First Team

STAT-ATTACK: ALLOA ATHLETIC

29th August 2018

United are on the road this coming Saturday with a visit to the Indodrill Stadium to face Alloa.

United come into this one on the back of two league wins in a row.

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

10

On Saturday 24 March 1951, United scored ten against Alloa in a 10-1 victory in a League (B Division) fixture. The legendary Peter McKay scored four.

62

United have scored 62 goals against Alloa at the IndoDrill Stadium in the 37 meetings. The last outing there was January 2018 in the Scottish Cup when goals by Mark Durnan and Emil Lyng secured passage for United in a 2-0 victory.

28

In the last ten meetings between the teams, goals have been aplenty with 28 goals scored. United have scored 23 of those goals.

21

21 players have played for both teams. Notable names include Robbie Winters, Scott Crabbe, Dennis Gillespie, Guido Van de Kamp, Gibby Ormond and Hamish French.

12

Before Alloa's recent penalty shoot-out victory over United at Tannadice, the Terrors had gone twelve games undefeated against The Wasps.

1920

The first-ever matchup was on Saturday, November 6, 1920. In the Central League fixture, United won the match 3-0.

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