Preview Queen of the South
Wednesday, 8th Dec 2010The Pars have won seven of the last twelve league meetings including the last game at East End Park in March but Dunfermline have failed to score against Queens in the last two league matches.
Although very dependent on the successful snow clearing exercise currently underway, Dunfermline hope to welcome Queen of the South to East End Park this Saturday. Both sides had byes in the Scottish Cup and are without games since Saturday 13th November. The weather took its toll on the Dumfries sides Challenge Cup Final v Ross County, last Saturday`s fixture against Stirling Albion and the re-arranged fixture at Firhill on Tuesday. Dunfermline have seen three attempts to play Cowdenbeath and their home match against Thistle postponed because of the wintry weather.
| Pars v Queen of the South: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 77 | 35 |
| At Palmerston Park | 35 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 43 | 60 |
| Division One (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 25 |
| Division Two (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 31 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 34 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 66 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 120 | 95 |
Dunfermline have 33 league wins to 23 Queen of the South wins, 10 have been drawn. Before Queens win in January 2009, their 2-0 victory in January 2009 was their first league win at East End Park in over 53 years!
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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 seven of the last twelve league meetings including the last game at East End Park in March. Dunfermline have failed to score against Queens in the last two matches, both of which were played at Palmerston Park.
Last Twelve League Matches v Queen of the South | ||||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 02/10/10 | A | 0-2 | L | First Division |
| 27/03/10 | A | 0-2 | L | First Division |
| 13/03/10 | H | 3-1 | W | First Division |
| 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 |
Queen of the South trail Dunfermline by six points but the Pars would rather look upwards where Raith Rovers who are away to Stirling Albion lead by one point.
| Dunfermline | Queen of the South |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 4 |
| League form: Last Six Games | |
| LWDWLD | WLLDWW |
| League Points | |
| 26 | 20 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +11 | +1 |
| Home / Away Record | |
| P6, W5, D1, L0 | P7, W2, D2, L3 |
Queens have won five of their last six visits to Dunfermline. Back in August they knocked the Pars out of the Alba Challenge Cup after extra time and 6-5 on penalties. That was the third successive season they had come to Fife and progressed to the next round of the Challenge Cup.
| Recent Home / Away Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Queen of the South Away | |||||
| Raith Rovers | D | 2-2 | Raith Rovers | W | 0-1 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | Ross County | D | 1-1 | ||
| Ross County | W | 3-2 | Morton | L | 0-2 | |
| Cowdenbeath | W | 2-1 | Peterhead | W | 2-1 | |
| Dundee | W | 3-1 | Stirling Albion | D | 0-0 | |
| Clyde | W | St Johnstone | L |
0-3 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Raith Rovers): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Andy Dowie, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); Wullie Gibson (Chris Higgins 89), Neil McGregor, Gary Mason, David Graham; Andy Kirk (Joe Cardle 78), Pat Clarke.
SUBS NOT USED: Steven McDougall, Kyle Allison (GK).
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (v Cowdenbeath): David Hutton, Ryan McGuffie, Craig Reid (David Weatherston 75). David Lilley, Bob Harris, Paul Burns, Stephen McKenna, Willie McLaren (Allan Johnston 62), Ryan Conroy; Derek Holmes (Danny Carmichael 86) Colin McMenamin.
SUBS NOT USED: Ian Scally, Lee Robinson (GK).
The referee will be Stevie O`Reilly.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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