Preview Queen of the South
Wednesday, 10th Dec 2008The Pars have won eight of the last ten meetings, QOS last defeated the Pars in the league back in 1986.
Dunfermline travel to Dumfries on Saturday after a football free trip to Dingwall last week due to overnight frost. Queen of the South have let their early season form drop having amassed just one point from the last nine.
| Pars v Queen of the South: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 28 |
| At Palmerston Park | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 54 |
| Division One (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 25 |
| Division Two (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 31 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 21 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 58 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 109 | 82 |
The Pars record against the Dumfries men is fairly good winning as many matches as they lose and draw. There have been 58 league meetings between the clubs with the Fifers having won 29, QOS 19 and 10 have been drawn.
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Milestones v Queen of the South (away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
1-0 |
Div One | |
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Last League Defeat |
05/04/86 |
1-3 |
Div Two |
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Best League Victory |
14/04/82 |
3-0 |
Div One |
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Worst League Defeat |
13/12/75 |
2-5 |
Div One |
Its second v fifth on Saturday and as was the case last Saturday a win for the opposition would see them leapfrog the Pars.
| Queen of the South | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 5 | 2 |
| Home / Away League Form | |
| DWWWDWLL | LWDDWWW |
| League Points | |
| 22 | 24 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +2 | +7 |
| Home / Away League Records | |
| P8 W4 D2 L2 | P7 W4 D2 L1 |
Paul Gallacher`s penalty save at Palmerston Park
The Pars have won eight of the last ten meetings, QOS last defeated the Pars in the league back in 1986.
Last Twelve League Matches v Queen of the South | ||||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 09/08/08 | H | 2-1 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 26/04/08 | H | 4-0 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 15/03/08 | A | 1-1 | D | Scottish Division One |
| 22/12/07 | H | 2-0 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 06/10/07 | A | 1-0 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 21/03/89 | A | 2-0 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 12/11/88 | A | 0-0 | D | Scottish Division One |
| 10/09/88 | H | 4-2 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 25/04/87 | H | 1-0 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 24/0187 | A | 2-1 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 15/11/86 | H | 2-2 | D | Scottish Division One |
| 20/09/86 | A | 1-1 | D | Scottish Division One |
Queen of the South lost six matches in a row following their 6-1 home win over Livingston at the beginning of October. Their terrible run was halted with a goalless draw at McDiarmid Park on Saturday. At home Queens were unbeaten in their first six league matches at Palmerston but have lost to Morton and Clyde in the last two games there.
Dunfermline are unbeaten away from home since the opening day of the season and it would be nice to see that continue. The win at Livingston was particularly pleasing and lets hope there`s smiles in the bus that comes back up the M74 on Saturday night.
| Form this season | ||||||
| Queen of the South (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Clyde | L | 0-2 | Ross County | P | P | |
| Morton | L | 1-4 | Livingston | W | 3-2 | |
| Livingston | W | 6-1 | Airdrie United | W | 3-1 | |
| St Johnstone | D | 2-2 | Clyde | W | 2-0 | |
| Ross County | W | 1-0 | Morton | D | 1-1 | |
| Dundee | W | 3-1 | Dundee | D | 0-0 | |
| Partick Thistle | W | 2-0 | St Johnstone | W | 3-0 | |
| Airdrie United | D | 0-0 | Partick Thistle | L | 0-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Morton): Paul Gallacher; Greg Ross (Nick Phinn 78), Scott Thomson, Greg Shields (Paul Willis 84), Austin McCann; Calum Woods, Steven Bell, Stephen Glass (c), Alex Burke (Graeme Holmes 55); Graham Bayne, Andy Kirk
SUBS NOT USED: Callum Reidford, Stuart Dearden.
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (v St Johnstone): Cameron Bell; Craig Barr, Neil MacFarlane, Andy Aitken, Jim Thomson, Jamie McQuilken, Paul Burns, Steven Tosh, Shaun O`Connor (David Weatherston 45), Stephen Simmons, Stewart Kean.
SUBS NOT USED: Stephen Dobbie, Scott Robertson, Willie Kinniburgh, Bryn Halliwell
Scott Wilson has still to serve the final of his two match suspensions. With Scottish Cup weekends and postponements Scott will have been out for over a month before he can return - his last match was on 15th November at Livingston. After sustaining injury in Tuesday`s reserve match Callum Reidford is doubtful as back up keeper.
QOS now have former par Stephen Simmons in their line up so he should get a rousing welcome from the travelling support.
Referee will be Craig Thomson.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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