Murray gives hosts lead from spot after Holt penalised for handball after VAR review but Sevelj heads in equaliser almost immediately
Dalby strikes 10th of season late on to give visitors win
United go third, above Aberdeen, and are 12 points clear of Dundee
FT: Dundee 1-2 Dundee United
Dundee United, as Jim Goodwin said, take three points and the bragging rights after their 2-1 win.
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Dundee United defender Kevin Holt tells BBC Scotland: "There was loads of space. The big man was there to tap it in like he has been all season.
"He doesn't stop singing that song. He is singing it every day.
"It is a great group of boys we have got, it is going really well just now.
"We are just taking it one game at a time, as we have done all season. It seems to be working.
"Onto the Hearts game now, hopefully we can pick up three points."
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Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin tells BBC Scotland: "Feels great [to win the derby], that was the pan before the game.
"We’re on great form coming into it and we spoke about the incentive coming into it with the Aberdeen result, if we win we could go third and that is the case now, we’re above Aberdeen on goal difference which is fantastic for this group of players, a newly-promoted team.
"Delighted for all the ers, I thought it was a really entertaining game of football, two teams going at it.
"I’m delighted our ers are going home with the bragging rights."
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Jim Duffy
Former Dundee manager on Sportsound
It would be easy to keep it conservative, but he didn't
All credit to Jim Goodwin, he made a big decision at half-time and it paid dividends.
He deserved a lot of credit.
FT: Dundee 1-2 Dundee United
Dundee United striker Sam Dalby tells BBC Scotland: "That one was up there. To get the winner in a game like this, especially so late on, is a great feeling.
"Having them sing my name all game keeps me in form and you always feel like you are going to score.
"It is not up to me [to stay] but I do love it here. It's a great set of fans and a great set of lads, so I'd love to stay here."
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Jim Duffy
Former Dundee manager on Sportsound
You have got to stay calm and do the basics right.
Players have to be switched on in these kind of games. It was naivety.
Dundee looked shellshocked at times because they didn't keep that lead for long.
Dundee 1-2 Dundee United
Dundee have lost 13 points from winning positions in the Premiership this season, only St. Johnstone (15) and Hibernian (16) have lost more.
Dundee United have won 11 points from losing positions in the Premiership this season, only Kilmarnock (12) have recovered more.
Image source, SNSDundee United players and fans celebrate the winning goal
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Ian McCall
Former Dundee United manager on Sportsound
It was very even at times. It showed the mindset of the respective managers. Dundee United went out, when they got level, to go and win the game.
When they went forward, they left it man-for-man at the back. Dundee were leaving two or three men back to pick up one player.
It was a lot of long throws, corner kicks and set plays. United had the better delivery and more aggression when attacking the ball.
Dundee 1-2 Dundee United
Dundee United have scored 14 goals in the last 15 minutes of the second half, more than any other team in the Premiership this season.
Dundee United go third in the Scottish Premiership after a dramatic Dundee derby.
Dalby, the league's top scorer and first player to reach 10 top-flight goals this season, is the match-winner.
Simon Murray put the hosts ahead from the spot but Vicko Sevelj levelled just minutes later before Dalby's late winner in front of a jubilant away fan contingent.
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Jort van der Sande drags his side up the pitch but doesn't just aim for the corner, he tries to play it back inside.
It almost works but Dundee soon win it back and are away in search of a dramatic equaliser.
Dundee 1-2 Dundee United
Lyall Cameron's shot on the swivel is deflected out for a corner.
Trevor Carson is making his way up for it, he's in the box.
But it's dealt with by United.
Dundee 1-2 Dundee United
Five added minutes.
Dundee 1-2 Dundee United
Jim Duffy
Former Dundee manager on Sportsound
Sam Dalby in and around the sticks, that is exactly where you want your striker.
He just has to redirect it. An outstanding goal from the striker.
This could be a massive win for Dundee United and Jim Goodwin.
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Dalby was booked in the aftermath of that for his celebration.
I'm sure he won't care much about that one.
Dundee 1-2 Dundee United
Ian McCall
Former Dundee United manager on Sportsound
A magnificent ball in from Kevin Holt. A really good run from Dalby.
They were the team going for it and they may have just won them the derby.
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Sam Dalby
Dundee United and late goals, I tell ya...
Sam Dalby, the league's top scorer, turns in a driven close from Kevin Holt, right in front of the away fans.
10 goals now for Dalby and that's surely the most important one yet.
Dundee 1-1 Dundee United
Ian McCall
Former Dundee United manager on Sportsound
It is literally 35 yards out and he's just on the pitch!
Dundee 1-1 Dundee United
Richard Odada, who has just been subbed on for Ross Docherty, scuffs a shot from at least 30 yards out and it trundles into Carson's hands.
Time and a place for that type of attempt...
