Preview St Johnstone
Wednesday, 16th Jan 2008The Saints have not won in Dunfermline since 1998, nine visits back. The match earlier in the season ended 0-0.
Two weeks after the last league match, its third v fourth on Saturday and Dunfermline would dearly love to narrow the gap to just one point by registering a victory. The Fifers have a good record over the Perth outfit and principally because of the performances at East End Park.
| Pars v St Johnstone: the Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 64 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 123 | 88 |
| At Muirton Park / McDiarmid Park | 61 | 18 | 15 | 28 | 84 | 94 |
| Division One (up to 1975) | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 60 |
| Division Two (up to 1975) | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 68 | 64 |
| Premier Division (since 1975) | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 22 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 35 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 125 | 52 | 27 | 46 | 207 | 182 |
The Saints have not won in Dunfermline since 1998, nine visits back. The match earlier in the season ended 0-0.
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Milestones v St Johnstone (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
27/10/01 |
2-1 |
SPL |
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Last League Defeat |
03/01/98 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory |
21/08/57 |
7-1 |
Div 2* |
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Worst League Defeat |
21/10/50 |
2-7 |
Div 2* |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Both these sides were hotly fancied to be contenders for promotion this season but Hamilton with 45 points and Dundee with 42 have been the trailblazers so far.
| Dunfermline | St Johnstone |
| Current League Position | |
| 4 | 3 |
| Form last six league matches | |
| DWWWWD | LWDWDW |
| League Points | |
| 28 | 32 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -7 | +12 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P10, W4, D2, L4 | P9, W2, D5, L3 |
The Pars are unbeaten since the sacking of Stephen Kenny. Jim McIntyre has guided the team through seven league games with four wins and three draws
| Recent Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | St Johnstone Away | |||||
| Stirling Albion | W | 2-1 | Clyde | W | 3-1 | |
| Queen of the South | W | 2-0 | Stirling Albion | D | 0-0 | |
| Clyde | D | 1-1 | Hamilton | L | 0-1 | |
| Dundee | L | 0-1 | Partick Thistle | D | 2-2 | |
| Livingston | L | 0-4 | Dundee | L |
1-2 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Dundee): Paul Gallacher; Calum Woods, Jamie Harris, Scott Thomson (Scott Wilson 66), Danny Murphy; Michael McGlinchey (Iain Williamson 75), Stephen Simmons, Stevie Crawford (c), Scott Morrison; Mark Burchill, Jim Hamilton (Jim McIntyre 75).
SUBS: Sean Murdoch (GK), Nick Phinn.
ST JOHNSTONE (v Raith Rovers): Alan Main; Gary Irvine, Goran Stanic, Kevin Moon, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Stuart McCaffrey, Peter MacDonald, Craig, Andy Jackson, Steven Milne, Paul Sheerin
SUBS: Allan McManus, Steven Anderson, David Weatherston, Dyron Daal, Kevin Cuthbert
Referee will be John Underhill who makes his first trip to East End Park since 21st January last year when Dunfermline picked up four yellow cards from him. The Pars went down to Rangers through a 9th minute Charlie Adams goal.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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