Dundee FC

vs

Motherwell

Preview

Dundee FC

• Steven Pressley sets up his team in a pragmatic way, sitting deep with a compact back four and disciplined midfield, preferring to stay organized and counterattack at pace when they get the ball.
• Dundee FC’s last two home league games were 3-3 and 2-2 draws, suggesting they can score against any Premiership team.
• The Dees have a decent home record of five wins, three draws and five defeats in their 13 Premiership 2025-2026 home fixtures this term.
• There have been an average of 3.3 goals per game in Dundee’s 13 home Premiership 2025-2026 fixtures with them averaging 2.0 goals per match and conceding 1.3.

Motherwell

• By contrast, Jens Berthel Askou sets up his Motherwell teams to be proactive, high-pressing and attacking, with fluid formations and an aggressive style of play.
• Motherwell are fourth in the Premiership 2025-2026 with 53 points from 28 matches, while the Dees are ninth with 28 points from the same number of games.
• Motherwell have lost only two of their 13 Premiership 2025-2026 away games, winning four and drawing seven.

Head-to-Head

• Motherwell edged the last head-to-head meeting 1-0 two months ago in the current Premiership 2025-2026 campaign.
• Motherwell have won three of the last five clashes, with Dundee taking one victory and a draw the other result.

Key Players

• Tawanda Maswanhise is a more advanced player than Slattery, but also comes in with a better goalscoring record and has 16 goals in 25 Premiership 2025-2026 appearances this term, including three in his last five.
• Callum Slattery has three assists in his last five games and provides skillful forward runs from midfield.
• Simon Murray is their main attacking threat with five in 23 appearances and four of those strikes came in Dundee FC’s last nine games.

Betting Insights

• Over 2.5 goals looks a good value bet here at 1.93.
• Both Teams to Score - Yes is priced at 1.78.
• Motherwell average 1.54 goals per away game in the league.

Prediction

• The superior form of the visitors, their extra attacking quality and their domination of the recent head-to-head record suggests the Steelmen are worth a bet to win here at 1.87.
• Expect a high-scoring affair with Over 2.5 and Both Teams to Score - Yes as sensible alternatives.