Dundee Utd1–0Hibernian

Scotland's last remaining European survivors met earlier than scheduled due to Scotland's World Cup tie with Norway. Most of the action too was confined to the early stages. Dave Bowman had a shot on goal after only 15 seconds and we took the lead with less than three minutes on the clock. The goal was a personal disaster for Hibs 'keeper and skipper Andy Goram. Maurice Malpas hit a fairly innocuous looking shot, but Goram diving forward, let the ball slip from his grasp and Darren Jackson nipped in to strike the ball home for his first goal for the club. The former Newcastle midfielder hasn't enjoyed the best of luck since coming to Tannadice and this unfortunate trend continued when he was injured as Goram punched clear and landed on Darren, who eventually had to hobble off three minutes later. The game was interrupted by a series of niggling fouls which led to bookings for Paul Kane, Billy McKinlay and Miodrag Krivokapic, but Collins did go close for Hibs with a dipping volley which went narrowly over. Maurice Malpas had another couple of pots at goal early in the second half, but this time there was no repeat of Goram's earlier blunder.

Undoubtedly the nearest we, or Hibs for that matter, came to scoring after the interval was in the 75th when Peter Hinds headed the ball down, but Mixu Paatelainen shot over from six yards. This was clearly a case where the result was better than the performance.