Saturday, February 27, 2021

Morton 2, Dundee 2, Cappielow, Scottish Championship, 27-February-21

 Dundee had to make changes to the team due to Covid 19 with one player having to isolate after  one positive tests came back on Friday. Christie Elliott and Finlay Robertson came in for Cammy Kerr, who was on the bench, and Charlie Adam. 

Dundee started slowly and struggled to get a passing game going with only a Jason Cummings shot which did not trouble the Morton keeper. But after 30 minutes the hosts scored with a strike from distance from McGuffie which flew into the net. Both teams struggled to do anything for the rest for the rest of the half.

Second half started and it did not get any better, but with Anderson and Mullen coming on for Robertson and sow with 30 minutes to go Dundee finally sprung into life and minutes later Jason Cummings scored to level the game. The striker stayed calm after Mullen had flicked the ball on from a Hamilton goal kick and smashed the ball past McAdam to level the game. 

But four minutes later Morton went ahead again when Colville headed home after a rare break as Dundee were pushing for a winner. Dundee  pushed forward and levelled the game on 80 minutes when a McMullen cross was headed home by Danny Mullen

Dundee went for the winner but the closest they came when Anderson's volley was pushed onto the bar by McAdam. A point maybe is not good enough, but the next three games for the club will make or break our season. They face Inverness CT on Tuesday then Hearts and Dunfermline which will be tough.

Dundee: Hamilton, Elliott, Ashcroft, Fontaine, Marshall, McGowan (c), Byrne |(McDaid 73), Robertson (Anderson 60), McMullan, Sow (Mullen 62), Cummings, Unused Subs: Legzdins , Kerr, Fagan-Walcott, Afolabi.

Referee: Craig Napier