Preview Ross County
Wednesday, 15th Dec 2010DA have won only once in four trips to Dingwall but
MATCH POSTPONED
MATCH POSTPONED
The winter weather has put paid to Dunfermline's trip up the A9 to face Willie McStay's Ross County on Saturday. But with Raith's match v Cowdenbeath also postponed the Pars earn the status of league leaders at Christmas.
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Milestones v Ross County (Away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
18/04/09 |
3-1 |
First Division |
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Last League Defeat |
24/03/09 |
First Division | |
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Best League Victory |
18/04/09 |
3-1 |
First Division |
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Worst League Defeat |
24/03/09 |
First Division | |
The Pars and Ross County have met nine times in league matches and so far there have been three wins, three defeats and three draws.
League Matches v Ross County | ||||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 16/10/10 | H | 3-2 | W | First Division |
| 03/04/10 | H | 1-2 | L | First Division |
| 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 |
The first meeting this season turned out to be an entertaining 3-2 win courtesy of a 90th minute Steven McDougall goal. Scott Boyd put the highlanders ahead, Wullie Gibson equalised and Pat Clarke scored just before half time. Steven Craig made it all square in 48 minutes before the dramatic winner by substitute McDougall.
| Ross County | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 7 | 1 |
| League Points | |
| 15 | 30 |
| Last Six Home / Away League Form | |
| LDWLDD | DWLDWD |
| Home / Away Record | |
| P7, W1, D3, L3 | P7, W3, D1, L3 |
Gary Mason acknowledges it will be a tough game:-
"Ross County are down near the foot of the table but you can't read too much into that. It will be a right hard game and up there is never easy. There again we will go into that with a lot of confidence."
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Ross County (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Morton | D | 2-2 | Morton | L | 1-2 | |
| Deveronvale | W | 4-1 | Dundee | D | 2-2 | |
| Dundee | L | 0-3 | Queen of the South | L | 0-2 | |
| Queen of the South | D | 1-1 | Partick Thistle | W | 2-0 | |
| Partick Thistle | D | 2-2 | Rangers |
L |
2-7 | |
| Partick Thistle | L | 0-2 | Stirling Albion | W | 2-3 | |
Falkirk, Partick and Dundee have beaten Ross County at Victoria Park this season. County have won just one league game - 1-0 at Falkirk - since they were defeated 3-2 at East End Park on 16th October. Pars away form has seen them only take one point out of the last nine available on the road.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Partick Thistle): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Andy Dowie, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); David Graham, Nick Phinn, Gary Mason, Joe Cardle (Paul Willis 59); Andy Kirk (Pat Clarke 59), Steven McDougall.
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Higgins, Neil McGregor, Kyle Allison (GK)
ROSS COUNTY (v Morton): Michael McGovern, Gary Miller, Scott Boyd, Darren McCormack, Scott Morrison; Richard Brittain (Steven Craig 69), Martin Scott (Garry Wood 85), Paul Lawson, Nigel Vigurs (Mark Corcoran 62), Andrew Barrowman, Martin Gardyne.
SUBS NOT USED: Jonathan Flynn, Joe Malin (GK)
Referee will be Stephen Finnie.
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