Douglas out to down the dandy Dons

Dundee UNITED full-back Barry Douglas believes Aberdeen could join the Tayside club in the top six, although he is eager to diminish their chances at Tannadice tonight.

United are looking to move back into the top half of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League and open up a six-point lead over the Dons, but the former Queen's Park player Douglas knows it will not be easy against the resurgent Pittodrie side.

He said: "Aberdeen have been doing really well. We have two teams who are have been going well playing each other. It would not too much of a surprise for both of us to finish in the top six but there is a lot of work to do before we can achieve that."

United will again be without injured defenders Darren Dods, Garry Kenneth, Mihael Kovacevic and Scott Severin but they coped well during their 2-0 win at Inverness last week.

The United players will need to be adaptable with four games in ten days to come. They face Aberdeen, Hamilton and Hearts in the SPL and Motherwell in the Scottish Cup.