A nervous wait is on the cards for both Dundee and Rangers to see if the Dens Park pitch will withstand the heavy rainfall forecasted early this week.

A yellow weather warning for rain has been put in place by the Met Office for Tuesday, April 9. 

The warning is in place for the majority of Scotland's central belt, ranging from Ayrshire to up past Dundee, even towards Aberdeen.

The weather experts say there is a 90 percent chance of rain on Wednesday too, following a full day of heavy precipitation the day prior.

And with the Dens Park surface in a poor condition currently, this will increase worries about the possibility of a further postponement between the Dundee and Rangers.

The game has already been called off once. It was postponed just 90 minutes before kick-off back before the most recent international break. 

The game-in-hand was rescheduled for this midweek, with both teams desperately fighting for a top-six place and the title respectively.

Heavy-duty covers were drafted in from Celtic last week to help the pitch in its recovery as the Dees tried everything necessary to ensure their match with Motherwell went ahead.

It was left to the last kick on Saturday lunchtime before referee David Dickinson eventually gave the pitch the all-clear. 

But Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell was unhappy with Dundee over their lack of investment into their playing surface, as he also raised concerns with the SPFL for allowing games to go ahead in 'dangerous' conditions.

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Eventually, the visitors came away with a stunning 3-2 win in that match, but images of the pitch showed that it was in a terrible state in certain areas of the field.

In the lead-up to this Wednesday's 8pm kick-off between Dundee and Philippe Clement's side, it will remain to be seen if the latest Spring downpour will be too much for the pitch or not.

Speaking on BBC Sportscene, former Dundee and Rangers player Neil McCann insists football should still be played on he park despite its problems.

He said: "You can say as much as you want about the pitch - but probably the best game this weekend was on that pitch against Motherwell. Football can be played on it."