Preview Ross County
Wednesday, 16th Feb 2011MATCH POSTPONED - Pitch Waterlogged
Following a pitch inspection at 8.00am. MATCH POSTPONED - Pitch Waterlogged.
The home fixture against Ross County on Saturday is the first of two back to back games against the Staggies who are set to appoint Jimmy Calderwood as their new manager. The Pars sit second in the table on 38 points while their opponents are in ninth with just 17 points from one less game.
League Matches v Ross County | ||||
|
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 |
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. Unfortunately Dunfermline have only managed to beat the Staggies once on their subsequent four visits.
| Dunfermline | Ross County |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 9 |
| League Points | |
| 38 | 17 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +18 | -10 |
| Last six League form | |
| WLDLWD | DDLLDD |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P11, W7, D4, L0 | P10, W2, D3, L5 |
Dunfermline maintained their unbeaten home record with Andy Kirk's 85th minute strike on Tuesday night whereas County have won just two away matches this league season and their last away win was at Falkirk back in November.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Ross County (away) | |||||
| Falkirk | D | 1-1 | Morton | L | 1-2 | |
| Dundee | D | Dundee United | D | 0-0 | ||
| Cowdenbeath | W | Dundee | L | 0-2 | ||
| Partick Thistle | D | Partick Thistle | D | 1-1 | ||
| Queen of the South | W | Falkirk | W | 1-0 | ||
| Raith Rovers | D | 2-2 | Raith Rovers | L | 0-1 | |
DUNFERMLINE (v Falkirk): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); David Graham, Nick Phinn (Martin Hardie 70), Gary Mason, Joe Cardle (Steven McDougall 55); Andy Kirk, Liam Buchanan.
SUBS: Neil McGregor, Alex Burke, Kyle Allison.
ROSS COUNTY (v Stirling Albion): Michael McGovern; Scott Boyd, Jason Marr, Jonathan Flynn; Richard Brittain, Marc Fitzpatrick, Stuart Kettlewell, Marl Corcoran (Paul Di Giacomo 60), Garry Wood (Andrew Barrowman 72), Martin Gardyne (Iain Vigurs 72), Steven Milne.
SUBS NOT USED: Gary Miller, Joe Mali (GK)
Referee will be Thomas Robertson.?
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