Preview Queen of the South
Wednesday, 10th Mar 2010Saturday 13th M
At East End Park this Saturday Dunfermline take on Queen of the South for the third time this season. With both clubs out of the Active Nation Scottish Cup and unable to take on their scheduled league opponents due to their cup commitments, the Pars are pleased to fit in the outstanding fixture versus Queen of the South.
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 return in September to dish out a 4-1 drubbing. Winning has become a habit but its 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 2 points but the Dumfries side have two games in hand. For the first time in weeks a win could take the Pars up the table and above their opponents.
| Dunfermline | Queen of the South |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 4 |
| League form: Last Six Games | |
| WDLWWL | DDLWWL |
| League Points | |
| 37 | 39 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +4 | +14 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P12, W5, D3, L4 | P11, W4, D3, L3 |
Dunfermline`s 2-0 win over bottom of the table, Airdrie United, last Saturday was their first home league win since 14th November.
| Recent Home / Away Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Queen of the South Away | |||||
| Airdrie United | W | 2-0 | Inverness Caley Thistle | L | 1-3 | |
| Ayr United | L | 0-1 | Partick Thistle | D | 2-2 | |
| Celtic | L | 2-4 | Morton | W | 2-1 | |
| Stenhousemuir | W | 7-1 | Dundee | D | 0-0 | |
| Inverness Caley Thistle | D | 0-0 | Ayr United | W | 1-0 | |
| Ross County | D | 3-3 | Raith Rovers | L |
0-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Airdrie United): Greg Fleming; Calum Woods, Chris Higgins, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann (c); Steven Bell, Gary Mason, Nick Phinn (Ross Campbell 62); David Graham, Joe Cardle (Graeme Holmes 72) Andy Kirk (Willie Gibson 30).
SUBS NOT USED: Greg Ross, Greg Paterson (GK).
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (v Inverness): David Hutton, Jordan McMillan (Rocco Quinn 49), Marvin Andrews, Bob Harris, Craig Reid, Ian Scally, Paul Burns, Stephen McKenna, Stewart Kean (Willie McLaren 54), Derek Holmes, David Weatherston (Leon Knight 77).
SUBS NOT USED: Joe Hammill, Scott Fox (GK).
Referee will be Steven Nicholls.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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