Dundee play host to Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership on Tuesday evening knowing that only three points will do if they want to remain in the hunt for survival.
Meanwhile, Hibs still has aspirations of finishing in seventh position, even though they have failed to win either of their last two fixtures.
Match preview
When Mark McGhee was handed the reins at Dundee back in February, his main remit was to secure the club's top-flight status for another 12 months, maybe even push clear of the drop zone.
However, the veteran boss has failed to win a single one of his 12 matches in all competitions, just five points coming from 11 fixtures in the Scottish Premiership.
Dundee now need to defeat each of Hibs and Livingston, and hope that St Johnstone lose each of their remaining two games of the season.
The Dee's task is made even more difficult by being seven goals worse off when it comes to goal difference, leaving them with little choice to go near enough to all-out-attack on Tuesday night.
They head into this contest having gone 260 minutes without finding the back of the net, as well as not posting a home league victory since December 1.
As far as Hibs are concerned, David Gray will continue his role of caretaker manager until the end of the campaign having recently stepped in for Shaun Maloney.
Like his previous temporary spell in charge, he has won one, drawn one and lost one of three matches, although Hibs have failed to beat Livingston or Aberdeen in successive games.
On a positive note, the Edinburgh-based team came from behind to earn a point last time out, while Gray has tightened a defence which were shipping goals more regularly when Maloney was at the helm.
Although Gray will want Hibs to end the campaign in seventh position, this campaign will be rendered a failure regardless of what happens in their last two games.
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Team News
McGhee will almost certainly make several changes to his Dundee XI with Paul McMullan likely to regain his place on the right flank.
Shaun Bryne is an option to return in the centre of midfield, as is Max Anderson, but only one of the pair will be recalled if Charlie Adam keeps his place after a calamitous error for St Mirren's second goal on Saturday.
Having supplied the assist for Hibs' equaliser against Aberdeen, James Scott stands to be given an opportunity in a creative role.
Barring any unforeseen injury issues, Gray may be prepared to stick with the remaining players with just Josh Campbell dropping out.
Kevin Nisbet, Drey Wright, Christian Doidge, Kyle Magennis and Chris Cadden are all still sidelined.
Dundee possible starting lineup:
Sharp; Kerr, McGhee, Sweeney, Marshall; Bryne, Adam; McMullan, McGinn, Rudden; Mullen
Hibernian possible starting lineup:
Macey; McGinn, Porteous, Hanlon; Clarke, Doyle-Hayes, Newell, Doig; Henderson, Scott; Melkersen
We say: Dundee 1-2 Hibernian
Needing a win to potentially remain with a chance of staying up, Dundee will need to throw a certain amount of caution to the wind. However, that may only benefit a Hibs side who need more goals themselves, and we are backing the visitors to prevail by the odd goal in three.
Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats, suggests the most likely outcome of this match is a Hibernian win with a probability of 48.72%. A draw has a probability of 26.8% and a win for Dundee has a probability of 24.53%.
The most likely scoreline is Dundee 0-1 Hibernian with a probability of 13.39%. The next most likely scorelines are 1-1 (12.53%), 0-2 (9.63%), 0-0 (9.32%).
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