- Scottish Premier League
- 5 August 2012, 1:00pm
- Tannadice Park
- Attendance: 7,267
Dundee U | v | Hibernian |
3
| 0 |
live commentary
Match ends, Dundee United 3, Hibernian 0.
90+3 mins:Second Half ends, Dundee United 3, Hibernian 0.
90+3 mins:Substitution, Hibernian. Sean O'Hanlon replaces James McPake.
90+1 mins:Goal! Dundee United 3, Hibernian 0. Michael Gardyne (Dundee United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John Rankin with a headed pass.
89 mins:Foul by John Rankin (Dundee United).
89 mins:Paul Cairney (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
88 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
88 mins:Attempt blocked. Willo Flood (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
88 mins:Attempt blocked. Gavin Gunning (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
87 mins:Foul by David Stephens (Hibernian).
87 mins:John Rankin (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
87 mins:Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian).
87 mins:Barry Douglas (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
85 mins:Attempt missed. Brian McLean (Dundee United) with an attempt from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Willo Flood.
85 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
84 mins:Foul by John Rankin (Dundee United).
84 mins:Paul Cairney (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
82 mins:Attempt blocked. Richie Ryan (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
81 mins:Foul by David Wotherspoon (Hibernian).
81 mins:Willo Flood (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
81 mins:Attempt missed. Tim Clancy (Hibernian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
80 mins:Substitution, Dundee United. Stuart Armstrong replaces Gary Mackay-Steven.
78 mins:Attempt missed. Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian) left footed shot from long range on the right is too high from a direct free kick.
78 mins:Foul by Barry Douglas (Dundee United).
78 mins:Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
77 mins:Substitution, Dundee United. Michael Gardyne replaces Johnny Russell.
77 mins:Foul by Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United).
77 mins:Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
76 mins:Corner, Hibernian.
75 mins:Substitution, Hibernian. Ross Caldwell replaces Ivan Sproule.
74 mins:Goal! Dundee United 2, Hibernian 0. Jonathan Daly (Dundee United) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Gary Mackay-Steven.
74 mins:Attempt missed. Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United) right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Willo Flood with a cross.
73 mins:Foul by David Stephens (Hibernian).
73 mins:Jonathan Daly (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
70 mins:Foul by Ivan Sproule (Hibernian).
70 mins:Barry Douglas (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
66 mins:Foul by Paul Cairney (Hibernian).
66 mins:Richie Ryan (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
64 mins:Foul by Eoin Doyle (Hibernian).
64 mins:Keith Watson (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
63 mins:Foul by Willo Flood (Dundee United).
63 mins:Paul Hanlon (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
60 mins:Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60 mins:Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian).
60 mins:Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
58 mins:Substitution, Hibernian. Daniel Handling replaces Lewis Stevenson.
57 mins:Corner, Hibernian.
53 mins:Attempt saved. Jonathan Daly (Dundee United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved.
51 mins:Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Dundee United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
46 mins:Substitution, Dundee United. Brian McLean replaces Sean Dillon.
Second Half begins Dundee United 1, Hibernian 0.
45+1 mins:First Half ends, Dundee United 1, Hibernian 0.
43 mins:Foul by Gavin Gunning (Dundee United).
43 mins:James McPake (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
43 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
42 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
41 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
41 mins:Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian).
41 mins:Barry Douglas (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
40 mins:Foul by Eoin Doyle (Hibernian).
40 mins:Keith Watson (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
37 mins:Foul by Paul Cairney (Hibernian).
37 mins:Johnny Russell (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
36 mins:Offside, Hibernian. Leigh Griffiths tries a through ball, but Leigh Griffiths is caught offside.
35 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
35 mins:Attempt saved. Jonathan Daly (Dundee United) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved. Assisted by Keith Watson with a cross.
31 mins:Attempt missed. Jonathan Daly (Dundee United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gary Mackay-Steven.
