Dundee drew 0-0 at Cove Rangers last night, but won the Penalty shoot-out 3-2 to gain the extra point. Manager James McPake made three changes Jordon Forster came in for his debut, Finlay Robertson and Craig Curran started instead of Declan McDaid and Josh Todd who were on the bench. Josh Meekings was rested after coming back from a long injury, and saves him playing on a plastic pitch twice in four days.
Going by reports the game started slowly and it took until the 20th minute before the dark blues got a effort on the goal. A Cammy Kerr shot which just went wide, Jamie Ness was next but his shot was too straight at the keeper. Cove had a couple of efforts but both were saved well by Jack Hamilton, then Paul McGowan was unlucky to see his header hit the post with the keeper beaten, Craig Curran missed the rebound. Second half and Dundee started brightly when Andrew Nelson's header was just over the bar, 10 minutes into the half and Josh Todd and Declan McDaid replaced Finlay Robertson and Craig Curran.
Both teams had changes with Nelson coming very close late on, so on to Penalty's to decide who got the bonus point. Cove went first: Martin Scott scored, Jordan McGhee scored 1-1, next four kicks were missed by Jamie Masson (over the bar), Jordon Forster (over the bar), Harry Milne (over the bar), Andrew Nelson (keeper saved), Daniel Park and Declan McDaid both scored. Daniel Higgins missed (over the bar) to leave Paul McGowan to win it for Dundee which he did.
Dundee: Hamilton, Kerr, Forster, McGhee, Marshall, Ness (Mulligan 70), Robertson (Todd 55), Byrne (c), McGowan, Nelson, Curran (McDaid 55). Unused Subs: Ferrie , Fisher, Cameron, Cunningham.
Att: 1,410.
Ref: John McKendrick.
