Dundee host Dundee United in the second round of the Betfred Cup and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Dundee v Dundee United
COMPETITION: Betfred Cup 2nd Round
DATE: Wednesday 9th August 2017
KICK-OFF: 7.45pm
VENUE: Dens Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1909 (as Dundee Hibernian)
STADIUM: Tannadice Park
CAPACITY: 14,223
PITCH SIZE: 101m x 66m
MANAGER: Ray McKinnon
PRESIDENT: Stephen Thompson
NICKNAME: The Terrors, The Arabs
CLUB COLOURS: Tangerine and Black
HONOURS: Scottish League Premier Division (1st tier) winners: 1982/83
Scottish League Division Two (2nd tier) winners: 1024/25, 1928/29
Scottish Cup winners: 1994, 2010
Scottish League Cup Winners: 1979/80, 1980/81
Challenge Cup winners: 2016/17
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 28,000 v Barcelona, Fairs Cup, 16/11/1966
RECORD WIN: 14-0 v Nithsdale Wanderers, Scottish Cup, 17/1/1931
CLUB WEBSITE: www.dufc.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: Steven McLean
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Alistair Mather
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Andy McWilliam
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Steven Kirkland
Thirty-six year old McLean became a referee with the SFA in 1997 and joined the SFL/SPL list in 2007. He became a FIFA referee in 2010 and went on the officiate in the 2011 UEFA Under-17 European Championship.
Domestically McLean was in charge of the 2014 League Cup Final between Aberdeen and Inverness Caledonian Thistle and the 2016 Scottish Cup Final between Hibernian and Rangers.
McLean sent off Robert Douglas for Dundee in October 2011 but this was overturned on appeal and last season sent off Mark O’Hara against Aberdeen in September. He refereed Dundee three season last season, the last being Neil McCann’s first game in charge at Motherwell and has already refereed a United game this season when he took charge of their opening Betfred Cup game against Raith Rovers at Tannadice.
Head to Head v Dundee United
LEAGUE: Won 46, Drawn 30, Lost 64
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 3, Drawn 7, Lost 8
LEAGUE CUP: Won 4, Drawn 4, Lost 7
SUMMER CUP: Won 0, Draw 2, Lost 2
FORFARSHIRE CUP: Won 16, Draw 2, Lost 17
EASTERN LEAGUE CUP: Won 0, Draw 1, Lost 0
PENMAN CUP: Won 4, Draw 0, Lost 0
LOFTUS CUP Won 2, Draw 1, Lost 0
ROBERTSON CUP: Won 1, Draw 1, Lost 0
DISCOVERY CUP: Won 0, Draw 0, Lost 1
EVENING TELEGRAPH CUP: Won 1, Draw 0, Lost 0
TENNENT’S SIXES Won 2, Draw 0, Lost 0
TESTIMONIALS Won 1, Draw 1, Lost 1
CHARITY MATCHES: Won 2, Draw 0, Lost 0
FRIENDLIES Won 7, Draw 1, Lost 2
SCOTTISH LEAGUE C DIVISION: Won 6, Draw 1, Lost 1
C DIVISION LEAGUE CUP: Won 0, Draw 3, Lost 1
TOTALS: Won 95, Draw 54, Lost 104
Last Five Dundee v Dundee United Matches
30/8/2017 | Home | League Cup | Drew 1-1* | 10,460 | O’Hara
2/5/2016 | Home | Premiership | Won 2-1 | 10,088 | Gadzhalov, Wighton
20/3/2016 | Away | Premiership | Drew 2-2 | 11,603 | Hemmings (2)
2/1/2016 | Home | Premiership | Won 2-1 | 11,205 | Hemmings, Ross
11/8/2015 | Away | Premiership | Drew 2-2 | 11,835 | Stewart, McPake
* Dundee United won the bonus point 4-3 on penalties
Last Meeting
Just 10 days ago Dundee passed up the chance to top the Betfred Cup group C section, drawing 1-1 at Dens Park against Dundee United. Paul McMullan put United ahead late in the first half and Mark O’Hara pulled the Dee level just before the hour. After Dundee had dominated the 90 minutes United won the penalty shoot-out 4-3 to earn the bonus point that allowed them to win the group.
