Preview Raith Rovers
Thursday, 27th Aug 2009We waited nine years for a Fife Derby then get two in a week. Its advantage Pars after the cup match but Saturday`s another day.
| DAFC request all fans attending this Saturday`s Fife derby against Raith Rovers to please come along early, to avoid any last minute queues at the turnstiles. |
The Rovers return for another Fife Derby just three days after losing out to a very impressive showing by Jim McIntyre`s team to inflict a 3-1 defeat over the Kirkcaldy club in the Co-operative Insurance Cup.
There have been 82 league meetings between these teams. Dunfermline have won 32, Raith 21 and 29 matches have been drawn. The best result was a 6-0 win in September 1962 when George Peebles hit a hat trick, Charlie Dickson a double and Alex Edwards scored.
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Milestones v Raith Rovers (home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
01/01/97 |
2-0 |
SPL |
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Last League Defeat |
18/03/00 |
0-1 |
First Div |
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Best League Victory |
08/09/62 |
6-0 |
Div One (old) |
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Worst League Defeat |
1927/28 |
0-4 |
Div One (old) |
In the last dozen league fixtures the Pars have won half of them, Raith three and three have ended all square. The Pars last win was in the SPL in 1997 which completed a complete whitewash over the Rovers that season. The most recent game on 18th March 2000 was a 2-0 win for the Rovers in West Fife.
Since those days Raith have struggled and have taken four seasons to get out of the Second Division but under former Hrearts coach, John McGlynn they have thrived and after the frustrations of losing out in the play offs in previous seasons, made sure this time with a convincing title-winning season in 2008-09.
| Last twelve league meetings | ||||
| 1999/2000 | ||||
| First Division | Dunfermline | 0-2 | Raith Rovers | 18/03/00 |
| First Division | Raith Rovers | 3-0 | Dunfermline | 03/01/00 |
| First Division | Dunfermline | 1-1 | Raith Rovers | 06/11/99 |
| First Division | Raith Rovers | 2-2 | Dunfermline | 18/09/99 |
| 1996/97 | ||||
| SPL | Raith Rovers | 0-1 | Dunfermline | 15/03/97 |
| SPL | Dunfermline | 2-0 | Raith Rovers | 01/01/97 |
| SPL | Raith Rovers | 1-2 | Dunfermline | 16/11/96 |
| SPL | Dunfermline | 3-1 | Raith Rovers | 28/09/96 |
| 1994/95 | ||||
| First Division | Raith Rovers | 0-0 | Dunfermline | 06/05/95 |
| First Division | Dunfermline | 0-1 | Raith Rovers | 11/01/95 |
| First Division | Raith Rovers | 2-5 | Dunfermline | 29/10/94 |
| First Division | Dunfermline | 1-0 | Raith Rovers | 27/08/94 |
How things have changed from match day one to match day four. Joint bottom after losing to Inverness Caley Thistle, the Pars go into this match sitting top of the table. Raith are just a point behind so a home win is very necessary.
| Dunfermline | Raith Rovers |
| Current League Position | |
| 1 | 3 |
| League Results | |
| LWW | DDW |
| League Points | |
| 6 | 5 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +3 | -1 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P2, W2, D0, L1 | P2, W1, D2, L0 |
Raith are undefeated in the league this season. A draw at Palmerston Park against Queen of the South was followed by a draw at home against Dundee and last Saturday they travelled to Dingwall and took all three points away from Ross County with a 1-0 win.
Dunfermline will be looking for their third successive home win; their first such sequence since taking the scalps of Ross County, St Mirren and Partick Thistle in the autumn of last year.
| Recent Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline | Raith Rovers | |||||
| Raith Rovers (H) | W | 3-1 | Dunfermline (A) | L | 1-3 | |
| Airdrie United (H) | W | 2-0 | Ross County (A) | W | 1-0 | |
| Queen of the South (H) | L | 1-2 | Dundee (H) | D | 2-2 | |
| Morton (A) | W | 2-0 | Queen of the South (A) | D | 1-1 | |
| Inverness CT (H) | L | 0-1 | East Fife (A) | W |
3-2 | |
| Dumbarton (A) | W | 5-0 | Stirling Albion (A) | L | 1-2 | |
| Arbroath (H) | W | 2-1 | ||||
Last Time Out
Not much research required her. Wednesday night`s line ups:-
DUNFERMLINE (v Raith Rovers): Greg Fleming; Calum Woods, Neil McGregor, Chris Higgins, Austin McCann; Willie Gibson (Steven McDougall 76), Steven Bell, Alex Burke (Nick Phinn 79), Joe Cardle (Scott Muirhead 89); Andy Kirk, Graham Bayne (c).
SUBS NOT USED: Andy Dowie, Greg Paterson (GK)
RAITH ROVERS (v Dunfermline): David McGurn; Craig Wilson, Laurence Ellis, Mark Campbell, Douglas Hill, Grant Murray, Iain Williamson, Allan Walker, Gregory Tade (Robert Sloan,77), Graham Weir (Iain Davidson HT), Darren Smith (Lee Bryce 77)
SUBS NOT USED: Gary O`Connor (GK), Mark Ferry
Referee will be David Somers.
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