Source: FOOTYMAD
Injuries Affect First Division Opponents
The plans of both Dundee and Stirling Albion have been hit for six by players being unavailable. Dundee will be without four players as they look to pick up three points over bottom club Stirling Albion on Sunday. Defenders Craig McKeown, Gary Irvine and Rhys Weston are suspended while striker Sean Higgins remains out injured. Dens Park manager Barry Smith said: "We are down to the bare bones and will have to rely on youth players. They can play their part in securing our First Division status as we have not achieved it as yet. I always said that we would have to keep on playing until the end of the season to be safe and that has proven to be the case.'' PO TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Dunfermline 32 16 10 6 53 29 24 58 2 Raith Rovers 32 16 9 7 44 28 16 57 3 Falkirk 30 13 7 10 49 34 15 46 4 Queen of the South 30 12 6 12 46 40 6 42 5 Partick Thistle 30 10 10 10 35 31 4 40 6 Morton 31 10 10 11 32 32 0 40 7 Dundee 31 16 11 4 46 27 19 34 8 Ross County 31 6 13 12 24 32 -8 31 9 Cowdenbeath 32 8 7 17 37 65 -28 31 10 Stirling 31 3 7 21 26 74 -48 16 Albion are struggling with injury worries as they attempt to fight for their League One status lives. There are doubts hanging over defenders Scott Buist, Martyn Corrigan and Brian Allison, while Greig MacDonald remains a long-term absentee and Chris Aitken is suspended. Manager Jocky Scott, who has managed Dundee on a few occasions, said: "We have faced a must-win situation in the last six to 10 games and fallen short so we hanging by our fingernails now. We have a few concerns in the centre of our defence and I know the situation if results do not go our way but we will go out and try and get that victory and take things form there.''
