Dundee United vs Motherwell prediction and preview

Premiership · Saturday 7 November 2026, 15:00 UTC

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Dundee United vs Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 7 November 2026, 15:00 UTC · Tannadice Park, Dundee

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Dundee United vs Motherwell preview

Dundee United welcome Motherwell at Tannadice Park in Dundee on Saturday 7 November 2026 (15:00 UTC) in the Premiership. Dundee United are 6th in the table with 16 points from 11, while Motherwell are 9th in the table with 12 points from 12.

Dundee United come into the game with a D-W-D-W-W run in the league (3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in their last 5), while Motherwell's recent sequence reads W-D-L-L-L. Over their last 6, Dundee United have scored 1.8 and conceded 1.0 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Motherwell average 1.0 scored and 1.8 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

Head to head, Dundee United have 2 wins to Motherwell's 7 across 10 meetings, with 1 draw. Those games averaged 2.7 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 4. The most recent meeting, on 2 Sep 2026, ended Motherwell 3-0 Dundee United.

Motherwell are without Paul McGinn (injury). Paul McGinn has featured heavily in recent matches. Ryan Lee is the appointed referee. Across 23 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.3 yellow cards per game and 0.4 penalties per game, and home sides won 44% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make Dundee United favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

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6Dundee United114431616016WWDWD
9Motherwell123361420-612LLLDW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Dundee United 2, draws 1, Motherwell 7.

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Dundee United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Jack Walton, Joshua Rawlins, Bert Esselink, Michael Forbes, Kevin Ciubotaru, Lyall Cameron, Dylan Tait, Zidane Iqbal, Jesse Randall, Zachary Sapsford, Daniel Bennie

Motherwell expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Paulsen, Tom Sparrow, Jake Girdwood-Reich, Martin Moormann, Emmanuel Longelo, Lukas Fadinger, Joe Hodge, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise, Ibrahim Said, Jardell Kanga, S. Palmer-Houlden

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