2020–21 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
2020–21 season
Chairman	Mark Ogren
Manager	Micky Mellon
Stadium	Tannadice Park
Premiership	6th
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Nicky Clark (8); All: Nicky Clark (10)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2020–21 season is Dundee United's 112th season. It is their first season back in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2019–20 season.[1] United will also compete in the League Cup and Scottish Cup.

Season summary

Dundee United were promoted back to the Premiership after the premature season ending due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland and spent majority of summer months fighting their case in the SPFL and ended up in court with Raith Rovers and Cove Rangers fighting their promotions against relegated teams Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle.[2] Also in the off-season, manager Robbie Neilson left for Hearts so Micky Mellon was hired as the new manager for United.[3]

Competitions

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

11 July 2020 Friendly	Motherwell	1–0	Dundee United	Motherwell
	White 55'	Report

18 July 2020 Friendly	Dundee United	0–0	Livingston	Dundee
		Report		Stadium: Tannadice Park

22 July 2020 Friendly	Rangers 'B'	1–4	Dundee United	Glasgow
	McPake 12'	Report	Clark 4 pen.' Butcher 57' Shankland 60' Powers 80'	Stadium: Rangers Training Ground

25 July 2020 Friendly	Dundee United	1–1	Kilmarnock	Dundee
	Smith 1'	Report	Kiltie 46'	Stadium: Tannadice Park

25 August 2020 Friendly	Dundee United	Abandoned	Sheffield United	Dundee
15:00			Sharp 43'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Referee: Brian McLean
Note: Abandoned after 45 minutes due to weather conditions

Scottish Premiership

1 August 2020[4] 1	Dundee United	1–1	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park
15:00 BST	Clark 6' (pen.)	Report	Craig 55'	Referee: Kevin Clancy

8 August 2020 2	Motherwell	0–1	Dundee United	Fir Park
15:00 BST		Report	Reynolds 52'	Referee: Steven McLean

11 August 2020 3	Dundee United	0–1	Hibernian	Tannadice Park
18:00 BST		Report	Doidge 65'	Referee: Don Robertson

15 August 2020 4	Ross County	1–2	Dundee United	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Paton 22' Donaldson 29' 87'	Report	Appéré 34' Pawlett 40' Clark 79'	Referee: Craig Napier

22 August 2020 5	Dundee United	0–1	Celtic	Tannadice Park
17:30		Report	Ajeti 83'	Referee: Andrew Dallas
Note: Live on Sky Sports

29 August 2020 6	Kilmarnock	4–0	Dundee United	Rugby Park
15:00	Kabamba 30', 79' Brophy 45+1' McKenzie 86'	Report		Referee: David Munro

12 September 2020 7	Rangers	4–0	Dundee United	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Kent 13' Tavernier 39' Roofe 68' Arfield 87'	Report		Referee: Kevin Clancy

19 September 2020 8	Dundee United	2–1	St Mirren	Tannadice Park
15:00	Shankland 33' Sporle 52'	Report	Tait 60' Connolly 64'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Colin Steven

26 September 2020 9	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Dundee United	Hamilton
15:00	Odoffin 75'	Report	Shankland 4'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Referee: Alan Muir

2 October 2020 10	Dundee United	1–2	Livingston	Tannadice Park
19:45	Clark 18'	Report	Guthrie 53' Forrest 90'	Attendance: 0 Referee: John Beaton

17 October 2020 11	Dundee United	0–0	Aberdeen	Tannadice Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Muir

24 October 2020 12	St Johnstone	0–0	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Dallas

31 October 2020 13	Dundee United	2–1	Ross County	Tannadice Park
15:00	Clark 19 pen.', 51'	Report	Shaw 81'	Attendance: 0

6 November 2020 14	St Mirren	0–0	Dundee United	St Mirren Park
19:45		Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: David Munro

21 November 2020 15	Dundee United	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Tannadice Park
15:00	Clark 76', 80'	Report	Callachan 65'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Napier

5 December 2020 16	Livingston	2–0	Dundee United	Almondvale
15:00	Pittman 57' Bartley 73'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Don Robertson

13 December 2020 17	Dundee United	1–2	Rangers	Tannadice Park
12:00	Smith 33'	Report	Tavernier 26' Goldson 44'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Steven McLean

19 December 2020 18	Hibernian	1–1	Dundee United	Almondvale
15:00	Magennis 13'	Report	Bolton 90+1'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Gavin Duncan

23 December 2020 19	Dundee United	2–0	Kilmarnock	Tannadice Park
18:30	McNulty 25' Shankland 28'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Steven McLean

26 December 2020 20	Dundee United	1–1	Motherwell	Tannadice Park
15:00	Clark 90+2'	Report	Watt 9'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madden

30 December 2020 21	Celtic	3–0	Dundee United	Celtic Park
15:00	Soro 23' Turnbull 40' Edouard 76'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Willie Collum

2 January 2021 22	Aberdeen	0–0	Dundee United	Pittodrie
15:00		Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Clancy

12 January 2021 23	Dundee United	2–2	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park
18:00	Appéré 9' Shankland 53'	Report	Melamed 16' Kane 38'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Colin Steven

16 January 2021 24	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Dundee United	New Douglas Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Greg Aitken

