Hearts at Dens on Saturday, with a midweek trip to Easter Road already in the diary
Sunday 15 November 2026 · By Fiona Grant
Dundee have not played since the weekend before last, and they don't play again until Saturday, when Hearts come to Dens Park at 17:45 GMT, live on Premier Sports. That's the only Premiership game at that time on the day, and it should make for a lively evening in the city.
On the BBC Premiership table, taken at 12:24 GMT this lunchtime, Dundee are still fifth on 17 points from 12 games. Dundee United are sixth and St Johnstone seventh, both also on 17. Dundee are ahead on goal difference, at +3, compared with United's 0 and Saints' -3. So the line between the top six and the bottom six is still goal difference, not a points gap. St Johnstone have played 13 games, one more than both Dundee clubs.
Hearts will arrive in fourth, on 20 points from 12 games, one behind Falkirk, with a game in hand. They have not played since the 5–2 home defeat by Falkirk on 8 November, which the SPFL described as their first home league defeat since April 2025. How much of their injured list is back is something we'll know closer to kick-off. Steven Pressley's side will still treat them as a top-four team, because that is what they have been for most of the season, but it is a chance to catch them in the first game after a difficult fortnight.
This is not the postponed Dundee United v Hearts match. That fixture, originally due on 31 October, now has a date: Tuesday 12 January 2027, at 19:45 GMT, the SPFL and Dundee United confirmed on 13 November. We'll keep the two Hearts games distinct. Saturday is Hearts at Dens. January is United at Tannadice.
Three days after Saturday, Dundee go to Easter Road to face Hibs, on Tuesday 24 November at 19:45 GMT. That midweek date was already set, after the original weekend fixture was moved because of the League Cup semi-finals, and it is not a new postponement. Hibs are 10th on 11 points from 12 games, and they host Dundee United on the Saturday first. Two away-looking fixtures in four days, then, against fourth and against a Hibs side that has just climbed off the bottom.
A home win over Hearts would take Dundee onto 20 points, level with where Hearts are now, and would put real pressure on the sides around them. A defeat would let Hearts move further clear and would keep the pack bunched together going into Easter Road.
The international break has given Pressley time to work with the squad. Switzerland play Scotland on Monday at 19:45 GMT, a match that has not been played yet. Any Dundee players involved will need managing before a televised home game five days later.
Fifth place is still theirs, just. Hearts at home, under the lights, is the next test, and the midweek trip to Leith follows hard on its heels.
Dens Park has been Dundee’s home since 1899, and it still feels like a proper old ground rather than a bowl dropped in from a brochure. The address is Sandeman Street, Dundee, DD3 7JY. Capacity is about 11,800. The thing every visiting supporter notices first is the neighbour: Tannadice Park, home of Dundee United, sits roughly 200 yards away along the same road. The two clubs share a street in a way almost no other British pair does, so check the signs before you join a queue. Dark blue is Dens. Tangerine is not.
Away supporters are housed in the Bob Shankly Stand, the single-tier end behind the eastern goal. It was built in 1999, in the same rush as the Bobby Cox Stand at the opposite end, and it holds up to about 3,000. The view of the pitch is good, the roof keeps the weather off, and a modest travelling support can still make a noise in here because the end is enclosed. If your club has a bigger allocation, extra seats are usually opened in the Main Stand, towards the Shankly end. Those turnstiles are separate: typically 33 to 38 for the Shankly Stand and 31 to 32 for the Main Stand overflow. Turnstiles often open an hour before kick-off. Arrive earlier than you think, because there can be a ticket check and a search before you reach them, with the queue held on Tannadice Street.
The Bobby Cox Stand, behind the western goal, is for home fans and is the twin of the away end. Both were named by a supporters’ vote for the captain and the manager of Dundee’s 1961–62 championship side. The Main Stand runs along the north side. It houses the dugouts, the dressing rooms and the ticket office, and it is the oddity of the ground: a leftover from the days when Dens was oval. The stand bows away from the touchline, so a seat on the halfway line is further from the pitch than a seat near either end. If you are moved into it, expect pillars. The South Enclosure is the other old side, covered seating for home fans, shorter than the pitch and also pillared. It is not part of the away allocation.
The pitch itself is about 100 metres by 64, grass, with undersoil heating. Floodlights have been updated more than once since Dens became the first ground in the city to have them improved this century. The record crowd is 43,024, Rangers in the Scottish Cup in 1953, which tells you how much of the old terracing has gone. What is left is intimate. From the Shankly end you are close to the goal in front of you and you can see the full length without a running track in the way.
Getting there is straightforward if you do not try to park on the doorstep. Match-day residents’ zones cover the streets immediately around the ground, and only permit holders should be inside them. Blue Badge bays are signed, including on Provost Road, North Isla Street and Sandeman Street. Coaches are usually directed to Neish Street or Fairbairn Street; follow the stewards rather than a satnav that wants the front door. From the city centre, the number 1 or 1A from Albert Square stops on Dens Road, a short walk away. Dundee station is about a mile and a half to the south. If you are driving up the A90, build in time for the Tay bridges and for whatever roadworks are on that week.
Have a drink in the city centre or up the Hilltown before you walk in. There is no away pub attached to the turnstiles, and kiosks inside have flipped between card-only and cash-only depending on the season, so bring a card and do not rely on notes. Food is the usual pie, burger and tea. Flags and banners are generally allowed if they are within the size limit and shown to the camera or a steward before entry; drums are limited and should be agreed with your own club. Smoking and vaping are banned throughout the stadium, including at half-time. Tickets are sold online rather than at a cash turnstile, so sort yours before you travel and keep the booking on your phone.
Dens is not glamorous, and it is all the better for it. You are in a ground that has staged Scotland matches and cup finals, 200 yards from the other Dundee, with your end behind the eastern goal and the home support in the Cox Stand looking back at you. Check your club’s travel note on the morning of the game for turnstile numbers and coach parking, then give yourself time. The walk from the bus or the station is part of the trip.