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Kilmarnock have been relying on Kevin Kyle to get the goals this season and that is not something that should continue according to teammate Frazer Wright. The Killie captain has been the main attacking threat with six goals this season and has notched four of their eight goals in the SPL. Only three other players - Jamie Hamill with two, Conor Sammon and Danny Invincibile - have been on target in the league for Killie. Defender Wright insists they cannot always rely on Kyle to get the goals, as the club captain has notched a double in each of their league wins this season. Wright has managed to get his name on the scoresheet this season but unfortunately for scoring an own goal in their win over St Johnstone. However, he hopes he and his colleagues will be a threat at the other end against Dundee United at Rugby Park today.

Wright said: We need to start getting goals from all over the park and not just rely on Kevin. I can't actually remember the last time we scored from a set-piece and, if we did, it was probably Big Kev that scored it. The likes of myself and the midfielders need to chip in with a few goals. I usually get a couple each season, although this year the only one I've had was an own goal against St Johnstone. But hopefully I can start getting a few goals. It has been frustrating this season because, if you look at the chances we have been creating, we've been unlucky not to have a few more points, especially from our home games. We drew with Rangers, Aberdeen and were beaten by St Mirren but if we'd taken our chances in those games, we'd probably have gone onto win them and we'd be sitting seven points better off."

Kilmarnock took seven points of the nine points available from their three league games with United last season. They want to carry on with that sort of return and could have on-loan goalkeeper Mark Brown back in the gloves after being unable to play against parent club Celtic. Manager Jim Jefferies will have to decide between Brown and Cameron Bell, who performed well last weekend.

Dundee United striker Francisco Sandaza was due to have a groin operation in Bradford on Thursday but fell ill overnight with food poisoning. This means that his operation will be put back to next week. The ex-Valencia B player has now been booked in for a new appointment on Monday and faces six weeks of rehabilitation. The Spaniard has not played at all this season after undergoing a double-hernia procedure in Spain over the summer. However, the doctors are now convinced this latest bout of surgery will cure the problem once and for all. Manager Craig Levein said: "Fran is having his operation on Monday now. It was supposed to be today but he's contracted a bit of food poisoning so it's been put back. He'll be out for six weeks after it but the good thing now is that we know exactly what the problem is. He's been really down about being injured but he'll get the operation next week and then will be able to look forward. Obviously, having him out for longer than we thought is a blow but it's the lesser of two evils because we were worried it might be three months."

United have won only once in their last eight visits to Rugby Park but Levein has seen enough from his players in recent weeks to suggest they are edging back to peak form. He said: "We've not got a great record against Kilmarnock recently so that's something we want to rectify. A lot of it has been down to the way we've played. But Killie are a good side, so we are fully aware that if we don't play at our best then we'll struggle. I saw encouraging signs against Rangers last week. We played with the tempo and aggression that I want the team to show. We'll put out an attacking side this weekend so hopefully we'll continue to create chances and get a positive result."

United will have striker Damian Casalinuovo available, even though he only returned from a hamstring injury. The Argentinian is vying for a start along with Danny Cadamarteri and David Goodwillie. Levein has challenged the trio to make permanent claims for a jersey. With Jon Daly nearing his comeback and Sandaza set to embark on his recuperation, competition for places will hot up in the near future.