Queen's Park caretaker head coach Paul Nuijten tells BBC Scotland: "We need to make sure we are harder to beat.

"The players are showing resilience and every time they have bounced back.

"The mood is quite good, we really want to start to win games."

Following the sacking of Robin Veldman at the start of December, Paul Nuijten was promoted from his fellow Dutchman's backroom team to Queen's Park's caretaker head coach, but the team's descent down the table has continued.

Since then, the Spiders have fallen from third bottom to the foot of the table and are now 12 games without a victory, losing their latest four.

Home isn't proving much of an advantage either considering they are six games at Hampden without a win.

United and Queen's Park have only met 14 times since the Glasgow side last came out on top.

But that was way back on 11 October 1958!

United eased to a 4-1 win in the reverse fixture in September, despite falling a goal behind after just a minute's play at Tannadice.

Yes Aiden McGeady's still kicking a ball about!

He starts for Ayr against the league leaders.

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Rovers' rise to a five-point lead at the top of Scotland's second tier has come on the back of 13 unbeaten games, winning seven in a row.

Indeed, Ian Murray's side are unbeaten in all 11 at home this season.

They will be confident of adding another win to the tally given they have already got the better of tonight's sixth-placed visitors this season - 2-1 down in Ayr in September.

Both Rovers and Ayr have made just one change each.

Jack Hamilton comes in to replace Callum Smith up front for the league leaders.

For Ayr, forward Franny Amartey returns to the starting line-up in place of Jamie Murphy.

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Queen's Park make just one change to their starting line-up from last weekend's defeat by Greenock Morton, with midfielder Patrick Jarrett coming in for defender Will Tizzard.

Dundee United make two changes from the side that lost out to Raith Rovers last weekend.

Forward Tony Watt is back in the starting XI to replace Kai Fotheringham. Mathew Cudjoe replaces Chris Mochrie in midfield.

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Raith Rovers: Dabrowski, Dick, Millen, Murray, Vaughan, Mullin, Stanton, Hamilton, Brown, Byrne, Easton.

Substitutes: Thomson, Connolly, Matthews, Gullan, Smith, Corr, McGill, Hannah, O'Reilly.

Ayr United: Mutch, Ahui, Musonda, McGinty, Reading, Dempsey, Young, Chalmers, McGeady, Amartey, Dowds.

Substitutes: Albinson, Rose, Syla, McKenzie, Smith, F Ecrepont, Bryden, Watret, Senga.

Queen's Park: Ferrie, McPherson, Robson, Bannon, Spong, Thomson, Paton, Thomas, Turner, Longridge, Jarrett.

Substitutes: McKenna, Hepburn, Healy, Tizzard, Bruce, Reid, Fairlie.

Dundee United: Walton, Holt, Grimshaw, Moult, Sibbald, Middleton, Tillson, Cudjoe, Gallagher, Watt, McMann.

Substitutes: Newman, Denham, Graham, Fotheringham, Glass, Freeman, Duffy, Mochrie, Stirton.

It's another exciting instalment of Friday night football.

We've got all the action from Queen's Park v Dundee United and Raith Rovers v Ayr United.

First up, the teams...

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