Dundee face a tricky trip to the Highlands after only managing to draw against Inverness in the fourth round of the William Hill Scottish Cup at Dens.
The Dark Blues looked rusty after their winter break but appeared to have the tie wrapped up after coming back from a goal down.
However, John Robertson’s Championship side secured a late equaliser and created enough opportunities to believe they have a chance of completing the job on their own patch in the replay.
The Dark Blues conceded in just the 14th minute, failing to defend a long throw by Brad McKay from the right with the ball falling for Aaron Doran whose scruffy shot found its way past Elliot Parish in the Dundee goal.
The home side struggled to recover from that early blow and found it hard to break down the Inverness defence although Sofien Moussa did hit the underside of the Highlanders’ crossbar with a header in the 35th minute.
A-Jay Leitch-Smith then had a great chance when he was teed up by Scott Allan but Caley keeper Mark Ridgers made a superb save.
However, it was Inverness who finished the half strongly with two great chances for Doran and then George Oakley.
Dundee equalised just three minutes after the restart when a Leitch-Smith shot was deflected past Ridgers with Sofien Moussa credited with getting the final touch.
Parish then came to the rescue with a vital save from a Connor Bell header before the Dark Blues took the lead with a stunning goal.
Mark O’Hara embarked on a rampaging run from halfway before unleashing a low shot from the edge of the Inverness box past the despairing dive of Ridgers.
It looked like being the winning goal but in the 88th minute, Oakley stabbed home to make it 2-2 and take the tie to a replay.
