Dundee 0-0 Cove Rangers: Final-day title showdown in Scottish Championship assured

A final-day, head-to-head showdown is assured to settle the Scottish Championship title after leaders Dundee were held at home by Cove Rangers.

Cove move a point clear of Hamilton Academical off the bottom and within two of Arbroath.

The visitors frustrated their hosts before surviving intense late pressure.

A looping header from Dundee centre-half Lee Ashcroft on to the roof net was the only threat from either side in a tense first half.

With former Dark Blues manager Paul Hartley unable to name a full complement of substitutes because of injuries, fitness began to tell and midfielder Lyall Cameron stung the palms of visiting goalkeeper Scott Fox before Ashcroft sent another header off the outside of a post in the final, dramatic seconds.

Despite the point, Cove could be left in a head-to-head of their own with Hamilton to avoid automatic relegation should Arbroath win away to Partick Thistle on Saturday as Dundee head to Queen’s Park’s temporary home at Stenhousemuir’s Ochilview now unbeaten in nine games for theirs.

More to follow.