The team have risen from fourth in the Championship - having just been thumped 5-1 at home by Ross County - to second. And they host another second-tier side in Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the last eight of the country's premier cup competition. It remains only the second-best record in the division, but it has been enough to enable United to haul themselves up into second place. Overall, then, games since Neilson took charge are more low-scoring, but a more resolute United are reaping the benefits in terms of results. In that time, United have conceded just twice and set themselves up for Sunday's tie with Inverness with a 1-0 win over the Highlanders on Tuesday.

Source: BBC March 03, 2019 07:41 UTC