The Terrors have built some momentum in recent weeks and are now four league matches unbeaten after fighting back to draw 1-1 at St Johnstone with a late goal from Lyall Cameron.

Goodwin is confident his players can continue to work hard and bring everything together against the Dons.

“The message to the players has been very consistent from day one of pre-season really,” Goodwin told DUTV.

“I think people can see that in what we are trying to do. Back to middle, we have been really good and even middle to front at times, we have been very, very exciting to watch.

“It is just that final little piece that, at times, has been missing throughout the course of the season, but we are not going to get too down about it. We just keep practising, we will keep working hard.

“We will hope that the strikers will find that finishing touch again, get a bit of confidence and a bit of self belief and we will take it from there.”

Aberdeen sit a point below United in seventh, and returned to form with a 3-1 home win over St Mirren last weekend.

“I know people maybe have been talking Aberdeen down a little bit, but I don’t buy it,” Goodwin said.

“They are still a team that is full of good experienced players with a real attacking threat at the top end of the pitch.

“So we have to give them the utmost respect, but as with any week, the focus has been on Dundee United.

“It is how we can improve, taking the learnings from the previous game, trying to ensure that we don’t make the same mistakes again in the next one.”