Team 12 v Team 3
Team 12 up here this week in the second part of the Dundee double header after last weeks incredible visit to Tannadice that ended four goals each.
With St Mirren defeating Motherwell last night, the opportunity arises for Inverness to regain second spot, but it won't be easy.
It was a stunning match last weekend, United racing into a three goal lead within eight minutes only for Billy McKay to peg them back to three all, big Garry Warren almost won it for us before a dubious penalty scored by Jon Daly made it 4-4 to draw an unbelievable game to a close.
I don't expect anything to be easy this weekend either as Dundee start the battle to avoid the drop, having drawn with Ross County in the Highlands the previous week.
We routed Dundee earlier in the season at Dens Park, but the score possibly flattered us somewhat as Dundee came back strongly before we eased away from them to win comfortably in the end. Early goals from McKay and Warren set Inverness up for a win, however, who else but Colin Nish pulled one back and Dundee came close to levelling the game before a late flurry saw Andy Shinnie and that chap McKay score again to take the wind out of the Dundee sails.
That fellow McKay seems to be a bit of a goal scorer, it's almost as if he scores when he wants. He notched his twelfth league goal of the season at Tannadice and his sixteenth overall this term. It was also his sixth game on the trot, not bad for a wee loon written off by most after an injury plagued season last year and low on confidence.. He has won over the Inverness doubters with some vital goals this season and his confidence is now soaring, and that seems to be the difference since last year. His recent run of one, two and three goals per game sounds like a man on form, who would bet against him adding to that total this weekend, but I'm sure Dundee will have done their homework and Billy will be a well marked man now.
Dundee have their own small bundle of joy in the shape of troublesome winger Nicky Riley who is looking better and better as the league develops. He gave us a torrid time in October, always willing to take on his defender and his trickery can produce chances for others, namely Colin 'Nemesis' Nish.
***Latest Team News***
Terry Butcher is hopeful that Santa will bring the signing of contracts to more of his key players with Meekings, the Shinnies and Billy Mckay the wanted men, although they are certainly putting themselves in the shop windows with impressive displays so far. Unlike last season, Inverness have another clean bill of health apart from King and Hogg.
Dundee's Mark Stewart has returned to full training, but striker Steven Milne misses another game with a stomach injury. Carl Finnigan, Stephen O'Donnell, Mark Kerr, Brian Easton, Jamie McCluskey and Davide Grassi are all out.
tm4tj Prediction:- We are back to being big favourites to win this one, but we are not as potent when we are expected to coast to victory and as Dundee showed last weekend the battle is well and truly on. It would not surprise me in the least if we are held to a draw, it would disappoint me though, but we are capable of destroying teams on our day. Let's hope we can continue our points gathering form and take this into the new year.
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