Dundee 1-1 Dundee United
Jim Duffy
Former Dundee manager on Sportsound
Outstanding save. A brilliant stop. He saves it with his legs.
Carson keeps the score a draw for now.
Watch the goals as Dundee Utd strike late to win derby
Scottish Premiership top scorer Sam Dalby's dramatic late goal earned Dundee United a derby win at Dens Park and moved Jim Goodwin's promoted side up to a scarcely believable third place.
Simon Murray's second-half penalty - awarded after a VAR review for a Kevin Holt handball - had put Dundee in front after a goalless first half.
But Vicko Sevelj nodded United level within four minutes before Wrexham loanee Dalby popped up with his 10th goal of the season on 88 minutes.
Holt made a surging run from the back and swept across goal for Dalby to thud an unerring first-time finish past Dundee goalkeeper Trevor Carson.
The result takes United above Aberdeen on goal difference, while Dundee drop to ninth.
United have now lost just one of their past nine games as they continue to impress in the top flight, and they are unbeaten in the past eight meetings with their city rivals.
"Delighted for all the ers," Goodwin said. "I thought it was a really entertaining game of football, two teams going at it.
"I'm delighted our ers are going home with the bragging rights."
United have a happy knack of scoring late goals - that is now 16 in the last 15 minutes of league games - and none have been sweeter than one up the road.
It is a trait that visibly gives Goodwin's players confidence.
After a tightly contested game, it was the visitors who seized the initiative in the closing stages.
Both Holt and Ryan Strain went close before Dalby found the back of the net, with the packed away end behind the goal roaring their team on.
The build-up to the winner was magnificent too. Emmanuel Adegboyega's strength to keep the ball initially, Will Ferry's floated out to Holt, and Holt's pick-out.
There is a real connection between this group of players and the fanbase, as shown by the joyous celebrations at full-time.
They have shown their league position is no fluke, and moving above Aberdeen means thoughts will inevitably turn to what United may achieved come May, and whether it will result in trips to the continent.
The focus will rightly be on Dalby's goal, but the equaliser showed United's versatility. Long throws are a real weapon - Holt's winner against Aberdeen last time out came from one - and Sevelj ghosted in at the back post here.
Attentions now turn to Hearts, who visit Tannadice on Sunday.
Only Ross County and St Johnstone have conceded more Premiership goals than Dundee, and it was the nature of the concessions that will frustrate Tony Docherty.
His team had chances to win this one, and when Murray sent Jack Walton the wrong way from the penalty spot, they were the side in control.
However, Seb Palmer-Houlden failed to deal with Ross Graham's long throw, and his attempted clearing header turned into an assist for Sevelj.
United's ing and movement was excellent for the winning goal, but from Dundee's perspective the defending was poor.
There was no discernible defensive structure when the came to Ferry, Holt got in behind all too easily, and Dalby was not properly picked up by anyone in dark blue.
St Johnstone are next up for Docherty's side, before back-to-back matches against Rangers and Celtic at Dens.
They need to plugs holes at the back if they are to avoid being dragged into the battle at the bottom.
Dundee Utd doing 'all we can' to keep Dalby - Goodwin
Dundee manager Tony Docherty: "We should never lose that game. We got the penalty and that should be it, that should be enough.
"From the long throw, we get first and then we switch off second phase. That changes the momentum of the game.
"We found a way to lose that game, and that really angers me and frustrates me. The second goal, it's our negligence that allows them to score."
Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin: "Winning was the plan before the game. We we're on great form coming into it.
"We spoke about the incentive that if we win we could go third and now we're above Aberdeen on goal difference which is fantastic for this group of players, a newly-promoted team."
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 45 | 50 |
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| 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 39 |
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| 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 34 |
| |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 34 |
| |
| 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 27 |
| |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 34 | -9 | 27 |
| |
| 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 25 |
| |
| 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 36 | -11 | 24 |
| |
| 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 36 | -6 | 22 |
| |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 38 | -17 | 22 |
| |
| 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 20 |
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| 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 41 | -18 | 15 |
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Manager: Tony Docherty
Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
Manager: Jim Goodwin
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Tony Docherty
Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
Manager: Jim Goodwin
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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The last three derbies between Dundee and Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership have all been drawn, with the last two ending 2-2 (April 2022, August 2024).
Dundee United are winless in four Scottish Premiership away games at Dundee (D1 L3) since a 4-1 victory in September 2014 under Jackie McNamara.
This is the first time that Dundee and Dundee United are facing one another in their first Scottish Premiership game of a calendar year since 2016, when the Dee won 2-1.
Dundee United won their first January Scottish Premiership game of 2023 (1-0 v St. Johnstone), but haven’t done so twice in a row in the top-flight since 2001/2002.
Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin has drawn three of his five games as a manager against Dundee in the Scottish Premiership (W1 L1 – all three draws being 2-2), including both away from home with a different side (St. Mirren in July 2021, Aberdeen in April 2022).
