St Johnstone |
2 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
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League (Premiership) |
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Goalscorers | |
Graham Cummins (63) Simon Lappin (80) |
Billy Mckay (pen.) (26) |
Team Managers | |
Tommy Wright |
Jackie McNamara |
Starting Eleven | |
Alan Mannus Joe Shaughnessy Dave Mackay Tam Scobbie Brian Easton Chris Millar Murray Davidson Liam Craig Michael O'Halloran Steven MacLean Graham Cummins |
Luis Zwick .51 Mark Durnan .17 John Souttar .4 Ryan McGowan .12 Callum Morris .5 Seán Dillon .2 John Rankin .8 Scott Fraser .22 Blair Spittal .20 Adam Taggart .29 Billy Mckay .7 |
Bench | |
Zander Clark Simon Lappin David Wotherspoon John Sutton Darnell Fisher Chris Kane Steven Anderson |
Michal Szromnik .21 Coll Donaldson .28 Charlie Telfer .16 Aidan Connolly .18 Darko Bodul .30 Ryan Dow .14 Mario Bilate .19 |
Substitutions | |
Zander Clark for Michael O'Halloran (24) David Wotherspoon for Chris Millar (67) Simon Lappin for Steven MacLean (77) |
Ryan Dow for Adam Taggart (58) Mario Bilate for Scott Fraser (58) Aidan Connolly for John Souttar (74) |
Cautions | |
Murray Davidson (43) Steven MacLean (47) Liam Craig (88) |
Scott Fraser (37) Mark Durnan (57) |
Red Cards | |
Alan Mannus (24) | None. |
Match Officials | |
Bobby Madden (Referee) |
There were four changes to the starting eleven from Tuesday evening’s victory over Dunfermline, in came Sean Dillon, John Souttar, Blair Spittal and Adam Taggart for Jamie Robson, Aaron Kuhl, Charlie Telfer and Darko Bodul.
United opened the scoring from the spot at 25 minutes, Alan Mannus bundling over Billy Mckay after they both looked to catch onto a through-ball. Up-stepped Mckay, who coolly converted from the spot.
After 50 minutes, Adam Taggart had a huge chance to add a second, however, the striker could only hit a tame strike into the arms of substitute Saints keeper Zander Clark. Just ten minutes after Taggart’s golden opportunity to put real daylight between the two sides, St Johnstone scored an equalizer, Graham Cummins finishing close-range from a Saints corner. With just over ten minutes remaining, substitute Aidan Connolly curled a well struck 25 yard effort just over Zander Clark’s crossbar. Just as United looked as if they were beginning to really pressurise the Saints defence with Connolly, Spittal and Bilate coming close, a dinked Simon Lappin volley put Saints into the lead with less than ten minutes remaining. United only really had one chance in the closing stages of the match, newly recovered striker Mario Bilate hitting a wild shot over the target.
Manager's Comment:
The Manager failed to appear after the match and was subsequently relieved of his duties after one defeat too many.
Fan's Comment:
“Time for some new ideas. Our bogey team strikes again.”
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Captain: Seán Dillon
Arab Archive 'Man of the Match': Billy Mckay
Match Photos courtesy of Riki Grauer - More photos available at:
Dundee United Official Flickr Page
Match report written by Joe James
2015-16 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | ![]() |
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Luis Zwick (GK) | 21 |
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10 | - | 10 | - |
John Souttar | 19 |
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7 | - | 59 | 2 |
Mark Durnan | 22 |
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10 | - | 10 | - |
Callum Morris | 25 |
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4 | 1 | 34 | 3 |
Ryan McGowan | 26 |
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10 | - | 27 | 1 |
Seán Dillon | 32 |
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5 | 1 | 299 | 6 |
Blair Spittal | 19 |
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10 | 3 | 39 | 5 |
Scott Fraser | 20 |
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8 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
John Rankin | 32 |
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7 | - | 173 | 11 |
Billy Mckay | 26 |
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5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Adam Taggart | 22 |
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3 | - | 3 | - |
Aidan Connolly (sub) | 20 |
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6 | - | 30 | 2 |
Mario Bilate (sub) | 24 |
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2 | - | 18 | 2 |
Ryan Dow (sub) | 24 |
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5 | - | 96 | 11 |
Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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1. | Aberdeen | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 24 |
2. | Celtic | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 20 |
3. | Hearts | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
4. | Ross County | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
5. | St Johnstone | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
6. | Motherwell | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
7. | Hamilton | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
8. | Dundee | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 12 |
9. | Inverness CT | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
10. | Kilmarnock | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -10 | 8 |
11. | Partick Th | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 3 |
12. | Dundee Utd | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 2 |
* - Table split into two divisions of six.
League results since United's last match |
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20th September 2015 |
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Celtic | 6-0 | Dundee |
Hearts | 1-3 | Aberdeen |
26th September 2015 |
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Celtic | 0-0 | Hearts |
Dundee | 3-3 | Ross County |
Inverness CT | 2-1 | Aberdeen |
Kilmarnock | 1-2 | Hamilton |
Motherwell | 2-1 | Partick Th |
St Johnstone | 2-1 | Dundee Utd |