31 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
31 mins:Attempt blocked. Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
29 mins:Foul by David Wotherspoon (Hibernian).
29 mins:Richie Ryan (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
26 mins:Attempt missed. Eoin Doyle (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
25 mins:Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
25 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
22 mins:Attempt blocked. Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
22 mins:Corner, Hibernian.
21 mins:Foul by Sean Dillon (Dundee United).
21 mins:Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
19 mins:Foul by Ivan Sproule (Hibernian).
19 mins:Barry Douglas (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
17 mins:Foul by James McPake (Hibernian).
17 mins:Johnny Russell (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
17 mins:Foul by Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United).
17 mins:Tim Clancy (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
16 mins:Attempt missed. Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
15 mins:Attempt blocked. Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
13 mins:Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Hibernian) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved.
11 mins:Foul by Jonathan Daly (Dundee United).
11 mins:James McPake (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
10 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
8 mins:Corner, Dundee United.
8 mins:Attempt saved. Johnny Russell (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved.
8 mins:Foul by Ivan Sproule (Hibernian).
8 mins:Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
7 mins:Foul by Barry Douglas (Dundee United).
7 mins:David Wotherspoon (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
6 mins:Attempt missed. David Wotherspoon (Hibernian) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
3 mins:Goal! Dundee United 1, Hibernian 0. Johnny Russell (Dundee United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by John Rankin with a headed pass.
3 mins:Foul by James McPake (Hibernian).
3 mins:Johnny Russell (Dundee United) wins a free kick.
2 mins:Foul by Jonathan Daly (Dundee United).
2 mins:David Stephens (Hibernian) wins a free kick.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- Scottish Premier League
- 5 August 2012, 1:00pm
- Tannadice Park
- Attendance: 7,267
| Dundee U | v | Hibernian |
3
| 0 |
match report
Peter Houston praised the fitness levels of his players as they secured a comfortable 3-0 victory over Hibernian to go top of the SPL table.
An early strike from Johnny Russell was followed up with two goals in the second half, the first a header from captain Jon Daly before substitute Michael Gardyne capped his competitive debut by adding the third in stoppage-time.
Houston kept faith in the same starting XI that had earned a respectable 2-2 draw against Dinamo Moscow in the opening leg of their Europa League qualifier on Thursday night and was delighted with their collective effort.
"I thought it was a good professional performance," he said.
"I did not change the team because they have proved their fitness levels and it wouldn't have made an excuse if we had started the game lethargically but I thought we started the game on fire.
"I was looking with 15 minutes ago to my backroom staff to say 'are any of them wilting?' - I just made substitutions for the sake of it to give them game time."
It was arguably the competitive edge that gave the home side a great start to the game with Russell opening the scoring after three minutes just after being denied a penalty following a collision with Hibs goalkeeper Ben Williams.
Houston may have been pleased with the start but felt his team missed the chance to wrap up the points well ahead of Daly adding the second in the 74th minute.
"We scored a goal and in my opinion we could have had a penalty but the referee didn't see it that way so we just have to get on with it.
"The other side of it was that we created that many chances, their goalkeeper has made a couple of good saves most noticeably through Jon Daly in the first half, and we missed glorious chances in the second half through Russell and Daly again.
"The game could have been won before it was but I cannot praise the players enough because they went about their business, they started at a high tempo and were still running."
Hibs manager Pat Fenlon was unhappy with the performance of his players and thinks they did not deserve to travel back to Easter Road with anything.
"We got what we deserved to be honest," he said.
"We didn't get anything out of the game and that is what we got, it was a poor performance."
Fenlon praised the performance of the home side and admitted his players were second best from the off.
"Dundee United played well today and I don't want to take too much away from them. They were excellent and we were poor.
"It is always worrying when you lose matches whether it is at the start, the middle of the end (of the season), we didn't perform and gave away a shocking goal to start with and it is all uphill from there," he added.
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