Dundee slip to bottom of table after goalless draw with Dundee United

Dundee’s increasingly anxious wait for their next Premiership victory continues after a derby stalemate which saw them slip to the bottom of the table.

A share of the spoils from a low-quality contest was certainly a more palatable outcome for their neighbours as Dundee United stretched their unbeaten run in this fixture to five games.

James McPake’s side have now gone eight league matches without a win, a sequence they must arrest soon if the threat of relegation is not to become suffocating.

They were the likelier side for large spells at Dens Park on a night when their goalkeeper Adam Legzdins did not have a save to make.

That said, United did create the best chance of the match in the closing stages and only Nicky Clark will know just how he managed to miss it from whites-of-the-eyes range.

Vontae Daley-Campbell was the only deadline-day signing from either club to make the starting line-ups and the on-loan Leicester City right-back made a positive first impression on the Dundee fans.

With a combination of formidable physique and lighting pace, the 20-year-old Englishman engaged in an absorbing battle down the flank with United’s left wing-back Scott McMann. While his race was run before the hour mark, Daley-Campbell received a warm and deserved ovation when he was substituted.

Although the visitors were first to threaten, Tony Watt and Mark McNulty linking well for the latter to whip over a dangerous cross which was deflected just off target, Dundee could reasonably claim to have the edge in the first half.

Paul McMullan might have done better when he wanted too much time to set himself up for a shot, although young United defender Ross Graham deserved credit for denying him the space he craved, before McMullan then