While Bonnyrigg did manage to avoid relegation, it is difficult to see how they can overcome their opponents given the enormous gulf between Scotland's fourth tier and the Scottish Premiership.
Additionally, given Dundee have made a number of defensive reinforcements as a means of addressing their frailties in the backline, it is fair to say that the top-flight side come into Saturday's clash as strong favourites.
Read more.
Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Dundee win with a probability of 40.83%. A win for Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic had a probability of 34.38% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Dundee win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.48%) and 0-2 (6.41%). The likeliest Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic win was 2-1 (7.94%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.6%). The actual scoreline of 1-7 was predicted with a 0% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Dundee would win this match.
-0.01) 
0.02) 
