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• Dundee attempted 17 shots in this match - higher than their season average of 10.6 in the league.

• The hosts have scored in their last nine Premiership home games.

• Tony Docherty's side have scored 11 first-half goals in 11 games, only Celtic (14) have scored more in the Premiership this season. However, they've also conceded 11 first-half goals in 11 games - no team has conceded more.

• Dundee have won six points from losing positions in the Premiership this season, only Kilmarnock (nine) have recovered more.

• Before this game, Dundee had failed to win any of their last 11 matches when conceding first in the Premiership, since a victory over St. Johnstone on 11 February 2024.

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Dundee fought back from two goals down to stun Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership and exact revenge with a complete reversal of their 3-2 defeat by the same opponent a month ago.

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Dundee manager Tony Docherty confirmed substitute Julien Vetro fainted in the dressing room before kick-off.

"He just fainted and was unconscious for quite a bit," the Dundee boss says.

"It was a real concern for the players, witnessing that. It was pretty worrying for a spell but he's been to hospital and they've done checks on him and he's back in the dressing room celebrating with his team-mates.

"I want the players to get full credit for their performance and their resilience for not lying down. If you look at Ziyad Larkeche's run to get that goal from the halfway line that is just desire to win the match with 20 seconds left to go.

"For the team to go 2-0 down at home and with the run we've been on, to show that character and mentality, I'm delighted. They deserve everything they get.

"We've done a lot of work on stuff in this little run and it all came out there on the pitch. They're a hard-working bunch and they got their rewards today."

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After a top-six finish on their Premiership return last term Dundee have found life tough this season with the departure of captain Luke McCowan to Celtic and another young group assembled to go again.

Docherty has made it clear that means there will be bumps in the road, but the marker for him is whether his team is learning, particularly when it comes to defending and not throwing games away.

However, this was evidence the group is learning after their collapse against Kilmarnock a month ago.

This time they were the side 2-0 down and dug deep to get themselves out of a tough spot, particularly as their form of one win in their last eight league games does not suggest a team full of confidence.

Docherty himself deserves immense credit for bringing on Jordan McGhee and Josh Mulligan at half-time to capitalise on the momentum they built at the end of the first half.

That will satisfy the Dundee boss, as will his first win as a manager against Derek McInnes, the man he assisted for over a decade.

It was all the more impressive from Dundee's players given their team-mate Julien Vetro fainted in the dressing room before the match, delaying kick-off by 15 minutes.

However, the Frenchman went to hospital for checks and returned to Dens Park in time to celebrate an epic win with his team-mates.

Dundee boss Tony Docherty changes two of his players after the midweek loss at Celtic Park.

Seb Palmer-Houlden and Oluwaseun Adewumi come in for Josh Mulligan and Finlay Robertson, who both drop to the bench.

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Dundee midfielder Josh Mulligan insists results will come if they keep playing the way they have been and cut out the "small mistakes".

Tony Docherty's side go into Sunday’s visit of Kilmarnock looking to improve on a recent record of just one win in their last eight league games.

Mulligan said: "I think if results go our way and we win on Sunday we are back in the top six, so it is a bit crazy that way this season.

"I would say it is just small mistakes [that are hampering us] but it is something that is easily fixed.

"I think the performances have been good, so we just need to keep playing well and putting in those performances and results will come.”

Mulligan, 21, was part of a youthful looking Dundee midfield that lined up against Celtic at Parkhead in midweek, one which also included Lyall Cameron (22) and Finlay Robertson (21).

"[The staff] are putting their trust in us and we need to try and repay that," he added.

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• Dundee have won just one of their last 18 Scottish Premiership games against Kilmarnock (D11 L6) and are winless in 11 (D7 L4) since a 1-0 triumph in May 2017 under Neil McCann, with Marcus Haber netting the winner that day.

• Kilmarnock are unbeaten in 11 Scottish Premiership away games against Dundee, although eight of those have been drawn (W3).

• Kilmarnock could win successive away matches over the Dee in the top-flight for the first time since December 2003 under Jim Jefferies.

• Dundee have lost their last three home games in the Scottish Premiership, while they have lost seven times at Dens Park so far in 2024, last losing more times at home in the top-flight in a calendar year in 2018 (12).

