Paul Hartley has urged his Dundee team not to underestimate Dumbarton in today's Scottish Cup fifth-round tie. The Dark Blues travel to Championship outfit Dumbarton as strong favourites to overcome Stevie Aitken's side and reach the quarter-finals, but Hartley is taking nothing for granted. He said: "It's a big game. We want to send out as strong a team as possible so that we can get into the next round. That's what it's all about as far as we're concerned. We don't want to be making too many changes. From our point of view, we will respect Dumbarton as we did Falkirk in the previous round, which was a very tough tie. It's a difficult place to go to for a number of reasons. We have to make sure we're ready for it like any other game and we will be. There's a big incentive to get in to the last eight and that's all we're thinking about. The cup is obviously different from the league. We've been doing okay but you can always do better. We did very well to come back against Motherwell last weekend and the players showed good spirit. We want to do as well as we can in the cup and this is getting our full attention."
Dumbarton include new signing Christian Nade for the game, with the former Dark Blue free to play after being only an unused substitute in the last round for Hamilton Accies. On-loan Celtic midfielder Jamie Lindsay misses out with a cut foot with Aitken aiming to take the game to Hartley's side. He said: "We are the underdogs and all the pressure is on Dundee but that does not mean we should not be positive and look to take the game to them. They have good players but the longer we stay in the game without conceding will give us confidence and give us belief."