visitors are ninth with 12 points from 12 league fixtures.

Match preview

Dundee United had a dilatory commencement to the 2026-27 Scottish Premiership season, failing to triumph immoderate of their opening 3 games and signaling conscionable 1 triumph successful their archetypal six, alongside 3 defeats and 2 draws. 

However, a 3-0 triumph implicit St Mirren connected matchday 7 sparked a important betterment successful form, with the Tangerines subsequently signaling 2 wins and 2 draws successful their adjacent 4 league matches, including drafting 2-2 with reigning champions Celtic past clip out. 

Dundee United present caput into Saturday's fixture unbeaten successful their past six fixtures, with 3 wins and 3 draws, and they volition beryllium anxious to widen that grounds erstwhile they instrumentality connected the struggling Motherwell. 

The Tangerines person been peculiarly awesome successful guardant areas during their ongoing unbeaten run, scoring 11 of their 16 league goals this word crossed those six matches, portion they person conceded lone six goals successful that time. 

Dundee United volition besides gully assurance from their grounds astatine Tannadice Park this season, having won two, drawn 2 and mislaid lone 1 of their 5 league fixtures astatine location this season, portion they are besides unbeaten successful their past 2 location clashes with Motherwell. 

Another triumph for the Tangerines connected Saturday could assistance them 4th successful the standings and lone a constituent down third-placed Hearts, portion they besides person a crippled successful manus connected respective teams beneath them aft past weekend's lucifer was postponed owed to Hearts' engagement successful the Scottish League Cup. 

Motherwell, meanwhile, person had 3 days less remainder than their hosts aft taking connected St Mirren astatine the weekend, though they volition beryllium rejuvenated aft securing a much-needed 1-0 triumph successful that clash, marking the extremity of a disastrous seven-game winless run. 

The Steelmen, who really started the Scottish Premiership play with 2 wins and 2 draws from their archetypal four, endured a catastrophic six-game losing tally from aboriginal September to aboriginal October, which was yet ended with a 2-2 gully against St Johnstone. 

Following their much-needed 1-0 triumph astatine the weekend, Motherwell are present unbeaten successful their past 2 and person climbed to ninth successful the table, though they inactive clasp conscionable a three-point pb implicit 11th-placed Kilmarnock. 

Alfred Johansson, who faced a batch of unit and scrutiny during their miserable winless run, volition beryllium anxious for his broadside to grounds different affirmative effect connected Saturday, further easing the unit connected his relation arsenic good arsenic extending their pb implicit the driblet zone. 

Motherwell indispensable amended defensively if they are to unafraid a effect against Dundee United, arsenic lone Kilmarnock (28) person conceded much than their 20 goals conceded this season.

The Steelmen volition besides beryllium hoping to amended upon their underwhelming grounds connected the road, having won one, drawn 2 and mislaid 3 of their six distant fixtures successful the Scottish Premiership this season, scoring 10 and conceding 12 goals successful that time.

Motherwell volition gully assurance from their caller grounds against Dundee United, arsenic contempt failing to triumph either of their past 2 visits to Tannadice Park, the Steelmen are unbeaten successful their past 4 meetings with the Tangerines, including a 3-0 triumph astatine the opening of this season.

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Team News

Dundee United volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon Will Ferry, Emmanuel Agyei and Mehdi Merghem owed to wounded issues, portion Neil Farrugia is besides unavailable aft suffering a musculus wounded successful the gully with Celtic. 

Farrugia could beryllium replaced by Daniel Bennie successful attack, portion the remainder of the squad that started the gully against the reigning champions connected October 28 are apt to diagnostic successful this one.

Motherwell are contending with ongoing wounded issues to Dylan Williams and Paul McGinn, portion the remainder of the squad is disposable for selection.

Following the 1-0 triumph against St Mirren successful their past match, Johansson could opt to sanction an unchanged squad connected Saturday, including goalscorer Lukas Fadinger alongside Joe Hodge successful the mediate of the park.

Dundee United imaginable starting lineup:

Walton; Rawlins, Esselink, Forbes, Ciubotaru; Tait, Iqbal; Randall, Cameron, Bennie; Sapsford

Motherwell imaginable starting lineup:

Paulsen; Sparrow, Girdwood-Reich, Moormann, Longelo; Hodge, Fadinger; Maswanhise, Said, Kanga; Palmer-Houlden

We say: Dundee United 1-1 Motherwell

Dundee United are enjoying a lengthy unbeaten tally but Motherwell volition beryllium afloat of assurance pursuing their streak-snapping win. Alongside the Tangerines' location spot and the Steelmen's caller precocious manus successful this fixture, we are backing this lucifer to beryllium hard-fought brushwood that ends each square.

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