Preview St Johnstone
Tuesday, 15th Dec 2020Betfred Cup Quarter Final (home) v St Johnstone, Tuesday 15th December 2020, kick off 7.45pm
A quarter final draw at home is a massive chance to get into a cup semi-final and get to Hampden. That’s the opinion of centre back Paul Watson who claimed “it is something to look forward to, a lot of the boys haven’t been to Hampden before. So, it’s a huge game for both clubs and one we’ll be looking forward to.”
This is the 149th meeting between these two teams, Dunfermline have won 61, drawn 21 and lost 55. The Fifers have the upper hand principally because of their performances at East End Park but the last Pars win in this fixture was back in October 2001. St Johnstone are undefeated in their last six visits to East End Park.
Milestones (home) v St Johnstone
Last Victory | 27/10/01 | 2-1 | SPL
Last Defeat | 24/12/11 | 0-3 | SPL
Best Victory | 21/08/57 | 7-1 | Division 2*
Worst Defeat | 21/10/50 | 2-7 | Division 2*
Last Goalless Draw | 02/09/07 | Division 1
First Ever Meeting | 24/04/13 | 1-0 | Division 2*
*Pre league reconstruction
League Cup Record v St Johnstone
Total | P9 | W3 | D1 | L5 | F18 | A22 |
Home | P4 | W2 | D0 | L2 | F9 | A7 |
Away | P5 | W1 | D1 | L3 | F9 | A15 |
Previous League Cup Ties v St Johnstone
28/10/03 | A | St Johnstone 3-2 Dunfermline | L |
25/08/71 | H | Dunfermline 0-2 St Johnstone | L |
18/08/71 | A | St Johnstone 1-1 Dunfermline | D |
01/09/65 | A | St Johnstone 3-1 Dunfermline | L |
18/08/65 | H | Dunfermline 5-1 St Johnstone | W |
31/08/49 | A | St Johnstone 2-3 Dunfermline | W |
17/08/49 | H | Dunfermline 1-2 St Johnstone | L |
19/10/46 | H | Dunfermline 3-2 St Johnstone | W |
28/09/46 | A | St Johnstone 6-2 Dunfermline | L |
Last Meeting in League Cup
St Johnstone 3 Dunfermline 2
Tuesday 28th October 2003, McDiarmid Park
Less than ten minutes of the game had elapsed before the home team took the lead. Derek Stillie rushed out of his box to clear a dangerous ball and managed to head it away. Unfortunately for the Pars it dropped to Simon DONNELLY, who lobbed it over the Pars keeper as he scrambled back to his goal line. 1-0
Saints went two up in 70th minute when failure to deal with a corner kick allowed Darren DODS to arrive unchallenged at the back post and nod home with ease. The game was killed off completely just three minutes later when once again a ball to the back post proved troublesome for the Pars. MacDONALD had all the time in the world to finish and made no mistake in putting his team three up.
With ten minutes remaining the Pars grabbed what looked like being a solitary consolation goal. Latching onto a through ball, Stevie CRAWFORD turned a half-chance into a wonder goal, lobbing Cuthbert from long range.
Three minutes later Gary Dempsey`s cross was headed clear by Dods but only as far as the edge of the box. Darren YOUNG let fly with a superb shot and the Pars had a second wonderful goal.
The Pars last real chance to level matters ended with a decent claim for handball in the box against Bernard. The referee had already turned away stronger claims than this though and it was no great surprise to see him ignore this one as well. In the end, the late flurry by the Pars did nothing but add a little bit of respectability to the score line that their performance barely merited.
ST JOHNSTONE: Kevin Cuthbert; John Robertson, Ross Forsyth, Paul Bernard, Darren Dods, Ian Maxwell, Peter MacDonald (Chris Hay 80), Mark Robertson, Keigan Parker, Simon Donnelly, Brian McLaughlin (Eddie Malone 83)
SUBS NOT USED: Mixu Paatelainen, Ryan Stevenson, Craig Nelson (GK)
DUNFERMLINE: Derek Stillie: Lee Bullen (Gary Dempsey 67), Scott Wilson, Scott Thomson, David Grondin (Billy Mehmet 73), Barry Nicholson, Darren Young, Gary Mason, Sean Kilgannon (Aaron Labonte HT), Stevie Crawford, Craig Brewster
SUBS NOT USED: Richie Byrne, Marco Ruitenbeek (GK)
Recent Form
These teams have just seen long unbeaten runs end, both Dunfermline and St Johnstone were undefeated in their last eleven matches prior to Saturday.
DUNFERMLINE
Morton (H) L 1-2
Raith Rovers (H) D 2-2
Arbroath (A) W 3-1
Hearts (H) W 2-1
Clyde (H) W 3-2
Ayr United (A) D 0-0
ST JOHNSTONE
Livingston (H) L 1-2
Celtic (A) D 1-1
Motherwell (A) W 2-1
Hibernian (A) D 2-2
Motherwell (H) D 1-1
Peterhead (A) W 3-1
Current League Stats
DUNFERMLINE
Championship League Position: 2nd
League Points: 14
Goal Difference: +6
League Record: P7 W4 2 L1 GF15 GA9
Last Six Match Form: DWWWDL
ST JOHNSTONE
Premiership League Position: 9th
League Points: 17
Goal Difference: -7
League Record: P17 W4 D5 L8 GF15 GA22
Last Six Match Form: WDDWDL
Stevie Crawford looked ahead to this cup tie:-
“Being in the quarter final of the competition is great, then to get a home tie at East End even though we don’t supporters. I went to watch St Johnstone against Celtic on Sunday, I was very impressed with them. They were well organised, whether they play that formation against us?
“They played 3-4-3, 5-4-1 formation against a Celtic team that is not playing with a lot of confidence. Don’t take anything away from St Johnstone, they were very good on the day. They worked hard as a team and you can see why they are on the run that they are on at the moment.”
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Morton): Owain Fôn Williams: Aaron Comrie, Paul Watson, Euan Murray (c), Josh Edwards: Ryan Dow, Kyle Turner, Kerr McInroy (Lewis McCann 83) Dom Thomas: Kevin O’Hara (Fraser Murray 62), Declan McManus
SUBS NOT USED: Iain Wilson, Lewis Mayo, Matty Bowman, Miller Fenton, Cammy Gill (GK)
ST JOHNSTONE (v Livingston): Zander Clark: Scott Tanser, Jamie McCart, Liam Gordon, Dan McNamara, Jason Kerr (Shaun Rooney 72), David Wotherspoon, Craig Bryson (Davidson 84), Ali McCann, Chris Kane (Callum Hendry 68), Stevie May (Guy Melamed 68).
SUBS NOT USED: Craig Conway, Liam Craig, Callum Booth, Alex Ferguson, Elliott Parish (GK)
Referee will be Don Robertson.
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