Dundee vs St Johnstone - prediction, team news, lineups

Dundee invited St Johnstone to Dens Park connected Wednesday nighttime successful the Scottish Premiership. 

The hosts person picked up six points from their opening 4 fixtures, portion the visitors person 3 points from 3 league games.

Match preview

Dundee person experienced a mixed commencement to the 2026-27 season, winning five, losing 3 and drafting 1 - losing connected penalties - of their 9 matches crossed each competitions. 

The Dark Blue started the run by scraping done Group D of the Scottish League Cup successful 2nd spot with 10 points, from 3 wins and 1 gully - defeated connected penalties. 

Steven Pressley's broadside person since recorded 2 wins and 2 defeats successful the Scottish Premiership, including beating rivals Dundee United 2-0, arsenic good arsenic losing 3-0 to Aberdeen successful the League Cup 2nd round. 

Now looking to bounce backmost from a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Hibernian past clip retired and unafraid their 3rd triumph successful the league, Dundee invited newly-promoted St Johnstone to Dens Park. 

St Johnstone managed to unafraid an contiguous promotion backmost to the top-flight aft their relegation successful 2024-25, lifting the Championship rubric with 77 points from 36 games. 

After starting the 2026-27 word by disappointingly crashing retired of the Scottish League Cup successful the radical stage, Simo Valakari's broadside got their league run disconnected to a thrilling start. 

St Johnstone recorded a fantastic 4-3 triumph against Kilmarnock successful their opening game, but they person failed to physique connected that effect successful the consequent 2 matches, losing to St Mirren and Hearts. 

Valakari volition beryllium looking for his broadside to extremity that losing streak erstwhile they instrumentality connected imaginable relegation rivals Dundee connected Wednesday, but they bash person a miserable caller grounds successful this fixture. 

St Johnstone person won conscionable 1 of their past 10 clashes with Dundee, including 5 defeats during that period.

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Team News

Dundee are anticipated to beryllium without Ashley Hay and Imari Samuels until aboriginal this month, portion Simon Murray has been ruled retired until May 2027 with a cruciate ligament injury.

Joe Westley is apt to proceed upfront successful the lack of respective strikers, with Charlie Reilly, Joe Bevan and Bradley Fink providing support.

As for St Johnstone, Valakari is expected to person a afloat acceptable squad disposable for selection. 

Ruari Paton scored his archetypal league extremity of the word against Hearts, and the striker should proceed starring the enactment alongside Josh Fowler.

Dundee imaginable starting lineup:

Goodman; Wright, Astley, O Bevan, Odutayo; Finnigan, Hamilton; J Bevan, Reilly, Fink; Westley

St Johnstone imaginable starting lineup:

Steward; Smith, Mitchell, Diabate, Alic; Stanton, McAlear, Holt, Gullan; Fowler, Paton

We say: Dundee 2-1 St Johnstone

Dundee person dominated this fixture successful caller meetings, and we are backing the hosts to widen that grounds with a triumph against St Johnstone.

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