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The fixture was called off on Saturday morning due to a frozen pitch in West Lothian. The new kick-off time for the midweek clash is 19:45 GMT. Paul McNicoll, Dode Fox Podcast, externalBy the time Robbie Neilson brings his Hearts team to Tannadice on Saturday, Dundee United will have played one game in the previous 42 days. Will they be as fresh as a daisy and come flying out of the traps, or will they serve up a performance that is akin to a pre-season friendly? I know what option that they NEED to produce, but what one they actually give us is anyone's guess. Sitting here typing this out I have to be honest, I’d have preferred the team to have been far more active during the World Cup break but I will concede that the people in charge of the team know far more than me about preparing a football team for a match.
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“There’s no team that’s more desperate in the league to turn things round and I think that will really push us forward. There is a real determination, you see it every day in training. “I think the levels and standards have really gone up, whether that be coming from the manager having a little pop at us in training if the standards aren’t quite there. “There were maybe a couple of days when we came back in when things really started to click, everyone was really at it and that’s what it has got to be like every day. “We are finally getting to that stage where standards are at a high level every day and everyone is driving each other on.
Peter Pawlett is the only absentee for the visitors. The former Aberdeen midfielder suffered a calf injury at Pittodrie in the final match before the World Cup break and will not be risked. Australia left-back Aziz Behich returned to training early in the week following his World Cup exploits and Wales midfielder Dylan Levitt was back with the squad earlier. Dundee United winger Glenn Middleton feels the squad have come together on and off the park during the mid-season break and will show their determination to get off the bottom of the Scottish Premiership.
Image source, BBC SportBoth of these sides should be champing at the bit on Saturday afternoon, with the visitors making a push for third place and the hosts striving to get off the bottom of the pile in time for Santa's arrival. Hearts are just one point behind Aberdeen, having played a game less, and resumed with a strong first-half showing against Kilmarnock last weekend, although they did need a late penalty at Tynecastle to settle nerves.
Courts departed United at the end of last season to take the manager's job at Budapest Honved in Hungary, but left via mutual consent in October. When asked about his former club, Courts told BBC Scotland: “That’s an interesting one. Dundee United have a special place in my heart, because I worked in the academy there.
Hibs went in front through Kyle Magennis, and had several clear-cut chances to extend their lead, but were repeatedly denied by an inspired Benjamin Siegrist in the United goal. Then, with time running out, Bolton ran onto Marc McNulty's cross at the back post to equalise and prevent Hibs going second in the Scottish Premiership. Image source, SNSLivingston goalkeeper Shamal George is unlikely to be ready for Saturday’s Scottish Premiership match against Dundee United as he is still recovering from the thigh strain that kept him out of the last game before the World Cup break. Striker Kurtis Guthrie is back training following an ankle injury he sustained away to Rangers two months ago and could be in the squad. Jamie Brandon is working his way back to fitness after a groin issue, while Tom Parkes is still recovering from a serious knee injury.
В (The Courier), externalRead the rest of Thursday's Scottish gossipВ here. Image source, BBC SportIt's been a long old wait, eh? Six weeks after they last kicked a ball in the Premiership, Dundee United finally return to action on Saturday. Hearts are the visitors to Tannadice as Liam Fox's men seek some festive cheer with a much-needed win. Who should get the nod to start for the hosts? Make the big selection calls and choose your United XI here. Dundee United's postponed Scottish Premiership match away to Livingston has been rearranged for Wednesday, 18 January.
At least I hope they do. Hearts haven’t been our favourite opponents these last few years, or our favourite club (the court case and the Lewis Neilson saga) but they did do us a favour last Saturday when they defeated Kilmarnock. Clearly, United’s future is still well and truly in our own hands but any assistance that we can get from outwith at present is more than welcome. All that being said, we really need to hit the ground running when the referee blows his whistle to start the match on Saturday. I won’t go as far as to say it is a must-win game, far from it, but to lay down a marker and set a standard for the rest of the season, it is a massively important game. Dundee United snatched a point from the jaws of defeat on this day in 2020, as Luke Bolton's late goal earned United a 1-1 draw.
Forward Stephen Humphrys (ankle), midfielders Peter Haring (concussion) and Beni Baningime (knee), winger Gary Mackay-Steven (foot), and striker Liam Boyce (knee) are all still out. Dundee United midfielder Ian Harkes believes his side are not far away from picking up points and victories in the Scottish Premiership. The Tangerines are bottom of the league ahead of welcoming Hearts to Tannadice on Christmas Eve, but the American is remaining upbeat following the hiatus. "It's very easy to look back and be frustrated and disappointed with what we turned out in the first half of the season, and we are disappointed, " he told the club's website., external"But we know results can change things very quick and a few results in this league and you jump back up the table, so that is what we are focused on.
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”Image source, SNSDundee United featured in the very last Scottish Premiership fixture before the World Cup, the evening 1-0 defeat by Aberdeen at Pittodrie on 12 November. Having fallen behind in the first half to a Bojan Miovski penalty, Liam Fox's side improved in the second half but could not find a point-sealing equaliser. That left bottom side United three points adrift of Kilmarnock and Ross County. Saturday takes Fox to former club Livingston, where he played for seven years. With nine more points, Livi are fourth and were one of the league's form teams pre-World Cup. With Hearts and Ross County at home and a trip to St Johnstone to come over the festive period, the Tangerines need to start picking up points to avoid becoming isolated at the bottom.
United went into the World Cup interval three points adrift at the foot of the table but Middleton believes the time to reset could be pivotal and is eager to get back into action against Livingston on Saturday. “Everyone has come together, " said the 22-year-old. "We have had a good few weeks of training. It’s been really intense, we have done a lot of football in the morning and hard work in the afternoon with the running. “I think everyone has really stuck together well on that. It is character-building, team-building, getting through it together.
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