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The 2024-2025 season in the Scottish Professional Football League kicks off this weekend and features on this weeks classic pools coupon. We’ve looked through the games and provided recent form and head-to-head statistics for five matches we think have the potential to end in a draw.
2 – Dundee Utd vs Dundee FC
The Scottish Premiership 2024-2025 season kicks off this weekend and Dundee United and Dundee FC contest their first Tayside Derby in two years. The spoils were shared in the last meeting between them in a 2-2 draw back in April, 2022.
Dundee United won promotion as Scottish Championship winners last season and start their new campaign in good form, winning three of their four Scottish League Cup matches in the past month.
Dundee FC finished 6th in the Scottish Premiership last season and have also performed well in the Scottish League Cup this past month, winning all four matches and scoring 18 goals in the process.
140 League Encounters
66 Dundee Utd wins
41 Dundee FC wins
33 Draws
5 – St Mirren vs Hibernian
St Mirren and Hibernian met three times in the Premiership last season. St Mirren won 3-2 away in the first, followed by a 2-2 draw and St Mirren’s 3-0 away win in their last meeting back in February.
St Mirren drew with Fleetwood (2-2) and Carlisle (2-2) in their last two pre-season friendlies and drew 0-0 away at Icelandic side Valur in the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League last week.
Hibernian have won three of their four Scottish League Cup matches this past month, most recently progressing to the next round with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Peterhead.
249 League Encounters
74 St Mirren wins
113 Hibernian wins
62 Draws
7 – Hamilton vs Ayr Utd.
Four of the last seven meetings between Hamilton and Ayr have ended in a draw, but Ayr won 2-0 on their last visit back in March of last year.
Hamilton managed just one win from four Scottish League Cup matches recently and suffered three defeats. They were beaten on penalties after drawing 1-1 at Raith Rovers last weekend.
Ayr clinched a 3-2 victory over Buckie Thistle in the Scottish League Cup last weekend, making three wins from their four cup matches. They also performed well in their pre-season matches with three wins and a draw from their four friendlies.
163 League Encounters
62 Hamilton wins
59 Ayr Utd wins
42 Draws
20 – Antwerp vs Anderlecht
Antwerp and Anderlecht meet in the Belgian top tier. They had four league encounters last season, Anderlecht won 1-0 in both of their home games and their two visits to Antwerp ended in a 1-1 draw and a 3-1 victory for the hosts.
Antwerp lost 3-2 to second tier side Francs Borains and lost 2-1 to Italian side Parma in their final two pre-season warm-up games, but kicked off their league campaign with a 1-0 win at Charleroi last weekend.
Anderlecht enjoyed a strong pre-season with five wins in six friendlies and continued that form into their first league game last weekend and won 1-0 hosting St Truiden.
32 Encounters (since 1998)
6 Antwerp wins
17 Anderlecht wins
9 Draws
46 – Kristiansund BK vs Lillestrom
Kristiansund edged a 3-2 victory in the reverse of this Norwegian Eliteserien fixture back in April. Three of their last six league encounters have ended in a draw.
Kristiansund drew 0-0 at Tromso last weekend, but they’ve only lost one of their last five league matches and beat both Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad by 3-1 in their last two home games.
Lillestrom have won four of their last six league games, but needed a stoppage time equaliser to draw 2-2 with Sarpsborg last weekend.
14 Encounters (since 2017)
5 Kristiansund wins
2 Lillestrom wins
7 Draws