Preview St Johnstone
Wednesday, 10th Aug 2011It is now almost 16 years and twelve games since St Johnstone last won a league match at home against the Pars.
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The last time these sides met in the 2008-09 season St Johnstone won the First Division title and promotion to the SPL. That success came however, after Saints failed to beat the Pars in the two contests at McDiarmid Park.
In August 2008 Jim McIntyre`s side left Perth following a 3-0 victory. Iain Williamson, Nick Phinn and Graham Bayne scored the goals that day and things were well on course for the Pars own promotion push. By the time the teams met in April of that season St Johnstone were well on the way to securing their success but Dunfermline held them to a goalless draw.
Admission Prices: Adults £21, Over 65s £11, Under 18s £10. Wheelchair users will be £13.
St Johnstone Away Milestones
It is now almost 16 years and twelve games since St Johnstone last won a league match at home against the Pars. Since the defeat in November 1995, the Athletic have gained four wins, and eight draws in Perth. The Saintees did however register a 3-2 home win in the CIS Insurance Cup in October 2003. Strangely the Perth club has a much better record at East End Park where the Pars have failed to win since October 2001.
| Milestones - St Johnstone (Away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
16/08/08 | 3-0 | First Division |
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Last League Defeat |
18/11/95 | 0-1 | First Division |
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Best League Victory |
10/02/62 | 5-2 | Div One* |
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Worst League Defeat |
01/01/35 | 1-5 | Div One* |
| * Pre Reconstruction | |||
All Time League record v St Johnstone
The Pars had a good Premier League record in Perth, having won more games than they`ve lost but the First Division record was very different. Since league reconstruction the Pars have only won four of the fifteen First Division away matches.
| Pars v St Johnstone: the Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 67 | 34 | 12 | 21 | 125 | 94 |
| At Muirton Park / McDiarmid Park | 64 | 19 | 17 | 28 | 88 | 95 |
| Division One (up to 1975) | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 60 |
| Division Two (up to 1975) | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 68 | 64 |
| Premier Division (since 1975) | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 22 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 42 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 131 | 53 | 29 | 49 | 213 | 189 |
Dunfermline`s record in the last dozen games is lost five, drawn five and won two. Both those Pars victories were at McDiarmid Park.
| Last Twelve League Meetings | ||||
| 2008/09 | ||||
| 11/04/09 | Dunfermline | 1-3 | St Johnstone | First Division |
| 07/04/09 | St Johnstone | 0-0 | Dunfermline | First Division |
| 01/11/08 | Dunfermline | 1-2 | St Johnstone | First Division |
| 16/08/08 | St Johnstone | 0-3 | Dunfermline | First Division |
| 2007/08 | ||||
| 29/03/08 | St Johnstone | 1-1 | Dunfermline | First Division |
| 19/01/08 | Dunfermline | 0-1 | St Johnstone | First Division |
| 10/11/07 | St Johnstone | 0-0 | Dunfermline | First Division |
| 02/09/07 | Dunfermline | 0-0 | St Johnstone | First Division |
| 2001/02 | ||||
| 12/01/02 | Dunfermline | 0-1 | St Johnstone | Premier League |
| 27/10/01 | St Johnstone | 1-2 | Dunfermline | Premier League |
| 04/08/01 | Dunfermline | 0-2 | St Johnstone | Premier League |
| 2000/01 | ||||
| 20/05/01 | Dunfermline | 0-0 | St Johnstone | Premier League |
Both sides are seeking their first league wins of the season and the match will no doubt be a fiercely contested affair.
| St Johnstone | DDunfermlinene |
| Current League Position | |
| 11 | 7 |
| League Form last six results | |
| WWWDDL | WWWDWD |
| League Points | |
| 1 | 2 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -2 | 0 |
| Record | |
| P2, W0, D1, L1 | P2, W0, D2, L0 |
Recent Form
St Johnstone were without a match last weekend, they lost 2-0 to Rangers in their last game and had a 0-0 draw with Aberdeen at Pittodrie on the opening day of the season. Dunfermline have two points from their first two SPL draws against St Mirren and Inverness Caley Thistle and their last away defeat was at Pittodrie in the Scottish Cup back on 6th February.
| Recent Form - home / away | ||||||
| St Johnstone (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Rangers | L | 0-2 | Annan Athletic | W | 2-1 | |
| Hamilton | W | 1-0 | Morton | W | 2-0 | |
| Inverness CT | L | 0-3 | Cowdenbeath | W | 1-0 | |
| Celtic | L | 0-1 | Ross County | W | 1-0 | |
| Rangers | L | 0-2 | Dundee | D | 1-1 | |
| Kilmarnock | D | 0-0 | Stirling Albion | D | 1-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Inverness Caley Thistle): Paul Gallacher, Jason Thomson, John Potter, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); Paul Burns, Martin Hardie, Gary Mason (David Graham 85), Joe Cardle; Andy Kirk (Steven McDougall 75), Andy Barrowman..
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Smith (GK), Ryan Thomson, Paul Willis, Andy Dowie, Kerr Young.
ST JOHNSTONE (v Rangers): Peter Enckelman, Calum Davidson, Frazer Wright, David MacKay, Steven Anderson, Jody Morris, David Robertson (Chris Millar, 60), Murray Davidson, Kevin Moon, Cillian Sheridan (Carl Finnigan, 60), Marcus Haber
SUBS NOT USED: Alan Mannus (GK), David McCracken, Chris Moffat, Stevie May, Richard McIntosh
Referee will be George Salmond.
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