Preview Ross County
Monday, 2nd Mar 2009Tuesday night's First Division match against Ross County will be the Pars first visit to the most Northerly League Club in the country.
Tuesday night's First Division match against Ross County will be the Pars first visit to the most Northerly League Club in the country. This will only the fourth meeting in competitive action. The only previous meetings, the Scottish Cup on 25th January 1997 when County were knocked out 4-0 courtesy of goals from Harry Curran, Hamish French and an Andy Smith brace, the September fixture at East End Park that Dunfermline won 3-1 and the 2-1 defeat at East End Park just a week past Saturday.
| Ross County | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 4 |
| League Points | |
| 33 | 35 |
| Last Six Home/Away League Form | |
| WWLWDD | WWWLWL |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P11, W5, D2, L4 | P11, W6, D2, L3 |
Scorer last time: Craig Brewster
Dunfermline lost at Morton on Saturday and there have to be fears that their poor home form and lack of confidence will start affecting their away form. The recent defeat by Ross County will do little to boost that dent in confidence but a win is sorely needed if promotion is to remain a reality.
County could actually climb above the Fifers into fourth place if they are able to register their second win in ten days over Jim McIntyre's men. Their league home form has been better of late with just the one defeat by Livingston since October.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Ross County (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Airdrie United | D | 0-0 | Morton | L | 1-2 | |
| St Johnstone | D | 2-2 | Partick Thistle | W | 3-2 | |
| Queen of the South | W | 1-0 | Dundee | L | 0-1 | |
| Livingston | L | 1-4 | Queen of the South | W | 3-2 | |
| Partick Thistle | W | 1-0 | Livingston | W | 3-1 | |
| Clyde | W | 3-0 | Airdrie United | W | 2-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Morton): Paul Gallacher, Scott Thomson (Jamie Mole 58), Greg Shields, Scott Wilson (c), Austin McCann; Steven Bell, Graeme Holmes (Rory Loy 38), Stephen Glass (Calum Woods 68), Nick Phinn; Andy Kirk, Graham Bayne.
SUBS NOT USED: Alex Burke, Callum Reidford.
ROSS COUNTY (v Airdrie United): Derek Soutar; Martyn Corrigan, Andy Dowie, Steven Watt, Stuart Golabek; Richie Hart (Scott Morrison 74), Mark McCulloch, Martin Scott (Adam Strachan 55), Sean Higgins (Michael Gardyne 66); Steven Craig, Craig Brewster.
SUBS NOT USED: Joe Malin, Paul Lawson
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