• Kilmarnock have won three of their last eight Scottish Premiership games played on a Sunday (D1 L4), as many victories as across their previous 18 games on that specific day (D3 L12).

• Kilmarnock's Derek McInnes has never lost to Dundee as a manager in Scotland's top-flight, winning 14 and drawing eight of 22 previous such clashes.

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Trevor Carson and Scott Fraser are trying to get back fit for Dundee while Joe Shaughnessy is working his way back from a long-term knee injury.

Kilmarnock midfielder Liam Donnelly is available after suspension, but Stuart Findlay (groin), Liam Polworth (calf) and long-term absentee Kyle Magennis (hamstring) are set to remain out.

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Dundee manager Tony Docherty believes his side "have fallen foul of quite a few things" lately but is very confident their fortunes will change amid a poor run of results.

The Dark Blues - who lost 2-0 at Celtic in midweek - have won just one of their last eight league games ahead of Sunday's visit of Kilmarnock.

"I am not worried in the slightest, I would be worried if it was performances," Docherty said.

"As manager the only thing I can demand of the players is they carry out the gameplans we work on and that results in performance.

"I am a great believer if the performances are there the results will follow, so although we have fallen foul of quite a few things recently, and the results have not gone our way, it is such a tight competitive league.

"I do feel we are a victim – I don't like saying this – of a lot of things going against us. We are getting punished for a lot of things at the moment, individual mistakes, decisions going against us as well I have got to say from officials.

"But I am a great believer of the harder you work the more luck you get. We have been working hard on the training ground."

After finishing sixth on their top-flight return last season, Dundee are currently 10th but could move back in the top half if they beat Killie.

"I think this time last year we went on a strong run later on, so I realise the league is very much in its infancy at the moment," Docherty said.

"We are only 10 games in, but I am buoyed and encouraged by the most recent game - the performance levels against Celtic.

"And if we can maintain those performance levels, and now it is a home game, then I am very confident, as are the squad, that the results will follow because you have got to have a trust and belief in the process."

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BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter

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Tony Docherty has been speaking to the media before Dundee's fixture against Kilmarnock on Sunday.

Here are the key lines from his press conference:

• Docherty says he is "not worried in the slightest" by their recent poor run of results because he believes the performance levels are sill there, adding: "I am a great believer, if the performances are there, the results will follow."

• He points out the league is still "very much in its infancy" and says "I am very confident, I think this time last year we went on a strong run".

• The Dens boss believes there are "a lot of things going against" Dundee in terms of individual mistakes and refereeing decisions, but maintains his side "are in a good place at the moment".

• He is expecting "a really difficult challenge" against Killie and says lessons need to be learned from the last meeting when Dundee surrendered a two-goal lead to lose 3-2.

• On how big a loss Luke McCowan has been, Docherty accepts he was "a massive player for us" but insists they can't dwell on that.

• He points out the youthful nature of their midfield against Celtic - Josh Mulligan (21), Fin Robertson (21) and Lyall Cameron (22) - and says they "are staking a claim to be the next Luke McCowan".

• Trevor Carson, Scott Fraser and Scott Tiffoney could come back into contention and Joe Shaughnessy remains out injured.

Dundee are on the hunt for a win after a disappointing week in which two defeats have taken their total to six in seven outings.

Looking to end a run of one win in nine is perhaps not the ideal time for Tony Docherty to renew his rivalry with old colleague Derek McInnes - just as the Kilmarnock boss is also again being touted for a return to Rangers should the Ibrox club axe Philippe Clement.

The pair worked together at Rugby Park and Aberdeen and have had some eventful games in opposition over the past 18 months.

However, while very little has separated the sides, including Kilmarnock's thrilling three-goal comeback to win 3-2 at Dens Park last month, Docherty is yet to record a win over McInnes in six attempts.

Ending Kilmarnock's four-game unbeaten run at Dens - and six overall against them - could be just the tonic the Dark Blues need.

Dundee have been shorn of the driving creative force of Luke McCowan since the midfielder's August move to Celtic, but their downfall at times this season has not been so much not scoring as not holding on to leads.

That was the case not just against Kilmarnock in early October but also against St Johnstone at the weekend.

