"Dundee United face playing four matches in 14 days on their weather-beaten Tannadice Park pitch after a request for postponed games to be rearranged for later dates was turned down. United will host Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership on Tuesday, 24 February, while the visit by St Mirren will be on Tuesday 3 March. Jim Goodwin's side were already due to host League 2 outfit Spartans in a rearranged Scottish Cup last-16 tie next Tuesday - and Kilmarnock in the league four days later."
""Following discussions with the SPFL, we requested consideration for later rearranged dates, given the original postponements were due to pitch conditions," they said on their website. "Our priority was to give the surface the best chance to recover and reduce the risk of further postponements, particularly with the current weather forecast, and to allow our groundstaff as much preparation time as possible.""
Dundee United will play four matches in 14 days at Tannadice Park after a request to rearrange postponed fixtures was denied by the SPFL. The club will host Aberdeen on 24 February and St Mirren on 3 March, with a Scottish Cup tie against Spartans and a league match against Kilmarnock already scheduled in the same period. The pitch suffered at least three postponements because of waterlogging. The club requested later dates to allow the surface to recover and to reduce the risk of further postponements. The SPFL confirmed the fixtures will go ahead on the agreed dates and the club will work with groundstaff to prepare the pitch.
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