Dundee v Kilmarnock Match Preview
Dundee’s next game sees Kilmarnock come to Dens in the Ladbrokes Premiership and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Dundee v Kilmarnock
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Premiership
DATE: Saturday 18th November 2017
KICK-OFF: 3.00pm
VENUE: Dens Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1869
STADIUM: Rugby Park
CAPACITY: 17,889
PITCH SIZE: 100m x 64m
MANAGER: Steve Clarke
CHAIRMAN: Michael Johnston
NICKNAME: Killie
MASCOTS: Nutz the Squirrel
CLUB COLOURS: Blue and White
SHIRT SPONSOR: QTS
HONOURS: Scottish League Division One (1st tier) champions: 1964/65
Scottish League Division Two (2nd tier) champions: 1897/98, 1898/99
Scottish Cup winners: 1920, 1929, 1997
Scottish League Cup winners: 2011/12
Scottish Qualifying Cup winners: 1896/97
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi-finalists: 1966/67
RECORD WIN: 13-2 v Saltcoats Victoria, Scottish Qualifying Cup, 12/9/1896
CLUB WEBSITE: www.kilmarnockfc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Dens Park for Sat-Nav is Dens Park, Sandeman Street, Dundee, DD3 7JY
The city centre of Dundee can be reached easily by both road & rail. From Dundee City Centre you can use the no 1A or no 24 National Express Dundee bus service, both of which can be boarded at the Albert Square. For a taxi to the ground, call Tay Taxis on 01382450450.
Match Officials
REFEREE: Willie Collum
ASSISTANT REFEREE: David McGeachie
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Frank Connor
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Craig Charleston
Referee Willie Collum takes charge of his second Dundee match of the season having refereed the opening Premiership match against Ross County at Dens in August.
Head to Head v Kilmarnock
LEAGUE: Won 68, Drawn 51, Lost 64
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 3, Drawn 2, Lost 4
LEAGUE CUP: Won 5, Drawn 7, Lost 4
CHALLENGE CUP: Won 1, Drawn 0, Lost 0
ANGLO-SCOTTISH CUP: Won 0, Drawn 2, Lost 0
TOTALS: Won 77, Drawn 62, Lost 72
Last Five Dundee v Kilmarnock Games
23/9/2017 | Away | Premiership | Drew 1-1 | 3,452 | El Bahktaoui
6/5/2017 | Away | Premiership | Won 1-0 | 4,040 | Haber
11/2/2017 | Home | Premiership | Drew 1-1 | 4,708 | Holt
3/12/2016 | Away | Premiership | Lost 2-0 | 3,615
10/9/2016 | Home | Premiership | Drew 1-1 | 5,111 | El Bahktaoui
Last Meeting
Dundee had to settle for a point from their trip to Ayrshire last September, drawing 1-1 with Kilmarnock in a game that had more spills than thrills. Faissal El Bakhtaoui gave the Dark Blues a perfect start, scoring after three minutes. Dundee couldn’t build on their lead and Killie captain Gordon Greer equalised midway through the second half.
Kilmarnock: MacDonald, O’Donnell, Greer, Findlay, Taylor, Waters, Hawkshaw, McKenzie, Frizzell (Boyd 62), Jones, Erwin
Unused subs: Bell (gk), Power, Thomas, Broadfoot, Burke, Samizadeh.
Goal: Greer (64).
Booked: Waters (foul on Hendry).
Dundee FC: Bain, Kerr (c), Hendry, Waddell, Holt, Spence, Kamara (Vincent 58), Deacon (Wolters 80), Allan (O’Hara 53), El Bakhtaoui, Leitch-Smith
Unused subs: Parish (gk), Williams, Aurtenetxe, Henvey.
Goal: El Bakhtaoui (3).
Booked: Kerr (foul on Jones), Kamara (foul on Frizzell).
Attendance: 3,452 (391 Dees).
Referee: Bobby Madden. Assistants: Gordon Crawford, David Doig. Fourth official: Mike Roncone.
Kilmarnock’s Season So Far
Kilmarnock’s season started with a disastrous Betfred Cup defeat to League One Ayr United 1-0 at Somerset Park but recovered to beat Dumbarton, Annan and Clyde to finish second in their group and qualifying for the knock out stage as one of the best runners-up.
Losing to local rivals Ayr cost Killie a seeding for the second round draw and as a consequence ended up being paired with Celtic away from home and lost 5-0 at Celtic Park.
In the Premiership Killie’s league campaign started with four home games but lost back to back games against St Johnstone, Hearts and Celtic before picking up a point against Hamilton after throwing away a two goal lead.
After losing away at Motherwell after the international break, Killie picked up their second point of the campaign with an encouraging draw against Aberdeen at Pittodrie and earned another point in Dundee’s visit in September.
However a 2-0 home defeat to Ross County saw manager Lee McCulloch relieved of his duties and replaced by former West Brom manager Steve Clarke.
This saw an immediate upturn in fortunes for Killie and with the new manager in the stand at Firhill, they won their first win against Partick Thistle. This was followed up by superb 1-1 draws away at both sides of the Old Firm in Clarke’s first game in charge which were enough to lift Killie off the bottom of the table.
However Clarke’s first home game was a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Hibernian but they bounced back against Hibs’ Edinburgh when they won 2-1 against Hearts in their last game before the international break at Murrayfield.
Top Scorers
DUNDEE: Moussa 6; El Bahktaoui, Leitch-Smith 4; Hendry, Waddell 2
KILMARNOCK: Boyd 6; Erwin, McKenzie, Thomas, Burke, Frizzell, Jones 2
Ticketing Information
Tickets for the match against Kilmarnock at Dens Park are on sale now online and from the Ticket office.
This match is a Category B match and prices are as follows:
Family Area Priced tickets available in the Bobby Cox Stand
Rows A – Y, Seats 1 – 47 with prices as follows:
Adult and one child under 12 £26
Two adults and two children under 12 £50
With additional children under 12 at £2
Under 12 and Under 16 tickets can only be bought as part of a family group
Prices for all areas in Dens Park are priced at £24 for Adults, £16 for concessions and £10 for Under 18
Tickets are available from the ticket office, in person or by phone on 01382 889966 (Option 1) or online
Matchday Programme
Dundee’s 2017/18 match programme The Dee will be available to buy at the Hamilton game in and around the ground and in the club shop. It is a full, colour 52 page edition packed with news, views, features and exclusive interviews which this week include:
- A message from manager Neil McCann
- A message from managing-director John Nelms
- This Week in History
- DFC in the Community update
- The regular series of articles looking at the players who have worn the different squad numbers over the years featuring this week number 28
- Where are they now?
- Profile on visitors Kilmarnock
- Junior Dees News
- Classic Match
- Dundee Supporters Association news
The Dee, produced by our partners Curtis Sports will be available on Saturday for just £3 and can also be ordered on the Curtis Sport website
How To Watch
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to subscribers of DEETV on Saturday evening while a shorter highlights package will be available to view on Sunday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Thursday.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button.
If you are out with the UK you will also be able to take advantage of our Live Streaming package for every home game.
