Dundee United 1-1 Falkirk: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Dundee United 1-1 Falkirk

Premiership · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Tannadice Park, Dundee · half-time 0-1

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Dundee United 1-1 Falkirk: match report

Dundee United drew with Falkirk 1-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Tannadice Park. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jacob Murrell opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Dundee United's goal came from Michael Forbes (90+3'). Falkirk scored through Jacob Murrell (4').

Discipline: Dundee United received 3 yellow cards; Falkirk received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Dundee United were 9th on 4 points from 5 and Falkirk 11th on 1 point from 4. In the current table Dundee United are 6th on 16 points and Falkirk are 4th on 18 points.

Dundee United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Falkirk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Forbes of Dundee United (8.5), ahead of Scott Bain (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Dundee United win, 1 draw and 1 for Falkirk.

Going into the match Dundee United's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Falkirk's L-L-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Jacob MurrellFalkirk · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Dylan TaitDundee United
  • 56'Yellow card · Zachary SapsfordDundee United
  • 64'Yellow card · Lachlan RoseDundee United
  • 84'Yellow card · Brad SpencerFalkirk
  • 88'Yellow card · Ben ParkinsonFalkirk
  • 90+3'Goal · Michael ForbesDundee United · 1-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Falkirk125341512+318LWWWW
6Dundee United114431616016WWDWD

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Head-to-head

3 meetings: Dundee United 1, draws 1, Falkirk 1.

Team news

Dundee United line-up (4-3-3)

Jack Walton, Joshua Rawlins, Bert Esselink, Michael Forbes, Kevin Ciubotaru, Panutche Camara, Dylan Tait, Lyall Cameron, Mehdi Merghem, Zachary Sapsford, Daniel Bennie

Falkirk line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Bain, Ryan Strain, Lewis Neilson, Liam Henderson, Leon McCann, Brad Spencer, Finley Barbrook, Ethan Ross, Ben Krauhaus, Owen Eames, Jacob Murrell

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