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Dundee United 2-2 St Johnstone: 50-yard Shankland screamer earns hosts draw

Dundee United 2-2 St Johnstone: 50-yard Shankland screamer earns hosts draw
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Lawrence Shankland’s 53-yard wonder goal salvaged a draw for Dundee United against St Johnstone in a lively Scottish Premiership encounter at Tannadice.

The Scotland striker launched an inch-perfect shot from just inside the opposition half, which flew over Zander Clark into the top corner and stirred stunned celebrations.

It hauled United – who had led through Louis Appere – back level after headers from Guy Melamed and Chris Kane edged St Johnstone in front.

The equaliser, which was struck from wide on the right of the pitch and measured at 52.98 yards out, was a fitting tribute to United’s legendary manager Jim McLean in his former side’s first home match since his death.

A draw keeps Dundee United in sixth place, three points behind Livingston having played two extra games, and St Johnstone stay ninth, three points from bottom spot.

The form of both sides did not foretell the quality of the match, with St Johnstone winless in nine league matches, and United with just two victories in the same period. The last two meetings between the sides had both been forgettable goalless draws too.

But the home outfit, who are starting to show a more adventurous side to their game, started strongly and produced a slick move to carve open the first goal.

Liam Smith fed Nicky Clark, whose one-two with Shankland allowed him to drive to the byeline, and he delivered across goal, where Appere was waiting to turn home.

But until Shankland’s ridiculous intervention, that strike was the peak of United’s fluency as St Johnstone impressively wrestled control of the match.

Melamed, the summer signing from Maccabi Netanya, has been a peripheral figure so far this season but was a menace all night for the visitors, and he took full advantage when United failed to follow his run at a corner to head home from six yards.

The striker was also involved in the build-up to his side’s second goal, as he outmuscled Lewis Neilson before setting up David Wotherspoon to cross beautifully for Kane to glance the ball into the bottom corner.

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Both teams – who average fewer than one goal per game this term – attacked the second half, but it was St Johnstone who continued to carve open the better opportunities.

Melamed forced a fine stop from Benjamin Siegrist in the home goal, and might have done better with his finish when gifted a path to goal by a poor pass, while Wotherspoon also had further efforts saved.

But it was Shankland’s ridiculous goal which stole the show. The 25-year-old had only scored three times all season prior to this match, which illustrates how frustrating a campaign he has had.

He had no margin for error as he attempted to catch Clark off guard, and duly dispatched to remind everyone exactly what he is capable of.


Man of the match – Guy Melamed

Despite Shankland's brilliant strike, Melamed gets the nod for his all-round display in which he secured a first St Johnstone goal
Despite Shankland’s brilliant strike, Melamed gets the nod for his all-round display in which he secured a first St Johnstone goal

What did we learn?

Shankland’s still got it. A prolific scorer at Championship level, his impact in the top-flight has been unremarkable so far. In his defence, he began the season injured and United’s tactics have been on the conservative side, which means he has often been isolated up front.

But manager Micky Mellon has spoken recently of a switch to a more proactive approach, which was in evidence here, and if it continues Shankland, with his finishing prowess, will surely shine.

As for St Johnstone, they are 10 games without a win in the league but continue to turn in good performances. They, much like United, draw a lot of games – that’s now five in their last 10 – usually due to a failure to take their chances.

Melamed looks like he could be the player to transfer some of those stalemates into wins. He looked sharp in the box, and got in goal-scoring positions regularly. Manager Callum Davidson will hope more minutes on the pitch will sharpen his finishing.

What they said

Dundee United manager Micky Mellon: “The second half was crying out for that wee bit of quality, which you certainly saw with Lawrence Shankland’s goal.

“He knows what he’s going to do before the ball comes to him and he executes it brilliantly. If there’s many better goals than that this season then I’ll be delighted to see them.”

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson: “I thought we were probably the dominant team. We probably should’ve taken our chances when we had them to see the game out.

