Dundee 1-1 Queen of the South: Dobbie on target as visitors earn replay
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Impressive Queen of the South earned a Scottish Cup fourth-round replay after visit to Scottish Premiership strugglers Dundee finished level.
Stephen Dobbie stabbed the second-tier visitors ahead, netting his 33rd goal of the season.
But Jesse Curran fired Dundee level in the final minute of the first half.
Queens threw everything at their hosts after the break, Dobbie and Josh Todd repeatedly menacing, but the tie will be settled in Dumfries on 29 January.
Gary Naysmith's side began with verve and intensity, prowling up either flank and fizzing the ball around neatly in midfield.
After 10 minutes, they came within a whisker of the breakthrough. Dobbie rose to meet Jordan Marshall's curling cross, arrowed his header back across goal, but was denied by a tremendous save from debutant Seny Dieng.
Dobbie did pounce 18 minutes later, finishing off a ruthless break. Lyndon Dykes cantered his way to the edge of the box, slid in Todd speeding up the left, and his square pass was perfectly weighted for the onrushing veteran to convert. Thirty-three goals in 28 games - a quite phenomenal return.
Dundee looked in grave danger. Their distribution was slack, surrendering possession in their own half with alarming frequency. But Curran hauled them off the canvas, drilling home after a slaloming run to the edge of the box.
Dieng rescued Dundee twice early in the second half, tipping Dobbie's rasping drive over the bar, then racing out to block Todd after the striker cleverly played his colleague through.
Todd scampered clear up the left again and again, but on each occasion, there was no team-mate to apply a finish to his low deliveries.
Dundee manager Jim McIntyre: "I didn't think we were at the races, Queen of the South were better than us and had more of the forward play.
"We got into some dangerous areas at times but our final bit wasn't there - I'm pleased to still be in the cup if I'm being brutally honest."
Queen of the South manager Gary Naysmith: "We were excellent, in control of the game from start to finish. Dundee scored with their only shot on target.
"As long as the players keep working as hard and listening to what we're trying to tell them, there's no reason we can't win the replay."