Kilmarnock, Dundee battle for a point in Scottish Premiership encounter

Lowland League side holds Premiership opposition to a draw

Kilmarnock and Dundee shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw at Rugby Park in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday.

Dundee took the lead in the 28th minute through a fine strike from Paul McMullan, but Kilmarnock leveled just five minutes later through Kyle Lafferty.

Both sides had chances to win the game in the second half, but neither side could find a winning goal.

Kilmarnock's response

Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes was pleased with his team's response to going behind.

"We showed great character to come back from a goal down," he said. "We created a lot of chances and could have won the game, but we'll take a point and move on."

Dundee's disappointment

Dundee manager James McPake was disappointed with his team's failure to hold on to their lead.

"We're disappointed not to win the game," he said. "We played well in the first half and took the lead, but we didn't do enough in the second half to get the three points."

What's next?

Kilmarnock will travel to face Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday, while Dundee will host St Mirren.

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The result leaves Kilmarnock in eighth place in the Scottish Premiership, while Dundee are in ninth place.

The draw was a fair result, with both teams having chances to win the game.

Kilmarnock will be the happier of the two teams with the point, as they are now unbeaten in their last three games.

Dundee will be disappointed not to have won, but they will take some positives from the performance.