Dundee United midfielder Stuart Armstrong is targeting at least two wins from his side’s next three games to bolster their hopes of a top-six finish.
Saturday’s 2-2 draw at home to Hibs left United in ninth spot in the SPL table but Armstrong reckons the fact that just four points separate them from second-placed Inverness shows just about anything is possible in the last few months of the season.
A trip to face the Caley Jags lies in wait on Wednesday night and the 20-year-old reckons they can return from the Highland capital with all three points.
“It will be another tough one for us because they won at the weekend, so they’ll be flying,” he said. “They play good possession football, so it will be a tough game for us, but I think if we can play to our potential I think we can overcome them.
“The Hibs game was an important game for us, especially beating Motherwell last midweek, because if we could have won it we would have been in a good position.
“I wouldn’t say they are ‘must wins’ but in the next three games Inverness, St Mirren away and Dundee at home if we can pick up six points or more then we’ve got a definite shout of being in the top six.
“I think everyone can beat everyone, so I think it’s about having a bit of luck and managing to get up there. Europe is still definitely a possibility anything can happen.”
Armstrong was happy enough with a point from Sunday’s game against Hibs due to the way the game panned out, with a late Johnny Russell penalty salvaging at least something from the game.
“I thought we made a really good start to go 1-0 up but after we went 1-0 up we sat back a little bit and let them play,” he said. “They dominated the rest of the half and got themselves back level, and then they had a good counter-attack for the second goal.
“We began to lift the tempo and it was basically just Dundee United pushing for an equaliser towards the end.”
Armstrong refused to be drawn too much on the penalty incident which helped rescue the point, with TV replays suggesting the foul on Gary Mackay-Steven which led to the award was outside the area.
The winger was on the bench at the time and admitted: “I didn’t have a good view of it from where I was sitting. Gary gets a lot of fouls against him just because of how fast his feet are.”