Dundee FC: Bain, Kerr, Waddell (Hendry 79), O’Dea (c), Holt,O’Hara (El Bakhtaoui 69), Kamara, Deacon, McGowan, Allan (Wolters 77), Moussa
Unused subs: Parish, Vincent, Hateley, Haber
Goals: O’Hara (60)
Booked: O’Dea, Stewart
Dundee United: Lewis, Toshney, Durnan, Edjenguele, Scobbie, Allardice (Flood 76), Briels, Fraser (McDonald 67), Stanton (Chalmers 89), King, McMullan
Unused subs: Mehmet, Donaldson, Robson, Ballantyne
Goals: McMullan (44)
Booked: McMullan, Edjenguele, Flood
Crowd: 10,460
Referee: Kevin Clancy
Dundee United’s Season So Far
Dundee United played just one pre-season friendly before the competitive games started where they won 3-0 away at Montrose thanks to goals from McMullan and Smith (2).
After a busy summer in the transfer window it was a different looking United side who opened their Betfred Cup campaign at home to Raith Rovers on Saturday 15th July compared to the one who failed to get promotion in May. Raith looked well organized and provided stubborn opposition for most of the match but eventually United got the three points when goals from McMullan and Keatings from the spot, earned a 2-0 win.
United’s second game saw them travel north to Buckie and three first half goals from McMullan, King and Durnan a comfortable 3-0 win.
They continued that three goal winning margin in their next game at home to Cowdenbeath where goals from Stanton, King, Fraser (pen) and Smith gave them a 4-1 win, to set up a showdown with The Dee for Group C’s top spot.
In a tight, tense, exciting derby, McMullan gave United the lead just before the break but Mark O’Hara equalised on the hour to complete the scoring. With top spot at stake McMullan, King, Toshney and McDonald scored from their penalties while Lewis saved from El Bahktaoui and Deacon to win the shoot out 4-3 but when the draw was made minutes after the final whistle, it counted for little when sides were drawn to face each other again in round two.
United opened their SPFL Championship campaign against promotion rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle and came away with an excellent 1-0 win thanks to a McMullan penalty.
Top Scorers
DUNDEE: Moussa 5; Hendry 2; El Bahktaoui, O’Hara 1
DUNDEE UNITED: McMullan 4; King 2; Keatings, Durnan, Stanton, Fraser, Smith 1
Ticketing Information
The match is all ticket and as demand is high in many areas of the ground fans are urged to buy their tickets as soon as they can to avoid disappointment.
The prices are as follows:
Adults: £20
Concessions (Over 65, Under 18, Full time Students) £12.
A limited number of Under 12 tickets at £5 are available for purchase with an Adult Student or Senior ticket.
Tickets can be bought via our website www.dundeefc.co.uk, to personal callers at the ticket office in Dundee Direct
We anticipate that the ticket office will be very busy on the matchday and would advise supporters buying or picking up tickets to arrive at the ticket office no later than 30 minutes before kick off
Match Programme
Dundee have again teamed up with Curtis Sport for the 2017/18 match programme and the Betfred Cup derby edition will be a 52 page, full colour edition packed with news, views and features including
- A message from manager Neil McCann
- A message from managing-director John Nelms
- A look at the early history of penalty kicks
- A history of Dundee v Dundee United matches in the League Cup
- A profile of Iain Phillip who won the League Cup with both clubs
- Where Are They Now?
- Classic Match
- This Week in History
- Profile on visitors Dundee United
- Junior Dees news
- Dundee Supporters Association news
How To Watch
Fans from outside of the UK who are virtual season tickets will be able to watch the Dundee United match live on DEETV or alternatively they can view it for just £5.
Fans who live in the UK can watch the game live on BT Sport.
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to every subscriber of DEETV on Wednesday night while a shorter highlights package will be available to view on Thursday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Tuesday.
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.
