Climb for Utd finish second

Whether or not the chances of Stevie Aitken’s side doing that have been improved by the Tannadice point that effectively leaves them safe from relegation is hard to tell.

Come Saturday they might be on their holidays and given the effort put in to hang on to their Championship status, no one could blame them.

If Dumbarton can’t help out, it will mean United face three games against Morton in a week. Not that, whatever happens, Saturday’s clash should be taken as an great indication of what might happen in the first play-off.

Knowing for a couple of games now his side had no chance of finishing second, Ton boss Jim Duffy has been resting as many of his key players as possible.

The side that lost at Dunfermline on Saturday included several young players and it’s likely to be the same again this weekend before Duffy fields his strongest possible line-up next week.

What’s gone before this season is, perhaps, a better indicator of what to expect from a United-Morton play-off.

Four games so far suggests it’s going to be close. United lost in Greenock in the League Cup in September but bounced back with a league win at Tannadice just days later.

The two Championship clashes since ended in stalemate leaving these potential opponents with identical records.

Dundee United played this weekend’s final league fixture opponents Morton at Cappielow in a 0-0 draw in November.