article: Media playback is not supported on this device Kris Boyd opened the scoring after nine minutes, breaking clear of the static Dee defence to knock the ball beyond the advancing Scott Bain. It was all square before the half hour when Kevin Holt calmly finished, helped by keeper Freddie Woodman's bizarre decision to race from his line. Dee's Henrik Ojamaa and Killie's Rory McKenzie went close to winning it. This was the day's only Premiership match due to the Scottish Cup, meaning both sides knew a win would allow them to move further away from the drop zone. There was plenty at stake and Killie started the brighter, earning their reward in nine minutes. A hopeful ball forward caught the Dee defence out and Boyd got the better of Kevin Gomis before knocking the ball beyond Bain. Killie keeper Woodman then made a fine stop with his legs to deny Mark O'Hara but the visitors' glove man was badly at fault when Dee levelled. Cammy Kerr launched a high ball into the box and Woodman raced from his line but got nowhere near it, allowing Holt to calmly fire the ball under him for 1-1. Henrik Ojamaa went close to a second for the home side but Woodman was up to the task this time, touching the striker's fierce low shot around the post. Ojamaa was the first to threaten after the break with a curling effort from distance that sailed narrowly over before Conor Sammon drew a decent stop from Bain at the other end. Dundee's Tom Hateley showed great skill on the right before firing in a cross-shot that Woodman stopped well. And the keeper had to repeat the feat soon after to deny Kostadin Gadzhalov with a back-post header. Both sides continued to press for the winner with the excellent Jordan Jones trying his luck for Killie before Rory McKenzie forced Bain into a fine acrobatic stop with a dig from distance. Dee substitute Faissal El Bakhtaoui could have secured all three points at the death but after cutting in from the right his shot drifted wide of the far post. Dundee manager Paul Hartley: "I think it was (a fair result). We didn't play as well today, I though we were sloppy in possession, kept giving it away, and our decision making was really poor. "They started better than us but we came into the game more and had some opportunities. But we have to play a lot better. "We had opportunities but we sort of snatched at a couple of things and need a little more calmness and composure in the final third and in the box. "Now it's about points. We do want to play well but it's so tight down at the bottom of the table, we want to get into the top six. We feel we've missed opportunities - last week we were 2-0 up and it was another home game today but we didn't perform the way we should have." Kilmarnock manager Lee Clark: "It was frustrating, very similar to the game last
summary: Kilmarnock moved into the top half of the Premiership courtesy of an entertaining draw at Dens Park.