Preview Queen of the South
Thursday, 28th Jan 2010The Pars have won eight of the last twelve league meetings including the most recent at Palmerston on a wintry evening at the beginning of December.
The Pars are hosts to Queen of the South at East End Park this Saturday for the third time this season. Queens have won all of their last four visits to Dunfermline. Back in August they knocked Dunfermline out of the Alba Challenge Cup for the second successive season. They then returned in September to dish out a 4-1 drubbing. Winning has become a habit but it is one they have waited over have a century to happen - their 2-0 victory in January 2009 was their first league win at East End Park in over 53 years!
| Pars v Queen of the South: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 34 |
| At Palmerston Park | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 56 |
| Division One (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 25 |
| Division Two (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 31 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 29 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 63 | 32 | 10 | 21 | 117 | 90 |
Dunfermline have 32 league wins to 21 Queen of the South wins, 10 have been drawn. Before Queens win in January 2009 Dunfermline had won ten and drawn five of the previous 15 fixtures in West Fife.
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Milestones v Queen of the South (home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
09/08/08 |
First Division | |
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Last League Defeat |
26/09/09 |
First Division | |
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Best League Victory |
30/12/72 |
6-1 |
Div One (old) |
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Worst League Defeat |
26/09/09 |
First Division | |
The Pars have won eight of the last twelve league meetings including the most recent at Palmerston on a wintry evening at the beginning of December.
Last Twelve League Matches v Queen of the South | ||||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 01/12/09 | A | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 26/09/09 | H | 1-4 | L | First Division |
| 02/05/09 | A | 3-0 | W | First Division |
| 31/01/09 | H | 0-2 | L | First Division |
| 13/12/08 | A | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 09/08/08 | H | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 26/04/08 | H | 4-0 | W | First Division |
| 15/03/08 | A | 1-1 | D | First Division |
| 22/12/07 | H | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 06/10/07 | A | 1-0 | W | First Division |
| 21/03/89 | A | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 12/11/88 | A | 0-0 | D | First Division |
Queen of the South lead Dunfermline by 4 points but the Dumfries side have a game in hand.
| Dunfermline | Queen of the South |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 3 |
| League form: Last Six Games | |
| WLDDLW | DLDWDD |
| League Points | |
| 29 | 33 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +4 | +13 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P10, W4, D3, L3 | P11, W4, D3, L2 |
Neither side have had great success from their last six matches. Queen of the South have won only once at Cappielow and the Pars won just two.
| Recent Home / Away Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Queen of the South Away | |||||
| Inverness Caley Thistle | D | 0-0 | Partick Thistle | D | 2-2 | |
| Ross County | D | 3-3 | Morton | W | 2-1 | |
| Partick Thistle | W | 3-1 | Dundee | D | 0-0 | |
| Dundee | D | 1-1 | Ayr United | W | 1-0 | |
| Ayr United | W | 3-1 | Raith Rovers | L |
0-1 | |
| Queen of the South | L | 1-4 | Inverness Caley Thistle | W | 3-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Stenhousemuir): Greg Fleming; Greg Ross, Neil McGregor, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann (c); Willie Gibson (Alex Burke 90+2), Steven Bell, Nick Phinn, Joe Cardle (Graeme Holmes 113); David Graham, Andy Kirk.
SUBS NOT USED: Paul Willis, Chris Higgins, Greg Paterson (GK)
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (v Dundee): David Hutton, David Lilley (Marc McAusland 84), Jordan McMillan, Bob Harris, Craig Reid, Rocco Quinn, Ian Scally, Paul Burns, Willie McLaren, Derek Holmes, Leon Knight (David Weatherston 63)
SUBS NOT USED: Anthony McPartland, Stewart Kean, Mark McGeonn
Referee will be Steven Nicholls.
C'mon Ye Pars!
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