Brechin City |
2 - 6 |
Dundee Utd |
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League Cup (Sectional Tie - Group C) |
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Goalscorers | |
Kieran Inglis (pen.) (52) Rory Currie (54) |
Nicky Clark (16) Nicky Clark (18) Calum Butcher (40) Ian Harkes (47) Cammy Smith (60) Cammy Smith (90) |
Team Managers | |
Mark Wilson |
Micky Mellon |
Starting Eleven | |
1. Lewis McMinn 2. Sean McIntosh 15. Gregor Jordan 6. Jonathan Page 3. David McKay 18. Matty Todd 10. Jimmy Scott 8. Kieran Inglis 11. Scott Cusick 17. Leeroy Makovora 9. Rory Currie |
Deniz Mehmet .19 Jamie Robson .17 Mark Reynolds .6 Ryan Edwards .12 Ian Harkes .23 Luke Bolton .20 Calum Butcher .18 Lewis Neilson .30 Louis Appéré .27 Paul McMullan .7 Nicky Clark .10 |
Bench | |
4. Ross Brown 5. Luc Bollan 12. Scott Reekie 14. Benjamin Luissint 16. Przemek Nawrocki 19. Paddy O'Neil 20. Michael Paton |
Neil Alexander .98 Mark Connolly .5 Florent Hoti .14 Kai Fotheringham .25 Dillon Powers .4 Peter Pawlett .8 Chris Mochrie .26 Adam King .16 Cammy Smith .11 |
Substitutions | |
Michael Paton for Scott Cusick (60) Przemek Nawrocki for Jimmy Scott (72) Benjamin Luissint for Matty Todd (81) |
Dillon Powers for Calum Butcher (50) Cammy Smith for Nicky Clark (50) Mark Connolly for Ryan Edwards (61) Kai Fotheringham for Lewis Neilson (63) Peter Pawlett for Ian Harkes (64) |
Cautions | |
Kieran Inglis (87) | None. |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Steven Kirkland (Referee) |
United travelled up the A90 for their opening League Cup tie of the season, facing a Brechin City side who were playing their first match since March due to the Covid closedown. With Lawrence Shankland and Logan Chalmers away on international duty, Paul McMullan and Louis Apere returned to the first team, with Mark Connolly and Adrian Sporle making way for Mark Reynolds and Lewis Neilson.
The home side started the brighter, with Deniz Mehmet forced into saves from Currie and Jimmy Scott, but United eased into the game with a Ryan Edwards header just wide before taking the lead in the 16th minute. Ian Harkes' shot was parried by McMinn, but Nicky Clark was on hand to score from close range. Just two minutes later a cross from McMullan on the right was fired home by Nicky Clark for his, and United's, second goal of the night. Brechin came back into it, with a Matty Todd effort coming back off the post and Mehmet gathering the rebound, and Ryan Edwards had to clear another Todd shot of the line after a mix up in defence. Cusick then blasted a volley over at the back post, just a couple of yards out. United however then went straight up the park and scored a third, with Calum Butcher shooting past McMinn from 25 yards.
Ian Harkes made it 4-0 just two minutes after half-time, slotting home after good work by Luke Bolton. Three minutes later, Brechin pulled a goal back, when Makovora as tripped inside the box and Kieran Inglis fired home the penalty. Having looked down and out a few minutes before, Brechin were now just two behind when Rory Currie converted a low cross just three minutes later. This forced United to up the tempo and on the hour mark substitute Cammy Smith scored the fifth from close range. To round off the night, Cammy Smith scored number six when he drilled home low from just ouside the box, in a match where manager Micky Mellon used as many squad players as possible.
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Deniz Mehmet (GK) | 28 |
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2 | - | 17 | - |
Jamie Robson | 22 |
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10 | - | 135 | 2 |
Ryan Edwards | 27 |
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6 | - | 6 | - |
Mark Reynolds | 33 |
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10 | 1 | 59 | 1 |
Luke Bolton | 21 |
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11 | - | 11 | - |
Lewis Neilson | 17 |
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7 | - | 7 | - |
Ian Harkes | 25 |
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11 | 1 | 62 | 4 |
Calum Butcher | 29 |
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11 | 1 | 85 | 6 |
Paul McMullan | 24 |
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3 | - | 115 | 19 |
Nicky Clark | 29 |
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11 | 5 | 69 | 27 |
Louis Appéré | 21 |
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7 | - | 44 | 6 |
Mark Connolly (sub) | 28 |
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9 | - | 46 | 1 |
Dillon Powers (sub) | 29 |
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5 | - | 15 | 1 |
Kai Fotheringham (sub) | 17 |
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1 | - | 1 | - |
Peter Pawlett (sub) | 29 |
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11 | 1 | 48 | 4 |
Cammy Smith (sub) | 25 |
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5 | 2 | 52 | 9 |
Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
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1. | Rangers | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | +21 | 26 |
2. | Celtic | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | +20 | 25 |
3. | Hibernian | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +6 | 20 |
4. | Aberdeen | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 18 |
5. | Kilmarnock | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 11 |
6. | Livingston | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
7. | DUNDEE UTD | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 11 |
8. | Ross County | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 11 |
9. | Motherwell | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
10. | Hamilton | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
11. | St Mirren | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 7 |
12. | St Johnstone | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 7 |
League results since United's last match |
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4th October 2020 |
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Rangers | 2-0 | Ross County |
St Johnstone | 0-2 | Celtic |