PTFC v DUFC

Survival - the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.

United travel to Maryhill tonight to keep travelling on the road marked survival.

The mythical game in hand is tonight, the game that for weeks has been known as the great "if" - "if" we can win it, "if" we can get a result, "if"...."if"...."if"....

There will be no "if"s after tonight. We'll know exactly where we stand and will have played the same number of games as the teams above us. But where will we be? Two points and within touching distance? Let's hope so.

What will Mixu do? Stick with the four at the back formation that secured the three points at McDiarmid, or revert to a back three? Donaldson will surely be replaced with Dillon as he serves his suspension, or will Dixon come in and Morris move inside from fullback? Or will we see the return of Durnan? Decisions.

The midfield will remain the same. Paton will be the lynchpin once more, the team's resurrection having been aligned to his return from injury. Dow, another who missed much of the early campaign with injury, will feature behind a front two which may include Murray after his turn at the weekend. Demel should again feature, although his impending substitution after the hour mark will be an inevitability.

The Firhill surface will of course play a part. But it will it favour the Terrors more?

A big night, a big moment in the story of the Scottish Premiership season 2015/16.

Mon the Terrors