STAT-ATTACK: PARTICK THISTLE

United are back at Tannadice this coming Saturday (25/08 at 3pm) for the visit of Partick Thistle. Saturday will be the third fixture of our Ladbrokes Championship campaign.

The team will be hoping to build upon the 2-1 victory over Queen of the South a week past Saturday.

Here are some of the head-to-head and historical stats between the teams.

THREE

The last time the two teams met was in August 2016 in the League Cup when three first-half goals by Cammy Smith helped United to a 3-1 win. There are also only three remaining players from the team for United that night. Lewis Toshney, Stewart Murdoch and Jamie Robson remain.

104

United have scored 104 goals against Partick Thistle at Tannadice in the 57 meetings.

23

In the last ten meetings between the teams, goals have been aplenty with 23 goals scored. United have scored 10 of those goals.

44

44 players have played for both teams with current United players Adam Barton, Frederic Frans and Callum Booth having all played for Partick and ex-United men Blair Spittal, Chris Erskine and Craig Slater all now wear the red and yellow of Partick Thistle.

10

In the last ten battles between the teams at Tannadice, United have won five, drawn three and lost two.

1925

The first-ever matchup was on Saturday, February 7, 1925. In the Scottish Cup tie, Partick ended up resounding 5-1 victors.

The stats used in this article are from Arab Archive, and you can check out the head-to-head against Partick here.