27 January 2021 23	Dundee United	1–5	St Mirren	Tannadice Park
19:45	Harkes 54'	Report	Shaughnessy 30' McGrath 42 pen.', 45+1 pen.' Connolly 80' Dennis 85'	Attendance: 0 Referee: John Beaton

30 January 2021 24	Dundee United	0–2	Hibernian	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00		Report	McGregor 21' Boyle 69'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Gavin Duncan

3 February 2021 25	Motherwell	2–1	Dundee United	Fir Park, Motherwell
18:00	Cole 23' Long 28'	Report	Edwards 80'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish League Cup

7 October 2020	Brechin City	2–6	Dundee United	Glebe Park
19:45	Inglis 52 pen.' Currie 54'	Report	Clark 15', 18' Butcher 40' Harkes 47' Smith 60', 90+3'	Attendance: 0

10 October 2020	Dundee United	0–1	Peterhead	Tannadice Park
15:00		Report	Boyd 51'	Attendance: 0

13 October 2020	Dundee United	1–0	Kelty Hearts	Tannadice Park
19:45	Edwards 45+3'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Don Robertson

10 November 2020	St Johnstone	0–0 (3-4 p)	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
19:45		Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Don Robertson
Note: Live on Premier Sports

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 27 January 2020

No.	Pos	Player	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Benjamin Siegrist	23+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	23	0
2	DF	Liam Smith	15+2	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	19	1
3	DF	Adrian Sporle	7+9	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	17	1
4	DF	Dillon Powers	6+7	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	16	0
5	DF	Mark Connolly	20+1	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	25	0
6	DF	Mark Reynolds	24+0	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	27	1
7	MF	Paul McMullan	3+5	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	11	0
8	MF	Peter Pawlett	12+6	1	2+1	0	0+0	0	21	1
9	FW	Marc McNulty	9+4	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	14	1
10	FW	Nicky Clark	18+4	8	4+0	2	0+0	0	26	10
11	FW	Cammy Smith	0+4	0	2+1	2	0+0	0	7	2
12	DF	Ryan Edwards	14+0	0	4+0	1	0+0	0	18	1
14	MF	Florent Hoti	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
15	FW	Logan Chalmers	7+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	11	0
16	MF	Adam King	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
17	DF	Jamie Robson	21+2	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	26	0
18	MF	Calum Butcher	17+0	0	4+0	1	0+0	0	21	1
19	GK	Deniz Mehmet	2+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	6	0
20	MF	Luke Bolton	16+5	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	25	0
21	MF	Declan Glass	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
23	MF	Ian Harkes	21+1	1	2+2	1	0+0	0	26	2
24	FW	Lawrence Shankland	18+2	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	20	4
25	FW	Kai Fotheringham	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	3	0
26	MF	Chris Mochrie	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1	0
27	FW	Louis Appéré	6+5	1	2+2	0	0+0	0	15	1
30	DF	Lewis Neilson	7+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	10	0
31	GK	Jack Newman	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3	0
36	FW	Darren Watson	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4	0
52	GK	Neil Alexander	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
66	MF	Jeando Fuchs	6+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	8	0

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Livingston	26	11	6	9	34	29	+5	39
6	St Mirren	24	8	5	11	24	28	−4	29
7	Dundee United	27	6	10	11	21	38	−17	28
8	St Johnstone	27	6	9	12	25	36	−11	27
9	Motherwell	25	6	7	12	23	37	−14	25

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[5]
Notes:

Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League Cup table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STJ	DUN	PET	KEL	BRE
1	St Johnstone	4	3	0	1	0	12	2	+10	10	Qualification for the Second Round	—	0–0p	—	—	7–0
2	Dundee United	4	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	8		—	—	0–1	1–0	—
3	Peterhead	4	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	8		1–3	—	—	—	3–1
4	Kelty Hearts	4	1	0	1	2	4	4	0	4		1–2	—	1–1p	—	—
5	Brechin City	4	0	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0		—	2–6	—	0–2	—

Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[7]

Notes

References

"Mark Ogren Statement: Dundee United Ladbrokes Championship Winners". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 15 April 2020.
"Club Statement". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020.
"Micky Mellon becomes United manager". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020.
"2020/21 Premiership Fixtures Revealed". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020.
"The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
"Summary - League Cup Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
"Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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[5] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "Mark Ogren Statement: Dundee United Ladbrokes Championship Winners". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 15 April 2020.

[2] "Club Statement". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020.

[3] "Micky Mellon becomes United manager". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020.

[4] "2020/21 Premiership Fixtures Revealed". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020.

[6] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[GC-7] "Summary - League Cup Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[format-8] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

2020–21 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland West of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA East Premiership SJFA North Superleague SPFL Reserve League 2020 Women's Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 2020–21 Women's Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 2020 Women's Championship North South 2020–21 Women's Championship North South
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Group stage Final ~~Challenge Cup~~ South Region Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup Women's Premier League Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2020–21 UEFA Nations League UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
Transfers	Summer 2020 Winter 2020–21
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Hamilton Academical Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
League One	Airdrieonians Clyde Cove Rangers Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Forfar Athletic Montrose Partick Thistle Peterhead
League Two	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer