Dundee vs St. Mirren

Dens Park is the venue, as Dundee FC and St. Mirren go head-to-head in their opening 2021/22 Scottish Premiership showdown.

After preserving the top-flight status thanks to a 4-2 aggregate win over Kilmarnock in the relegation play-off final (2-1 H, 2-1 A), Dundee are hopeful of avoiding another scary season. It’s been a promising start to the competitive season for the ‘Dees,’ as they’ve won all four League Cup matches by an aggregate score of 14-2. Dundee’s cagey entries saw them keep a first-half clean sheet on each occasion during that four-game sequence, winning the first half by at least a two-goal margin twice in the process. Having that said, James McPake’s men have failed to beat St. Mirren in any of their last four top-flight encounters (D1), with three of those meetings seeing over 2.5 goals and both teams on the scoresheet.

Meanwhile, the visitors have been relentless across their four League Cup fixtures this season, winning each of them by an aggregate score of 9-1. Delivering action from the get-go, they have netted an opening goal within 30 minutes of play twice in their last three competitive games. Yet, St. Mirren failed to impress away from home down the final stretch of the 2020/21 Premiership campaign, picking up just a single win from six road trips (D3, L2). However, three of their previous four competitive visits to Dundee have resulted in a victory (D1), including a 3-2 top-flight triumph in their most recent such encounter. Notably, Jim Goodwin’s men have netted 3+ goals in each of their last five away matches in all competitions (W4, D2).