Dundee eager to ensure County work for their title DUNDEE will attempt to delay Ross County's coronation as First Division champions for at least 24 hours by seeing off bottom of the table Queen of the South at Dens Park tonight. The Dark Blues have already kept the Dingwall side waiting by beating Falkirk at the weekend and manager Barry Smith wants his men to win this one and the remaining four games of the season regardless of what County do. Smith said: "I want us to keep going until the end of the season and with five games left that means getting 15 points on board. I want us to put on good performances in our remaining games starting against a Queen of the South side that will be coming here scrapping for the three points to help them survive. Dundee defender Matt Lockwood is suspended and Neil McGregor's calf injury will keep him sidelined, but winger Nicky Riley is in line to return after a lengthy back injury. Queens, who battled back twice to get a point at Morton on Saturday, are two points adrift of Ayr at the bottom, and manager Gus MacPherson: "Some people thought I would be happy that Ayr lost at the weekend and face Ross County in midweek, however I am not looking at other teams. I am concentrating only on securing as many of the 15 points left for my side. Kevin Smith is set to feature if he suffers no adverse reaction to his first substitute appearance on Saturday after a hernia operation last month, so Marc McCusker is likely to be the only asbentee. Falkirk received a boost of ahead of their home game against Hamilton with the news that Darren Dods, the captain, and David Weatherston have both agreed new one-year contracts which will keep them at the club until the end of next season. The Bairns will be hoping to halt a four-game losing streak in the league when they face the side they beat in the Ramsdens Cup final earlier this month. Manager Steven Pressley said: "The only criticism I can give the players is that we are not clinical enough with our final ball. Our possession is good and there are a lot of positives but we all want to turn those positives into wins. We have disappointed our fans with the results in our last couple of home games and hopefully we can put that right against Hamilton. Midfielder Stewart Murdoch remains out, but Thomas Scobbie and Willie Gibson could both return after missing out in the 3-1 defeat to Dundee on Saturday. Accies manager Billy Reid is looking for an improvement after his side lost 2-1 to Raith Rovers at the weekend. We have the motivation of climbing another place in the table available to us in this game and I also want us to make up for a poor second half performance at Stark's Park on Saturday. There was a lack of fight when we went 2-1 down and that was really disappointing. We did not do enough to get back into it and the players have been told that will not be accepted, especially as I want us to finish as high up the league as possible. Mark McLaughlin is a major doubt after picking up a knee injury against Raith and skipper Alex Neil is also struggling but youngster Louis Longridge is included for the second time. Morton, who are five points above the bottom two, host Partick Thistle, with manager Allan Moore saying: "We can't feel sorry for ourselves as we need to get wins to get away from the foot of the table." The Cappielow side welcome back Marc Smyth, Ross Forsyth and Grant Evans but Stuart McCaffrey remains out. The Jags will be without Darren Cole, David Rowson and Tommy Stewart. Third-bottom Raith Rovers have been undefeated in their last four games and manager John McGlynn wants to stretch that run further and keep the Kirkcaldy men rising away from relegation trouble by seeing off Livingston at Stark's Park. McGlynn, whose side are two points above the bottom two, said: "The players have shown a great willingness to get us away from the bottom of the table and we need that to continue until the end of the season." The Kirkcaldy side's only doubt is Joe Hamill. Livingston, who have won their last three away games and scored 11 times, miss Jason Talbot and Liam Fox, while Iain Russell is a doubt.