“Sometimes you’ve got to hold your hands up and say, ‘what a goal’. There’s no blame on Zander Clark.”

What’s next?

Dundee United travel to Lanarkshire to play Hamilton Academical on Saturday (15:00 GMT), while St Johnstone host St Mirren at the same time.

Player of the match

ShanklandLawrence Shankland

with an average of 7.65

Dundee United

  1. Squad number24Player nameShankland

    Average rating

    7.65

  2. Squad number27Player nameAppéré

    Average rating

    7.06

  3. Squad number10Player nameClark

    Average rating

    6.82

  4. Squad number2Player nameSmith

    Average rating

    6.81

  5. Squad number1Player nameSiegrist

    Average rating

    6.75

  6. Squad number5Player nameConnolly

    Average rating

    6.57

  7. Squad number23Player nameHarkes

    Average rating

    6.56

  8. Squad number6Player nameReynolds

    Average rating

    6.54

  9. Squad number4Player namePowers

    Average rating

    6.53

  10. Squad number17Player nameRobson

    Average rating

    6.51

  11. Squad number30Player nameNeilson

    Average rating

    5.85

  12. Squad number9Player nameMcNulty

    Average rating

    5.75

  13. Squad number20Player nameBolton

    Average rating

    5.20

St Johnstone

  1. Squad number17Player nameMelamed

    Average rating

    6.24

  2. Squad number10Player nameWotherspoon

    Average rating

    6.15

  3. Squad number9Player nameKane

    Average rating

    5.88

  4. Squad number18Player nameMcCann

    Average rating

    5.81

  5. Squad number24Player nameBooth

    Average rating

    5.61

  6. Squad number4Player nameMcCart

    Average rating

    5.38

  7. Squad number26Player nameCraig

    Average rating

    5.34

  8. Squad number6Player nameGordon

    Average rating

    5.33

  9. Squad number19Player nameRooney

    Average rating

    5.26

  10. Squad number8Player nameDavidson

    Average rating

    5.22

  11. Squad number1Player nameClark

    Average rating

    5.02

  12. Squad number7Player nameConway

    Average rating

    4.68

  13. Squad number3Player nameTanser

    Average rating

    4.65

  14. Squad number14Player nameMay

    Average rating

    4.63

  15. Squad number22Player nameHendry

    Average rating

    4.11

Line-ups

Dundee Utd

Formation 3-5-2

1Siegrist

30Neilson5Connolly6Reynolds

2Smith10Clark4Powers23Harkes17Robson

24Shankland27Appéré

  • 1Siegrist
  • 30NeilsonSubstituted forBoltonat 55′minutes
  • 5ConnollyBooked at 67mins
  • 6Reynolds
  • 2Smith
  • 10Clark
  • 4PowersBooked at 89mins
  • 23Harkes
  • 17Robson
  • 24Shankland
  • 27AppéréSubstituted forMcNultyat 65′minutesBooked at 79mins

Substitutes

  • 3Spörle
  • 8Pawlett
  • 9McNulty
  • 19Mehmet
  • 20Bolton
  • 25Fotheringham
  • 36Watson
  • 37Hutchinson
  • 43Smith

St Johnstone

Formation 3-4-3

1Clark

19Rooney6Gordon4McCart

18McCann26Craig8Davidson24Booth

17Melamed9Kane10Wotherspoon

  • 1Clark
  • 19RooneyBooked at 90mins
  • 6Gordon
  • 4McCart
  • 18McCann
  • 26Craig
  • 8DavidsonBooked at 55mins
  • 24BoothSubstituted forTanserat 78′minutes
  • 17MelamedSubstituted forHendryat 88′minutes
  • 9KaneSubstituted forMayat 78′minutes
  • 10WotherspoonSubstituted forConwayat 87′minutes

Substitutes

  • 3Tanser
  • 7Conway
  • 12Parish
  • 13Bryson
  • 14May
  • 22Hendry
  • 40Denham
  • 46Ferguson

Referee:
Colin Steven

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