Preview Queen of the South
Saturday, 24th Feb 2018Ladbroke Championship (away) Saturday 24th February kick off 3.00pm at Palmerston Park.
Dunfermline travel to Dumfries on Saturday hoping to get back to their winning ways. After defeats to St Mirren and Morton and then a draw at Livingston, Allan Johnston’s team seriously needs to start gathering points. This week it is fifth v sixth between teams level on 34 points with the Fifers ahead on goal difference.
Milestones away to Queen of the South
Last League win 06/05/17: 1-0 Championship
Last League defeat: 02/10/10: 0-2 Division One
Best League win: 02/05/09 & 14/04/82: 3-0 Division One
Worst League defeat: 13/12/75: 2-5: Division One
Last Goalless Draw: 14/10/17: 0-0: Championship
First Fixture: 24/04/26: 1-2: Division Two (old)
Highest Aggregate: 13/12/75: 2-5: Division One
Last League meeting
Dunfermline 2 Queen of the South 5
Ladbrokes Championship, 9th December 2017
Chris Kane (8) 0-1: Chris Kane (27) 0-2: Nicky Clark (47) 1-2: Stephen Dobbie (75) 1-3: Stephen Dobbie (80 pen.) 1-4: Declan McManus (85) 2-4: Stephen Dobbie (90+1) 2-5:
Stephen Dobbie hit a 16-minute hat-trick as Queen of the South moved third in the Championship with a convincing 5-2 win over Dunfermline.
Two Chris Kane goals had put the Doohanmers 2-0 up within 27 minutes but Nicky Clark got one back just two minutes into the second half. Then came Dobbies first 15 minutes from time. He scored his second from the penalty spot five minutes later and although Declan McManus scored an 85th minute goal, Dobbie completed his hat trick in the first added minute at the end of the regulation 90.
DUNFERMLINE: Sean Murdoch: Ryan Williamson, Callum Morris (c), Lee Ashcroft, Jason Talbot (Fraser Aird 87): Michael Paton, Nat Wedderburn (Dean Shiels 35), Lewis Martin (Kallum Higginbotham 65), Joe Cardle: Nicky Clark, Declan McManus.
SUBS NOT USED: Callum Smith, Jean-Yves M`Voto, Cammy Gill (GK).
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH: Alan Martin: Jordan Marshall, Darren Brownlie, Jason Kerr, Scott Mercer: Andy Stirling (Shaun Rooney 84), John Rankin, Kyle Jacobs, Chris Kane, Steven Dobbie, Lyndon Dykes
SUBS NOT USED: James McFadden, Derek Lyle, Callum Tapping, Owen Bell, Connor Murray, Jack Leighfield (GK)
Dunfermline have won five of the last twelve meetings, QOS have won four and three have been drawn. The Pars are undefeated in the last three matches between the sides at Palmerston Park.
Last Twelve League Matches v Queen of the South
Date | H/A | F-A | WDL | League
09/12/17 | (H) | 2-5 | D | Championship
14/10/17 | (H) | 0-0 | D | Championship
06/05/17 | (A) | 1-0 | W | Championship
07/03/17 | (H) | 1-1 | D | Championship
17/12/16 | (A) | 2-2 | D | Championship
27/08/16 | (H) | 0-1 | L | Championship
16/04/11 | (H) | 6-1 | W | First Division
26/02/11 | (A) | 3-1 | W | First Division
11/12/10 | (H) | 1-0 | W | First Division
02/10/10 | (A) | 0-2 | L | First Division
27/03/10 | (A) | 0-2 | L | First Division
13/03/10 | (H) | 3-1 | W | First Division
Form last six matches
DUNFERMLINE
Livingston (A) D 0-0
Morton (A) L 1-2
St Mirren (H) L 1-2
Morton (H) L 1-2
Dundee United (H) D 0-0
Dumbarton (A) W 1-0
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
Morton (H) D 1-1
St Mirren (A) L 0-2
Brechin City (H) W 3-1
Partick Thistle (H) L 1-2
Inverness Caley Thistle (A) L 1-3
Livingston (A) W 1-0
Queen of the South have won just three of their last thirteen games but one of those wins was a 5-2 defeat of Dunfermline at East End Park.
Likewise Dunfermline have only won three of their last thirteen games and have only won three away games in this season’s Championship, at Dumbarton (2) and Brechin.
Recent Form
DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 5th
League Points: 34
League Record: P24 W9 D7 L8 GF39 GA28
Goal Difference: +11
Last Six League Match Form: WWDLLD
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
League Position: 6th
League Points: 34
League Record: P24 W9 D7 L8 GF38 GA34
Goal Difference: +4
Last Six League Match Form: WLLWLD
Last time out
DUNFERMLINE ( v Livingston): Lee Robinson: Ryan Williamson, Lee Ashcroft, Jean Yves M`Voto, Jason Talbot: James Vincent, Tom Beadling, James Craigen: Nicky Clark (c): And Ryan (Daniel Armstrong 72), Declan McManus.
SUBS NOT USED: Callum Morris, Nat Wedderburn, Fraser Aird, Joe Cardle, Dean Shiels, Cammy Gill (GK)
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (v Morton): Jack Leighfield: Jordan Marshall, Callum Fordyce, Darren Brownlie, Scott Mercer: John Rankin (Nikolay Todorov 83), Dom Thomas, Kyle Jacobs, Lyndon Dykes: Stephen Dobbie, Ross Ferguson (Connor Murray 61)
SUBS NOT USED: Shaun Rooney, Kyle Cameron, Sam Henderson, Myles Beerman.
Referee will be Don Robertson.
Other Championship Fixtures
Livingston v Dundee United (Friday)
Falkirk v Dumbarton
Inverness Caley Thistle v Morton
St Mirren v Brechin City
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