SlipsTips Tips: Kilmarnock vs Dundee United Bet Builder

Having delivered three winners form his last four selections in his featured column, SlipsTips is back with a Bet Builder ahead of Kilmarnock's Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie with Dundee Untied on Tuesday night.

Kilmarnock vs Dundee United (Tuesday, 19:45)

Kilmarnock play host to Dundee United in the last-eight of the Premier Sports Cup at Rugby Park on Tuesday night.

Derek McInnes’ men came through the group stages as one of the three best runners-up before earning a hard-fought 1-0 win at Hearts in the round of 16, while Dundee United dumped Livingston out of the competition upon their arrival in the competition at the same stage.

Both sides are level on points at the foot of the Scottish Premiership table with nine points following their respective stalemates on Saturday and that would suggest that we are likely to be in for a tight, tense, and low-scoring cup tie on Tuesday night.

With this mind, the 1×2 market makes little appeal here, so I’m going to head to the Bet Builder feature and throw together Under 4.5 Goals 40+ Booking Points at 5/6 with Sky Bet.

Given that goals tend to be at a premium when either of these sides are involved, coupled with the Hampden semi-final carrot being dangled at the two clubs, I’m not expecting goals to flow in Ayrshire on Tuesday night.

As already alluded to, neither side has set the heather alight in the Scottish Premiership this term, with a lofty 18 of the pair’s combined 22 league games this season featuring four goals or fewer, not to mention 50% of those fixtures have failed to break the Over 2.5 Goal barrier.

I’m therefore more than happy to side with under match five strikes on Tuesday night, but to bring about the aforementioned 5/6 (SkyBet) shot, I’ll also go with 40+ Match Booking Points in what should be a closely-fought cup tie under the Rugby Park lights.

Both of these teams are occupying a place in the top-four of the Scottish Premiership disciplinary standings following their respective opening quarters of the season, with Kilmarnock averaging 2.64 yellow cards per-game, while the Terrors’ tally is tad shorter at 2,45.

What’s more, referee Kevin Clancy has been one of the more card-happy operators in Scotland this season, averaging 45.55 Booking Points across his nine domestic assignments to date, flashing 4+ cards in a sizable six of those outings.

It’s also worth pointing out that the aforementioned Bet Builder would have paid out when the pair crossed paths at this venue on the opening day of the Scottish Premiership season, and that only adds to the appeal of supporting the same selection during this high-stakes quarter-final showdown.