Preview St Johnstone
Friday, 31st Aug 2007The Saints have not won in Dunfermline since 1998, eight visits back. Dunfermline won the last meeting which was
One hundred and twenty one league matches between St Johnstone and the Pars have resulted in 53 wins for the Fifers and 44 defeats. It would certainly be nice to extend that margin of wins to ten when Owen Coyle brings his Saints to East End Park on Sunday.
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League Record v St Johnstone | |||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
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121 |
53 |
24 |
44 |
The Saints have not won in Dunfermline since 1998, eight visits back. Dunfermline won the last meeting which was in October 2001.
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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 after four SFL matches there combined points total wouldn`t better that of Morton, Partick Thistle, Dundee or Hamilton. In fact they trail leader Hamilton by 8 and 9 points.
| Dunfermline | St Johnstone |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 7 |
| Form this Season | |
| LLDW | DDDL |
| League Points | |
| 4 | 3 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -1 | -1 |
A win could be termed a necessity for both teams so its likely to be a fiercely contested derby match. The Pars win over Stirling Albion has hopeful got Stephen Kenny`s team on track but St Johnstone will be very tough competition and will be desperate to recover from the surprise defeat at Broadwood in their last SFL match.
| League Form this season | ||||
| Dunfermline |
A |
H Morton 0-1 |
A |
H |
| St Johnstone | A Queen of the South 3-3 |
H Stirling Albion 2-2 |
H Dundee 1-1 |
A Clyde 0-1 |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE: (v Stirling Albion)
Paul Gallacher; Greg Shields, Scott Wilson, Scott Thomson (c), Scott Morrison; Kevin Harper, Darren Young, Stephen Glass, Owen Morrison (Phil McGuire 89); Stevie Crawford, Jim Hamilton
SUBS: Sean Murdoch (GK), Mark Burchill, Bobby Ryan, Calum Woods
ST JOHNSTONE: (v Clyde)
Alan Main; Gary Irvine, Allan McManus, Goran Stanic, David Weatherston (Peter MacDonald 70), Derek McInnes, Paul Sheerin, Jamie McCluskey, John Stewart (Kevin Moon 78), Dyron Daal (Andy Jackson 56)
SUBS: Andy Lawrie, Kevin Cuthbert (GK)
Dunfermline will be without Scott Morrison out suspended and after Thursday night`s match Greg Shields will be a doubt too.
Referee will be Stuart Dougal. Let`s hope he leaves his red cards at home!
C`mon Ye Pars!
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