Low-Block Fortress
Dundee
Dundee handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 8 shots blocked or saved on 32.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 32.0%
- Shots blocked
- 4
- Saves
- 4
- Conceded
- 0
Premiership · Matchday 3
Dundee Utd
0 – 2
FT
HT 0–1
Dundee
D. Wright 43'
O. Bevan 57'
Premiership
Matchday 3Dundee Utd0–2Dundee
1.23
Expected goals
1.68
43′57′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: DU 1.23, DUN 1.68.
Match report
Dundee Utd 0-2 Dundee
Dundee saw off Dundee Utd 2-0 at Tannadice Park in Premiership. Wright opened the scoring for Dundee on 43' and Bevan made it 2-0 to Dundee on 57'.
Expected goals finished Dundee Utd 1.23, Dundee 1.68. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Dundee Utd held 68.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Dundee graded out for low-block fortress — 32.0% possession and 4 shots blocked. Dundee graded out for counter-punch — 32.0% possession and 1.68 expected goals.
Ryan Astley came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.3 for Dundee from 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 22 fouls between them and 7 yellow cards, with Dundee conceding the most free-kicks (11).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
68%Possession32%
24Shots14
1.23xG1.68
What the numbers say
2 readsCounter-Punch
Dundee
Dundee were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.68 xG from 32.0% possession.
- Possession
- 32.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.68
- Opponent xG
- 1.23
Timeline
⚽43'
D. Wright
🟨45+4'
Ryan Finnigan
Foul
Half-time
D. Bennie ↑ J. Randall ↓
🔄46'
🔄46'
F. Robertson ↑ C. Reilly ↓
Daniel Bennie
Foul
🟨54'
⚽57'
O. Bevan — assist: A. Forrest
Abdoulaye Yoro
Foul
🟨59'
N. Farrugia ↑ M. Merghem ↓
🔄60'
Z. Sapsford ↑ I. Metsoko ↓
🔄60'
L. Rose ↑ A. Yoro ↓
🔄68'
🔄68'
B. Fink ↑ J. Bevan ↓
🟨78'
Owen Bevan
Foul
🔄80'
B. Wales ↑ A. Forrest ↓
Vicko Ševelj
Foul
🟨86'
Dylan Tait
Argument
🟨88'
🟨88'
Ethan Hamilton
Foul
🔄90+1'
B. Halliday ↑ J. Westley ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueTannadice Park, Dundee
RefereeDavid Dickinson, Scotland
CompetitionPremiership
Season2026
RoundMatchday 3
StatusMatch Finished