St Mirren vs Dundee United Predictions

It’s winner takes all on Sunday, as St Mirren and Dundee United renew their battle for a top half place. These two drew 0-0 on Thursday night in the first leg of this promotion/relegation playoff in the Scottish Premiership. Now they meet in Sunday’s second leg decider as they battle for their future. Can St Mirren retain their place in the top flight, or will Dundee United finally return to the highest level of Scottish football after their third straight season in the playoffs?

The hosts are coming into this game with a poor season behind them. St Mirren were second bottom of the Premiership, having lost 22 times in their 38 matches at that level. However, they did manage to pick up some form thanks to the league’s split. The end of the season saw St Mirren facing their fellow bottom half sides, which helped them on a run. They come into this game unbeaten in their last seven, having lost only once in their previous nine matches. Will the Buddies extend that here?

Dundee United should be worried going into this clash, as just 41% of their goals in the Championship came on the road. They’re far from a high scoring side, while they know that they’re making a step up facing St Mirren this weekend. The first leg showed how resilient the Buddies could be against the Dundee United attack, so the visitors may have some issues breaking through in this one. They’ve been regulars in the promotion playoffs, but after scoring just twice in their last four away playoff matches, they are seemingly lacking the necessary cutting edge.

The hosts are coming into this game with a good unbeaten run behind them, while they’ll be looking to keep things tight to edge the clash. The only worry for St Mirren is that the majority of their goals so far came on the road. They found the net just 15 times in 19 home games this term, while they failed to score in 42% of their matches at this ground. Given Dundee United’s record in this one, we expect things to be close.

The visitors saw under 2.5 goals in 78% of their away trips in the league, while we see this being a frustrating game for the forward players. We don’t see a lot of chances, while the pair are hardly in great scoring form. Following their 0-0 in the first leg, we’re backing against both teams scoring in Sunday’s match, as we can see at least one of these two coming away with a clean sheet.