Preview Ross County
Thursday, 1st Apr 2010Dunfermline have won four of their last six league fixtures whereas County have won just one of th
The penultimate home fixture of the season is against Ross County on Easter Saturday. The Pars sit five points ahead their opponents but the Dingwall side have four games in hand. Ross County can reach a maximum of 71 points and Dunfermline just 64. Both are looking upwards at Inverness who could reach 73 and Dundee 69 hoping that points will be dropped by the top two in their remaining six games. Inverness and Dundee meet on the final day of the season but as Jim McIntyre keeps saying Dunfermline need to concentrate on winning their remaining five games and let others worry about them.
League Matches v Ross County | ||||
|
Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 13/02/10 | A | 2-2 | D | First Division |
| 12/12/09 | H | 3-3 | D | First Division |
| 13/10/09 | A | 0-0 | D | First Division |
| 18/04/09 | A | 3-1 | W | First Division |
| 24/03/09 | A | 1-2 | L | First Division |
| 21/02/09 | H | 1-2 | L | First Division |
| 20/09/08 | H | 3-1 | W | First Division |
Goals from Scott Thomson, Nick Phinn and Steven Bell meant the Pars won the first ever league match between the clubs 3-1 at East End Park in September 2008. The Staggies then won the next two before the Pars won 3-1 in Dingwall on a Tuesday night towards the end of last season. Earlier this season the teams ended 0-0 in a hugely entertaining midweek match at Victoria Park, served up another 6 goal thriller with another draw in Dunfermline and subsequently a 2-2 draw in the north in February.
| Dunfermline | Ross County |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 4 |
| League Points | |
| 49 | 44 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +8 | +4 |
| Last six League form | |
| WWWLLW | LWLDDL |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P16, W8, D3, L5 | P12, W4, D3, L5 |
County`s four away wins this season have been at Inverness, Dundee, Airdrie and Greenock. Just 17 of their 44 points have been won on the road but their home form has been stunning as Hibs found out to their horror in the Quarter Finals of the Active Nations Scottish Cup.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Ross County (away) | |||||
| Dundee | W | 2-1 | Inverness Caley Thistle | L | 0-3 | |
| Partick Thistle | L | 2-3 | Hibs | D | 2-2 | |
| Raith Rovers | W | Raith Rovers | L | 1-2 | ||
| Queen of the South | W | Partick Thistle | L | 1-2 | ||
| Airdrie United | W | 2-0 | Dundee | W | 1-0 | |
| Ayr United | L | 0-1 | Dunfermline | D | 3-3 | |
Dunfermline have won four of their last six league fixtures whereas County have won just one of their last six. Derek Adams` team have only won once in the league since Dunfermline last came up against them in February - a 1-0 win over Raith on 6 March. Hopefully that statistic will not have changed before the Easter Eggs are broken into.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Dundee): Greg Paterson (Greg Fleming 33); Greg Ross, Neil McGregor, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann (c); Steven Bell, Gary Mason, Willie Gibson (Paul Willis 88): Calum Woods, Ross Campbell, Steven McDougall (Nick Phinn 76),
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Higgins, Scott Muirhead,
ROSS COUNTY (v Inverness CT): Michael McGovern; Scott Morrison, Scott Boyd, Alex Keddie (sent off 13), Gary Miller, Stuart Kettlewell (Steven Watt 50), Martin Scott, Martin Gardyne (Steven Craig 53), Richard Brittain, Paul Di Giacomo, Ian Vigurs (Grant Smith 84).
SUBS NOT USED: Joe Malin, Andrew Barrowman.
Greg Paterson is out with a broken leg but Chris Smith has been brought back on loan from St Mirren. Joe Cardle has served his one match suspension although he will miss the matches against Ayr United and Inverness.
Ross County will be missing Alex Keddie for his red card at Caley Thistle Stadium on Tuesday.
For the return of Ross County the referee will be Stephen Finnie.
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