Team news for the clash with Dunfermline

Eddie Malone's month-long loan deal from St Mirren is due to end after the game but Dundee manager Alex Rae is hopeful he can extend the agreement. Bryan Deasley has suffered another injury setback, aggravating an ankle problem which could see him out of action for a further three weeks. Rae will not stray far from the team that beat Hamilton.

Dunfermline's injury-list is easing but Stephen Kenny has revealed that two more of his players - Roddy McKenzie and Scott Muirhead - both require operations. Scott Thomson, Scott Morrison, Jim McIntyre and Greg Ross all have outside chances or returning but Aaron Labonte and Kevin Harper are still on the sidelines. Tam McManus and Souleymane Bamba will have late tests on ankle knocks.