Kilmarnock took the lead after just 9 minutes when a long ball played in Kris Boyd and he knocked the ball past Scott Bain and despite the efforts of Kevin Gomis the ball ended in the net. Dundee had struggled to get going with too many passes going astray.
Mark O'Hara had a good chance after breaking forward but his shot was too close to the keeper. But on 27 minutes Kevin Holt levelled matters when the Killie keeper got caught in no mans land and the defender slotted home for a fine goal.
Dundee had a few chances before half-time, a low drive from 20 yards by Henrik Ojamaa was heading inside the keepers post, until he made a fine save to tip the ball wide. Another break ended with Paul McGowan shooting wide after Marcus Haber’s header had struck a defender.
Second half and both sides had chances but not clear cut, Marcus Haber headed over and Henrik Ojamaa had a shot cleared. Scott Bain had a couple of good saves to keep Dundee in the game. Last 20 minutes Dundee changed to 4-4-2 with Wighton coming on for Gomis.
The closest they came to was a Kosta Gadzhalov header at the back post was blocked by the Kilmarnock keeper's legs.
So in the end a draw was a fair result as Dundee did not play well enough to win the game.
Dundee: Bain, Gomis (Wighton 72), Gadzhalov, O’Dea, Kerr, Hateley (Klok 66), O’Hara, McGowan, Holt, Ojamaa (El Bakhtaoui 85), Haber. Unused Subs: Ferrie, Vincent, Williams, Ross.
Att: 4,708.
Ref: Alan Muir.
I was very lucky on winning the second prize on the half-time draw, the winnings have been put towards this years holiday. Cheers DFC
