St Mirren v Dundee

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St Mirren will welcome Scottish Premiership newcomers, Dundee, at their SMISA Stadium for Saturday afternoon's clash as the hosts go in search of recording back-to-back wins in the domestic top flight for the first time since the start of April in the previous season.

St Mirren registered a very handy and impressive 3-2 win away from home at Hibernian in last weekend's season opener in the Scottish top flight which not only handed Saints a useful and perhaps slightly unexpected three points, but that result also put a halt to a previous poor run of results as well.

Having failed to win any of their preceding seven league matches in the Premiership which included five defeats, St Mirren would have been overjoyed with last week's win on the road at Hibs and the hosts know they stand a decent chance of collecting another three points when Dundee visit on Saturday.

It's true that St Mirren's form and results at home have dipped in recent times as the hosts have lost four of their last seven home games, but they have held the upper hand over Dundee in recent previous exchanges so Saints will be upbeat about their chances for this upcoming tussle.

Dundee return to the Scottish Premiership this season after securing automatic promotion from the Championship at the end of what was a successful season for ‘Dee, as they finished top of the Championship table by a margin of five points above Ayr United and Queen's Park respectively.

Dundee only had to endure one season in the Scottish second tier this time before making a swift return to the top flight but the club have yo-yo'd between the two divisions on a fairly regular basis over the past 10 seasons or so, but manager, Tony Docherty, will be demanding his players achieve top flight security this time around.

The visitors picked up a point in last weekend's season opener with Motherwell as they held out for a 1-1 draw and Dundee have also gained some useful wins as well as valuable match fitness in the recent Scottish League Cup games.

Wins against Bonnyrigg Rose, Dumbarton and Inverness CT were solid results for Dundee but a 1-0 defeat to Airdrie resulted in their opponents finishing top of the group but Dundee's nine points ended up not being enough to send them into the 2nd round of the competition.

St Mirren v Dundee Verdict

St Mirren have held sway over their upcoming visitors, Dundee, in recent previous exchanges as the hosts have won each of the previous three meetings on the trot by way of a win on penalties in the Scottish FA Cup, along with 2-0 and 1-0 victories in the Premiership.

Therefore, our main bet will be St Mirren win @ 2.00 Other side bets worth considering:

St Mirren win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.33

Correct score: St Mirren 2-0 @ 9.00