On Sunday, Dundee United will play their first game of the 2024–25 Scottish Premiership at Tannadice Park in the inaugural Dundee derby of the season.
With 75 points from 36 games, the host team won the Scottish Championship previous season, while the visitors' 42 points from 38 games placed them sixth in the Premiership.
After the 2022–2023 season, the hosts were demoted from the top flight. However, they won the Championship championship in 2023–2024, which allowed them to return to the Scottish Premiership.
Dundee United was the top offensive and defensive club in the division last season with 73 goals scored and 23 goals allowed.
The Tangerines have played seven times since the end of the previous season, winning five, drawing one, and losing one.
These matches included all four of their 2024–25 League Cup group games. They did not win their opening encounter against Falkirk on July 13, but they did win the following three, securing a spot in the competition's knockout round as one of the top three runners-up.
Since taking over in March 2023, manager Jim Goodwin has led Dundee United to seven Premiership defeats, two draws, and three victories.
Dundee United was the top offensive and defensive club in the division last season with 73 goals scored and 23 goals allowed.
The Tangerines have played seven times since the end of the previous season, winning five, drawing one, and losing one.
These matches included all four of their 2024–25 League Cup group games. They did not win their opening encounter against Falkirk on July 13, but they did win the following three, securing a spot in the competition's knockout round as one of the top three runners-up.
Since taking over in March 2023, manager Jim Goodwin has led Dundee United to seven Premiership defeats, two draws, and three victories.
The hosts are undefeated in the past six encounters between the teams and have not dropped a Dundee derby since August 9, 2017.
Dundee only scored one more point from the remaining five games, finishing the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership regular season with 41 points from 33 games.
The visitors finished the league with the sixth-best offensive and eleventh-best defensive records, respectively, with 49 goals scored and 68 goals given up.
Dundee's first season back in the premier league was last year, and they will be happy that they were not selected for the relegation playoffs.
The Dark Blues are in great form heading into Sunday's contest; since the 2023–24 season ended, they have won seven of their eight games.
They have also won four of their four League Cup games during that run, the most recent of which was a commanding 6-0 victory against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Since taking over in May 2023, Tony Docherty's record stands at 17 wins, 12 draws, and 18 defeats.
