United travel to East End Park this Saturday for a Ladbrokes Championship fixture. United currently sit in fourth place on 15 points with our hosts in seventh place on 11 points.
Here are some of the head-to-head and historical stats between the teams.
55
There have been 55 players who have worn the jerseys of both these sides including several members of current staff on both sides including Craig Easton and Stevie Crawford.
3
Three ex-Terrors currently play for Dunfermline. Aidan Connolly, Robbie Muirhead and Mark Durnan. Ex-Pars now playing for United include Nicky Clark, Fraser Aird and Paul McMullan.
1911
The first-ever meeting between the teams was on February 11, 1911, in the Consolation Cup 2nd round. United, then called Dundee Hibs, winning 3-2 in front of 5500 fans.
12
12 goals were scored in the six battle last season; United winning three and three ending in draws.
18,000
18,000 fans turned up at Tannadice for a Scottish cup 3rd round tie between the teams back in 1967. A solitary Finn Dossing goal three minutes from time securing victory for the Terrors.
16
Before the opening day defeat this season at Tannadice, United had gone a remarkable 16 games unbeaten against the Pars.
615
There have been 615 goals in the 191 competitive fixtures between the teams.
The stats used in this article are from Arab Archive, and you can check out the head-to-head against Dunfermline here.