Dundee 5 Forfar Athletic 1

Premier Sports Cup
Saturday 23 July 2022
Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park

Dundee finished top of Group H and secured a seeded spot in the last 16 draw of the Premier Sports Cup with a 5-1 victory over the Loons.

First-half goals from Alex Jakubiak, who scored twice in quick succession, along with goals from Niall McGinn and Tyler French put Dundee well ahead by the interval.

The second half saw an improved Loons but on 66 minutes substitute, Lyall Cameron made it five for Dundee. Two minutes later a well-worked goal gave the Loons a consolation goal. Substitute Matty Aitken found Stefan McCluskey in space and the striker looped the ball over Dundee's defence into the goal. Ten minutes later McCluskey almost grabbed a second when his header clipped the post.

The Loons defended resolutely in the second half with Marc McCallum pulling off a number of great saves. In the middle of the park Craig Slater, half-time substitute Callum Moore and McCluskey linked up well but couldn't reduce the deficit and the game ended with a comfortable win for an impressive Dundee side.

Thank you to the 104 Forfar supporters who made the trip to back Gary Irvine and the team.

It's on to the all-important cinch League 2 action next Saturday with a first-ever League trip to Bonnyrigg Rose. Admission details will be confirmed in due course.

Dundee
30 Sharp
2 Kerr 89'
4 French 45'
5 Sweeney
3 Marshall McMullan 45'
8 Byrne
24 Anderson Williamson 45'
15 Mulligan
10 McGowan McCowan 61'
11 McGinn 38' Rudden 62'
7 Jakubiak 21' 24' Cameron 62' 66'
Substitutes
17 McCowan
18 McMullan
19 Robertson
20 Rudden
21 Lawlor
22 Williamson
25 Cameron
27 Strachan
28 Fisher

Forfar Athletic
1 McCallum
2 Nditi
19 Munro
15 Hussain Abed 46'
3 Brindley
8 Jack Hanratty 74'
10 Slater
6 Hutton Moore 46'
7 Thomson
11 McCluskey 68'
17 Armour Aitken 65'
Substitutes
9 Aitken
12 Moore
20 Harkins
21 Sanderson
22 Abed
23 Irvine
24 Hanratty

Referee: Graham Grainger

Attendance: 1,854