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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 26
Feb 17, 2024 at 3pm UK
Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park
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Dundee
2 - 0
Ross County

Tiffoney (45', 65')
Costelloe (10'), Bakayoko (77')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Loturi (52'), Murray (88')

Preview: Dundee vs. Ross County - prediction, team news, lineups

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Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Dundee and Ross County, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
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Dundee welcome relegation-threatened Ross County to Dens Park for a Scottish Premiership clash on Saturday.

The visitors are in the process of hiring a new name in the dugout after Derek Adams offered his resignation two weeks ago, with the club still occupying the relegation playoff place.


Match preview

There will likely only be one spot up for grabs in the Premiership's Championship Group when the league splits in April, and Dundee currently lay claim to it.

With the top five now putting distance between themselves and the rest, the battle for sixth-place will be hard fought, and Dundee are currently in the ascendancy following a big win against St Johnstone last weekend.

That win meant the Aberdeen-Motherwell clash in midweek did not affect their league position heading into the weekend, but there are a cluster of sides in hot pursuit below them.

The win over St Johnstone was their first in four games, but Dundee still have not beaten a side outside the bottom three since early November, so that could be a slight concern following this encounter.

Three of their six wins this season have come against bottom-placed Livingston, so to win the race for sixth, they must win more clashes against their direct rivals.

In keeping with that record though, they have performed well against strugglers Ross County, keeping clean sheets in both meetings this season, while also going to Dingwall and claiming all three points thanks to Joe Shaughnessy's 97th-minute winner in December.

Like 10 of the 12 Premiership clubs, Ross County were not in league action last weekend, but after a 3-0 thrashing at home to second-tier Partick Thistle, they were not in cup action either.

That was one of the many results that led to Adams's departure, as they went on to only draw with bottom-of-the-table Livingston and lost to St Johnstone, who were a place above them.

Motherwell then briefly fell to 10th, but not for long, as a 5-0 thrashing of County saw them move away from trouble themselves and ultimately provide the final nail in Adams's coffin at the club.

After an unsurprising defeat to Rangers in midweek, County still have a game in hand and are six points above Livingston still, but the gap to 10th is now five points.

With Don Cowie in temporary charge, he will look to briefly change their fortunes after 10 games without a win - eight of which ended in defeat.

Dundee Scottish Premiership form:

Ross County Scottish Premiership form:


Ross County form (all competitions):



Team News

Dundee are set to be without Charlie Reilly, Ryan Howley and Diego Pineda for this clash, while Juan Portales is also absent with a hamstring issue.

Owen Beck has retaken his place in the Dundee side after rejoining on loan from Liverpool, and he provided the assist for Jordan McGhee's late winning goal at the weekend.

Serious knee injuries will keep Ross County duo Ross Callachan and Scott Allardice out of this one, while Ryan Leak and Dylan Smith are both sidelined with ankle issues.

The visitors have scored just three goals in their seven games during 2024 so far, and all have come via Simon Murray, so they will need their top scorer on form if they are to threaten here.

Dundee possible starting lineup:
Carson; McGhee, Shaughnessy, Donnelly, Beck; Sylla, Cameron, McCowan, Tiffoney; Bakayoko, Robinson

Ross County possible starting lineup:
Wickens; Ayina, Nightingale, Borthwich-Jackson; Brown, Jenks, King, Harmon, Dhanda; Murray, White


We say: Dundee 2-0 Ross County

With Ross County hopelessly out of form, a change of management still may not be enough for them to claim anything from this encounter.

A well-timed win last weekend kept Dundee in the top six after a brief spell without one, and they will be confident of keeping yet another clean sheet against County and taking three points in the process.


For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.


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Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1110103132831
2Aberdeen11101024101431
3RangersRangers11713168822
4Dundee UnitedDundee Utd125431813519
5Motherwell116141514119
6St Mirren134361722-515
7Dundee123361824-612
8Kilmarnock123361525-1012
9Ross County132651021-1112
10St Johnstone133191627-1110
11Hearts132381420-69
12Hibernian121561118-78
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