WE'RE RIGHT AT HOME

Portales aims to make it four wins on the spin at Dens against County today

- NEIL ROBERTSON

AFTER a hat-trick of home wins, Antonio Portales is determined Dundee will secure a fantastic festive fourth at Dens today.

The Dark Blues have beaten Kilmarnock, Hibs and Motherwell in successive games on their own patch recently, netting 11 goals in the process.

Now, Mexican defender Portales is looking for more home comfort against a Ross County side who beat Dundee in Dingwall back in September.

And the 28-year-old centrehalf is fully aware just how pivotal this crunch clash can be with Tony Docherty's side sitting in seventh place in the Premiership table.

They are just five points outside the top six - but by the same margin ahead of rock bottom St Johnstone. And Portales, who started in Saturday's narrow defeat to Rangers at Ibrox, said: "The last time we played Ross County it was difficult and we lost.

"Every game in this league is tough, they are a good team but we have our focus on the job.

"We have been training every day to build up to this and think we are playing well.