Dundee United 2-1 Falkirk: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 29 August 2009

Result

Dundee United 2-1 Falkirk

Premiership · Saturday 29 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Dundee United 2-1 Falkirk: match report

Dundee United beat Falkirk 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 29 August 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

Danny Cadamarteri opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Dundee United's goals came from Danny Cadamarteri (49') and David Goodwillie (56'). Falkirk scored through Kjartan Finnbogason (75').

Discipline: Dundee United received 2 yellow cards; Falkirk received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Dundee United were 5th on 4 points from 2 and Falkirk 11th on 0 points from 2. Dundee United went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Falkirk 12th with 30.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Dundee United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Falkirk.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · P. DixonDundee United
  • 49'Goal · Danny CadamarteriDundee United · 1-0
  • 56'Goal · David GoodwillieDundee United · 2-0
  • 75'Goal · Kjartan FinnbogasonFalkirk · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · M. GomisDundee United
  • 83'Yellow card · Chris MitchellFalkirk

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Dundee United 3, draws 2, Falkirk 5.

Team news

Dundee United line-up

Nicky Weaver, Sean Dillon, Andy Webster, Paul Dixon, Danny Swanson, Prince Bauben, Morgaro Gomis, David Goodwillie, Darren Dods, Scott Robertson, Danny Cadamarteri

Falkirk line-up

Robert Olejnik, Tom Scobbie, Marc Twaddle, Brian McLean, Burton O'Brien, Scott Arfield, Ryan Flynn, Carl Finnigan, Kjartan Finnbogason, Darren Barr, Jackie McNamara