Preview Stirling Albion
Wednesday, 27th Oct 2010Dunfermline are unbeaten at home. Stirling have won twice away from home in this SFL season, at Raith Rovers and at Partick Thistle.
Having let victory slip from their grasp at Dens Park last Saturday Dunfermline will be wanting to return to winning ways. Stirling Albion are the visitors and they must be given every respect after all they defeated Raith Rovers at Starks Park in their last away match.
The record shows that Dunfermline have had the upper hand in league matches against Stirling Albion having won 24 to the Binos 20.
| PARS v STIRLING ALBION: THE FULL LEAGUE RECORD | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 33 |
| At Annfield Park / Forthbank Stadium | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 45 | 50 |
| Division One (up to 1975) | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 17 |
| Division Two (up to 1975) | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 26 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 23 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 |
| TOTALS | 57 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 101 | 83 |
| Note: This does not include results against Stirling`s earlier and now defunct club, Kings Park, against whom Dunfermline played in the Scottish League Division 2 between 1921 and 1939 | ||||||
The Binos last won at East End Park in April 1993. Since then they have returned four times in the league and once in the Challenge Cup. On all five occasions they have left defeated.
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Milestones v Stirling Albion (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
29/12/07 |
Div 1 | |
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Last League Defeat |
03/04/93 |
0-2 |
Div 1 |
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Best League Victory |
02/12/67 |
6-0 |
Div 1* |
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Worst League Defeat |
18/10/47 |
3-5 |
Div 2* |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Stirling have won twice away from home in this SFL season, at Raith Rovers and at Partick Thistle. Dunfermline are unbeaten at home.
| Dunfermline | Stirling Albion |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 7 |
| Form last six league matches | |
| WWWLWD | WWWLWD |
| League Points | |
| 22 | 12 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +9 | -6 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P4, W4, D0, L0 | P5, W2, D1, L2 |
Since the sides last met at Forthbank in August both have lost only one league match. Stirling at Dingwall and Dunfermline at Dumfries.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Stirling Albion (away) | |||||
| Ross County | W | 3-2 | Raith Rovers | W | 2-0 | |
| Cowdenbeath | W | 2-1 | Ross County | L | 1-3 | |
| Dundee | W | 3-1 | Partick Thistle | W | 2-1 | |
| Clyde | W | Falkirk | L | 0-3 | ||
| Morton | W | 2-0 | East Fife | L | 1-3 | |
| Queen of the South | D | 1-1 | Morton | D | 0-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Dundee): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Andy Dowie, Chris Higgins, Austin McCann (c); Wullie Gibson, Steven Bell, Gary Mason, Joe Cardle (David Graham 68); Andy Kirk (Steven McDougall,68), Pat Clarke.
SUBS NOT USED: Alex Keddie, Neil McGregor, Kyle Allison (GK)
STIRLING ALBION (v Partick Thistle): Callum Reidford; Brian Allison, Martyn Corrigan, Scott Buist, Ross Forsyth (John Kane 38), Andy Gibson, Scott Robertson, Chris Aitken, Ryan Borris (Sylviano Comvalius 67), Jerome Heeking, Gordon Smith (Michael Mullen 78)
SUBS NOT USED: Scott Christie, Nathan Taggart.
Chris Aitken serves a one match suspension.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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