- Team form: Dundee FC are unbeaten at home in the Premiership 2026/2027 (W1).
- Recent form: St. Johnstone have won 2 of their last 5 matches and lost the other 3.
- Head-to-head: Dundee FC have won 2 of the last 3 meetings (W2, D1) between the two clubs.
Dark Blues are no walkovers at home
Form and standings
Dundee FC are flying high in 2nd place in the Premiership 2026/2027 with 6 points from 3 games after bouncing back from their 3-0 League Cup loss at Aberdeen by beating Dundee United 2-0 away in their last Premiership game.
Playing styles
Steven Pressley's side are an interesting proposition, they can play a flexible back three with wing-backs, which is a formation set up for verticality and pace, but they also have a punch on set pieces and counterattacking to boot.
Saints have work to do if they are to keep pace in the top half of the table after starting the season in 6th place in the 2026/2027 table with just 3 points from 2 matches. Simo Valakari's side play a much more disciplined style of possession football with sharp triggers to get the ball forward quickly and they have enough attacking talent to be dangerous on the counter.
Saints can make a game of it at Dens Park
Dundee have had the measure of this fixture of late, winning 2 of the last 3 and drawing the other (W2, D1), but they failed to win either of their previous 2 home games against St. Johnstone. The Dark Blues are the more likely winners here in what could be a lively tactical clash, but the Saints have a bit of spark about their attacking play of late that should ensure this match stays close.
- The Saints have scored 10 goals in their last 5 competitive matches with Ruari Paton their chief danger man having scored 3 of them.
- Cheick Diabate has 1 goal in 2 Premiership 2026/2027 games while Jamie Gullan has 2 assists in as many games to get things going for the visitors.
- Drey Wright leads Dundee's Premiership 2026/2027 scoring charts with 1 goal in 3 games so the hosts have a very real target in the box.
- Dundee have been very strong at home lately, winning 2 of their last 2, while the visitors have lost their only away match of the season in the league, winning 0 and scoring 0 goals.
Broadside at Dens should be close but open
There looks to be value in going with the hosts in the head-to-head market at 2.6 rather than taking the low odds available for them in the match outcome market. St. Johnstone are a much improved team this season and can make this an end-to-end match that Dundee may need to win the hard way.
Over 2.5 goals at 1.88 and Both Teams To Score at 1.66 look the way to go in the correct score markets, as Dundee are averaging 2.00 goals per game scored and 0.00 conceded at home, while St. Johnstone are scoring 0.00 away.
