St Johnstone vs Dundee FC

St Johnstone began their season slowly, failing to win any of their first four games and only winning once in their first six outings. Three of these six matches ended in defeat, although all of them were away from home.

They picked up the pace after that though, and they have since only lost twice in their last 11 matches in all competitions. All of the other nine games have resulted in victory for St Johnstone.

They come into this match hoping to extend their winning streak to six matches having already scored 12 goals in the last five games.

This puts them in 4^th position in the Scottish Premiership, the same position they finished in last campaign. A win on Friday would see them overtake Aberdeen in 3^rd place ahead of their weekend fixture and move to within a point of Hearts in 2^nd.

Dundee FC haven’t really managed to gather any momentum so far this season. They have won four games, but these are spaced a long way apart and fairly frequent losses are stopping them from putting together a good run of results.

They are the Scottish Premiership’s draw specialists, sharing the spoils in seven of their 15 games so far, including four 1-1 draws in their last five outings.

This leaves them with just one win from their last eight league matches, with five draws and two losses making up the remainder of the results.

This leaves them in 7^th position, a place below their finishing position last season. But a win on Friday would take them, however briefly, up to 5^th in the table.

Dundee FC have scored exactly one goal in each of their last five games, and they come up against a St Johnstone side who have averaged over two goals per game in their last five outings. I think St Johnstone’s good form and attacking prowess will be too much for Dundee, so I’m backing the home side to win at 17/20 as well as a 3-1 correct score prediction at 14/1.