Dundee manager Tony Docherty is looking to “sow seeds of doubt” at Pittodrie against an Aberdeen team whose unbeaten start to the season came to a shuddering halt last weekend.
Dundee, who are sixth, travel north full of confidence for Saturday night’s game after coming from two down to beat Kilmarnock 3-2.
Aberdeen remain tied with Celtic at the top but suffered their first defeat under Jimmy Thelin with a 6-0 thrashing by Celtic in the League Cup semi-final.
“Aberdeen deserve enormous credit for what they have done this season so far in terms of their unbeaten run,” said Docherty.
“But their unbeaten run in the cup is now finished, it is my job as Dundee manager to sow those seeds of doubt and try and make sure my team go up there and put in a level of performance that gives us every opportunity to win.”
Dundee were unfortunate to lose 2-1 when the teams met at Dens Park at the end of September.
Docherty added: “We put in a really strong performance and probably should have come out with a positive result from that, but we didn’t.
“But having analysed that match and the other games have both played since then, we need to take a lot of confidence from the way we played last time.”