Dundee United are without the suspended Declan Gallagher after the centre-half was sent off late on against St Johnstone. Louis Moult and Craig Sibbald remain out. Aberdeen will be without long-term absentees Vicente Besuijen, Jack Milne and Pape Habib Gueye.

St Johnstone have consistently been embroiled in the fight for survival over the past three seasons, narrowly avoiding the drop on each occasion – a relegation play-off was required in 2021-22, while in 2022-23 and 2023-24, they finished just above the dreaded drop zone, relying on superior goal difference to outlast the teams below them.

The table makes fabulous reading for United. Just short of halfway through the campaign, they are now up to fourth place and only six points adrift of an Aberdeen side who were out of sight early this season.

Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin: "I thought we were really unfortunate to go in behind at half-time. I thought we were the better team throughout the game. "We had to press aggressively at the top end of the pitch and force them into errors.