Dundee boss Tony Docherty not taking Hibs lightly despite early form

Dundee boss Tony Docherty says he won’t be taking Hibernian lightly this weekend despite their poor start to the season.

The Easter Road club currently sit rock-bottom of the Scottish Premiership, with just one win from their first 12 games.

Dundee are seventh, just four points ahead of David Gray’s side, and Docherty insists they will be in for a tough game.

The sides meet at Dens Park on Saturday as the top-flight returns following a two-week international break.

Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Docherty said: “I don’t look at it any other way other than it’s a game against Hibs.

“Hibs are a good team with good players. When we do our analysis on any team we look at their strengths and their weaknesses, so I know the type of game we are going to get.

“I know they will bring down a big travelling support, so in terms of atmosphere it will be good and obviously it is on TV so that gives an extra motivation for players as well.

“It will be a tough game and we need to make sure that we are at our best.

“I can only control what I can control and that’s my squad, so, as I say, we’ve been working on certain things over the international break in relation to previous games and more so in preparation for this game.

“So hopefully we can execute that game plan and it will give us a better chance of picking up maximum points.

“That’s the nature of the league, it is so competitive and there are really fine margins in games.

“We are sitting five points less than we were last year and there has been a lot of games when we could have picked up more points.

“But we are where we are and Hibs are where they are so it’s just about addressing what’s in front of you just now.”