The Ayrshire side are coming off a valuable win away to Hearts in midweek and are sure to test Docherty's men again.

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• Celtic's former Dundee midfielder Luke McCowan attempted five shots, his highest total in a single match in the Premiership.

• Dundee have conceded two penalties in the Premiership this season, only Kilmarnock (three) have conceded more.

• Celtic committed 10 fouls in this match, higher than their season average of 9.4 in the Premiership.

• Dundee have conceded four goals to opposition substitutes in the Premiership this season, no team has conceded more.

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It took Brendan Rodgers' side 60 minutes, and three changes, to get going at Parkhead as Alistair Johnston made it two goals from two games by tapping home Yang Hyun-Jun's cross.

Arne Engels made it two seven minutes later when he calmly converted from the spot after Kyogo Furuhashi won a penalty.

And the league leaders saw it out from there against a Dundee side who have now just won twice in 10 and slip to 10th place.

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Dundee manager Tony Docherty told BBC Scotland: "I was really pleased with the level of performance the players put in. Playing against a top, top opponent like Celtic there's so many things to get right.

"Coming in at nothing each [at half-time] I thought 'more of the same' and we did that.

"You saw the quality of substitutes Celtic brought on and I thought we were unlucky to lose the first goal.

"I felt a little bit hard done by for the second goal, I don't think it was a penalty. I thought the performance of the players merited a clean sheet.

"I'm just proud of the players tonight, the mentality and the work rate was really pleasing.

"The most pleasing aspect tonight, we had three academy graduates in the middle of the pitch and I thought they equipped themselves well. For a club like Dundee that's what we're all about, improving and developing players in that arena. That's the most pleasing thing, as well as our team performance.

"I demand levels of performance and I thought tonight the level was really strong. If we continue to show that spirit, mentality and quality on the ball then we'll be ok."

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After the weekend's disappointment of dropping three points from a winning position, there will be similar feelings in the Dundee dressing room after that first half at Parkhead.

Dundee held off Brendan Rodgers' side for 60 minutes, forcing the Celtic manager into a triple change shortly after the break to switch things up which ultimately made the difference.

But there was a feeling in the first 45 minutes that maybe Celtic wouldn’t be able to break down the robust Dundee backline.

They did though, twice, and a solid first half display doesn't change that Tony Docherty's side head back to Dens Park with nothing.

Two wins in 10 games, 10th place in the table and things don't get any easier - a visit from Killie on Sunday before a trip to the fortress of Pittodrie the following weekend awaits.

Brendan Rodgers has rung the changes once again, making six alterations to the side that started the 3-0 victory over Motherwell.

Alistair Johnston, Liam Scales, Alex Valle, Reo Hatate, James Forrest and Daizen Maeda all drop to the bench. There's no Callum McGregor in the squad tonight.

Cameron Carter-Vickers is back in the starting line-up after making his return off the bench at the weekend, Greg Taylor is also back in at left-back while Anthony Ralston replaces Johnston on the right.

Arne Engels, Hyun-Jun Yang, and Luis Palma are also in from the start.

Worth noting that it's a first league start of the season for Palma, Yang and Ralston.

Tony Docherty has made three changes from the 2-1 defeat to St Johnstone. Trevor Carson is replaced by Jon McCracken between the sticks due to a knock. Josh Mulligan and Antonio Portales are in for Curtis Main and Billy Koumetio.

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• Celtic are unbeaten in 39 league meetings with Dundee (W33 D6); only against Partick Thistle have they ever gone 40+ league matches in a row without defeat against a single opponent (48 from 1897 to 1923).

• Dundee have lost 19 of their last 21 away games against Celtic in all competitions (D2) since a 2-0 victory in May 2001.

• Celtic are unbeaten in 37 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) home games in the Scottish Premiership (W33 D4), winning their last 22 in a row by an aggregate score of 63-6. The Hoops’ last such defeat came to St Johnstone in March 2015 (1-0).

• Dundee are winless in their last 40 league meetings with reigning Scottish champions (D6 L34) since a 2-0 win away to Rangers in March 2001 under Ivano Bonetti.

• Brendan Rodgers has won 12 of his 13 meetings with Dundee as Celtic manager in all competitions, drawing the other 0-0 in April 2018.