Ka taƙaita labarin:  Kocin Dundee Paul Hartley ba ya karantawa da yawa a cikin Dundee United's kwanan nan slide kafin ranar Laraba da dare Scottish Premiership derby a Dens Park. United ta yi rashin nasara a wasanni bakwai daga cikin tara da ta buga a dukkan gasa, ta yi canjaras a sauran biyu, yayin da nasarar da ta gabata a gasar ta koma baya a ranar 24 ga Janairu da Motherwell. Duk da haka, Hartley ya ki yarda cewa hakan zai sa aikinsa ya zama mai sauki yayin da suke kokarin yin rajistar nasarar su ta farko a wasan derby a wannan kakar a yunƙuri na huɗu. Paul Hartley ba ya karantawa da yawa a cikin Dundee United's kwanan nan slide gabanin wasan Derby na Laraba. Hartley ya ce: 'Har yanzu suna da 'yan wasa masu kyau. 'Ba mu da wani ra'ayi game da basirar da suke da shi a cikin tawagar. 'Mun ga hakan a duk tsawon kakar - kuma musamman a wasannin da suka yi mana, musamman. Mun san suna da 'yan wasan da za su iya cutar da ku a ko'ina. Muna bukatar mu mai da hankali ga abin da za mu iya yi.' Dundee ba ta yi nasara ba a wasanni uku da suka buga, bayan da aka doke su a Ross County da ci 1-1 da Aberdeen da Inverness. Dan wasan Dundee Utd Nadir Ciftci ya ci wa kungiyarsa kwallo daga bugun daga Ross County. Callum Morris ya yi murnar kwallo da ya ci a gasar cin kofin Scotland da Aberdeen. Wannan ya bar su a matsayi na bakwai a teburin da maki 41, biyar a baya na hudu United da biyu a baya na Hamilton a shida. Hartley ya ce: 'Muna kokarin neman samun maki da yawa kafin rabuwa, kokarin shiga cikin manyan shida. 'Ba mu yi nisa ba amma mun san muna bukatar mu ci wasu wasanni. 'Idan muka samu sakamako a wasan derby, zai dauke mu maki biyu a bayan United, a. Amma babban abu a gare mu shine kokarin kama abokin hamayyarmu mafi kusa. ' John Souttar na Dundee Utd ya yi yaƙi da Liam Boyce a wasan da suka yi a Tannadice. Duk da cewa bai yi nasara ba tun daga watan Fabrairu, Hartley ya yi imanin cewa 'yan wasansa na iya samun kwarin gwiwa a wasan na ranar Laraba bayan sun dauki maki daga manyan kungiyoyi uku Aberdeen da Inverness. Ya ce: 'Mun yi nasara sosai. 'Sakamakonmu na baya-bayan nan ya kasance mai kyau...
Dundee za ta fafata da abokin hamayyarta Dundee United a wasan derby a daren Laraba. United ta yi rashin nasara a wasanni bakwai daga cikin tara da ta buga a gasar. Amma Hartley ba ya karantawa cikin matsalolinsu kamar yadda Dundee da kansu suka yi tsalle. Dundee ba ta yi nasara ba a wasanni uku da suka shiga wasan.