Preview v Ross County
Sunday, 27th Mar 2011In five visits to Dingwall, Dunfermline have only left once with all three points. Jake Hyde will join the squad as a trialist tonight
Tuesday night`s fixture against Ross County is the fixture brought forward from Saturday 9th April because of the Dingwall side`s final appearance in this season`s Challenge Cup. After seven matches already this month the Pars could possibly have done with the rest but the re-arranged fixture brings with it the opportunity to go top since Raith Rovers have no midweek fixture. Dunfermline sit second in the table on 52 points knowing that if they win all their six remaining games they will finish on top.
League Matches v Ross County | ||||
|
Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 08/03/11 | H | 1-1 | D | First Division |
| 22/02/11 | A | 0-0 | D | First Division |
| 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. Dunfermline beat the Staggies in the first match between the sides this season but in five visits to Dingwall have only left once with three points.
| Ross County | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 8 | 2 |
| League Points | |
| 28 | 52 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -8 | +22 |
| Last six League form | |
| DWDLDW | DWDWDD |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P15, W3, D7, L5 | P15, W6, D4, L5 |
In the league Dunfermline are unbeaten away since 29th January but County have hit a bit of form since their new manager arrived. Having won just one home match 3-1 over Stirling Albion in September, since Jimmy Calderwood was appointed they have defeated Falkirk and Morton, drawn with Dunfermline and Partick and lost just once - a narrow 2-1 defeat to Queen of the South.
| Form this season home / away matches | ||||||
| Ross County (home) | Dunfermline (away) | |||||
| Morton | W | 2-0 | Dundee | D | 1-1 | |
| Queen of the South | L |
1-2 |
Stirling Albion | D | 1-1 | |
| Falkirk | W | 2-1 | Falkirk | W | 2-1 | |
| Partick Thistle | L | 0-1 | Ross County | D | 0-0 | |
| Dunfermline | D | Cowdenbeath | W | 4-0 | ||
| Stirling Albion | W | 4-1 | Aberdeen | L | 0-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Partick Thistle): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); Alex Burke; Martin Hardie, Gary Mason; David Graham (Pat Clarke 66), Liam Buchanan, Steven McDougall.
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Higgins, Andy Dowie, John MacDonald, Greg Paterson (GK).
ROSS COUNTY (v Morton): Michael McGovern; Scott Boyd, Jason Marr (Gary Miller 69), Jonathan Flynn; Richard Brittain, Marc Fitzpatrick, Paul Lawson, Iain Vigurs ( Stuart Kettlewell 79), Martin Gardyne (Mark Corcoran 88), Andrew Barrowman, Steven Milne.
SUBS NOT USED: Garry Wood Joe Malin (GK)
Gary Mason has still to serve a one match suspension but that doesn`t start until Saturday. Jim McIntyre who has drafted in two U19s to sit on the bench in the last two games, will hope that some from his injury list will be fit to return. Jake Hyde, who has scored 3 goals in 2 trialist games for Dundee, is likely to play some part tonight as a trialist with a view to him signing until the end of the season
Referee will be David Somers.
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