Preview Queen of the South

Ladbrokes Championship: (away) Saturday 15th December 2018, Palmerston Park, kick off 3.00pm

Dunfermline travel to Dumfries on Saturday hoping to get back to their winning ways. After defeat to Partick Thistle last weekend Allan Johnston’s team needs to try and start to consistently gathering points. This week it is fourth v seventh but the points gap between the sides is only four and that is something the Fifers would dearly love to close.

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 | 24/02/18 | 0-0 | Championship
First Fixture | 24/04/26 | 1-2 | Division Two (old)
Highest Aggregate | 13/12/75 | 2-5 | Division One

Last meeting at Palmerston
Queen of the South 0 Dunfermline 0
Ladbrokes Championship, 24th February 2018

It was not a match where either side created much of a threat to the goals tally. The Pars successfully denied the free scoring Stephen Dobbie and best chance of an away goal came for second half sub Kallum Higginbotham when keeper Jack Leighfield dropped the ball from a James Craigen corner.

A late Craigen free kick was to be kept out by the outstretched boot of the Queens keeper and despite some late urgency shown by 86th minute sub Joe Cardle this was a match that was to end goalless.

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH: Jack Leighfield: Shaun Rooney (Scott Mercer 28), Callum Fordyce, Darren Brownlie, Jordan Marshall: John Rankin (Myles Beerman 76), Dom Thomas, Kyle Jacobs, Lyndon Dykes: Stephen Dobbie, Connor Murray (Nikolay Todorov 67).
SUBS NOT USED: Ross Ferguson, Kyle Cameron, Derek Lyle, Sam Henderson (GK).
YELLOW CARD: Jacobs (79)

DUNFERMLINE: Lee Robinson: Ryan Williamson, Lee Ashcroft, Jean Yves M`Voto, Jason Talbot: James Vincent, Tom Beadling, James Craigen (Joe Cardle 86): Nicky Clark (c): Andy Ryan (Kallum Higginbotham 67), Declan McManus.
SUBS NOT USED: Daniel Armstrong, Callum Morris, Nat Wedderburn, Lewis Martin, Cammy Gill (GK)

Dunfermline have won five of the last twelve meetings, QOS have won three and four have been drawn. The Pars are undefeated in the last five matches between the sides at Palmerston Park.

Last Twelve League Matches v Queen of the South
Date | H/A | F-A | WDL | League
20/10/18 | (H) | 0-1 | L | Championship
31/03/18 | (H) | 3-1 | W | Championship
24/02/18 | (A) | 0-0 | D | Championship
09/12/17 | (H) | 2-5 | L | Championship
14/10/17 | (A) | 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

Form Last Six Matches

DUNFERMLINE
Partick Thistle (A) L 0-2
Morton (H) W 3-0
Ross County (A) L 1-2
Falkirk (H) L 0-1
Alloa Athletic (A) W 1-0
Inverness Caley Thistle (A) D 2-2

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
Ross County (A) D 1-1
Partick Thistle (H) W 1-0
Formartine (H) W 4-1
Inverness Caley Thistle (H) D 3-3
Ayr United (A) D 1-1
Dundee United (A) L 0-2

League Form
Even after the reversal against Partick Thistle, Dunfermline’s away form is good with just three defeats in twelve games in all competitions this season. Their other two league defeats on the road have been at Ayr and Dingwall.

Queens are unbeaten in their last four league matches and that includes draws against Ayr, Inverness and Ross County. Dundee United and Morton are the only teams to have left Palmerston with three points this season. Last home defeat was the 2-1 loss to Morton on Tuesday 30 October.

DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 7th
League Points: 18
League Record: P16 W5 D3 L8 GF13 GA23
Goal Difference: -7
Last Six League Match Form: DWLLWL

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
League Position: 4th
League Points: 22
League Record: P16 W5 D7 L4 GF26 GA19
Goal Difference: +7
Last Six League Match Form: LLDDWD

Last Time Out

DUNFERMLINE (v Partick Thistle): Lee Robinson: Ryan Williamson, Lee Ashcroft (c), Danny Devine, Jackson Longridge: James Vincent (Tom Beadling 59): James Craigen (Myles Hippolyte 59), Joe Thomson, Robbie Muirhead (Lewis McCann 86): Faissal El Bakhtaoui, Aidan Keena.
SUBS NOT USED: Malaury Martin, Lewis Martin, Mark Durnan, Cammy Gill (GK)

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (v Ross County): Alan Martin: Scott Mercer, Jordan Marshall, Callum Fordyce, Michael Doyle, Callum Semple, Kyle Jacobs, Josh Todd (Owen Bell 89), Adam Frizzell (Connor Murray 76), D Norman (Andy Stirling 65), Lyndon Dykes.
SUBS NOT USED: Daniel Irving, Jack Leighfield (GK).

Referee will be Steven Kirkland.

Other Championship Fixtures
Ayr United v Ross County
Falkirk v Morton
Inverness Caley Thistle v Dundee United
Partick Thistle v Alloa Athletic

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