Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
0 - 00 - 0 |
LivingstonLivingston |
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Friendly |
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Goalscorers | |
None. | None. |
Team Managers | |
Micky Mellon |
Gary Holt |
Starting Eleven | |
Deniz Mehmet Mark Reynolds Mark Connolly Jamie Robson Liam Smith Declan Glass Ian Harkes Peter Pawlett Calum Butcher Lawrence Shankland Louis Appéré |
Robbie McCrorie Aaron Taylor-Sinclair Jon Guthrie Jack Fitzwater Efe Ambrose Jack McMillan Marvin Bartley Craig Sibbald Scott Pittman Aymen Souda Lyndon Dykes |
Bench | |
Jake Davidson Ross Graham Kieran Freeman Adrián Sporle Logan Chalmers Kai Fotheringham Dillon Powers Adam King Nicky Clark Cammy Smith |
Trialist Nicky Devlin Robbie Crawford Carlo Pignatiello Alan Forrest Scott Robinson Jack Hamilton Salim Kouider-Aïssa |
Substitutions | |
Dillon Powers for Calum Butcher (46) Adrián Sporle for Declan Glass (46) Cammy Smith for Lawrence Shankland (46) Ross Graham for Peter Pawlett (65) Adam King for Liam Smith (65) Kai Fotheringham for Mark Connolly (65) Jake Davidson for Mark Reynolds (65) Logan Chalmers for Ian Harkes (65) Nicky Clark for Louis Appéré (65) Kieran Freeman for Jamie Robson (65) |
Scott Robinson for Scott Pittman (30) Nicky Devlin for Aaron Taylor-Sinclair (46) Alan Forrest for Aymen Souda (46) Carlo Pignatielo for Marvin Bartley (65) Jack Hamilton for Jack McMillan (65) Salim Kouider Aissa for Craig Sibbald (65) Robbie Crawford for Lyndon Dykes (65) Trialist for Robby McCrorie (65) |
Cautions | |
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Red Cards | |
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Match Officials | |
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United took on Livingston in a closed-door friendly at Tannadice today as the build-up to the start of the Premiership campaign continued. The match finished goalless despite both teams creating opportunities in the entertaining encounter.
In a competitive and hard-fought encounter played in energy-sapping heat, Manager Micky Mellon was delighted with the work-out that again saw 21 players get game time.
Chances were limited in an evenly-contested and competitive first half that saw three players leave the field for treatment for blood injuries following head knocks; with United’s Connolly missing around eight minutes of action after going inside to get his treatment sorted. United’s best effort of the first half came from a Shankland shot from an acute angle that hit the side netting on the wrong side of the post which left the Livi goalkeeper struggling. The striker had created the opportunity with a lovely chest down out wide from a 50-yard find from Connolly that took him beyond Ambrose and into the Livi area.
Pawlett created the best chance of the match when he burst away from the Livi defence in midfield and drove towards the box. As he entered the box he drew the keeper before sliding the ball square to the charging Robson. The defender couldn’t quite reach the pass and his effort slid wide of the open goal.
Shortly after, great work by Fotheringham saw him win the ball in midfield and then set Cammy Smith free down the left-hand channel inside the area. His effort slid past the goalkeeper and agonisingly past the far upright.
As the game became more stretched near the end, Chalmers almost won it for United with a curling effort from just outside the box following good link-up between Freeman and Clark.
After the match, the Gaffer said: "I was pleased with the effort against a strong, physical team. We will get better at certain things but we probably had the better chances in what was a keenly contested game and a valuable run-out.
"The player handled the change of shape at half-time and we will continue to improve ahead of the start of the season. There is no injuries from today and we now look to build it up over the next few games."
Match report written by DUFC Official
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