Preview Kilmarnock
Tuesday, 6th Sep 2011The Pars return to Rugby Park for the first time since December 2006. They have made 17 trips there on Premier League duty and have yet to return with a win.
The Pars return to Rugby Park for the first time since December 2006. They have made 17 trips there on Premier League duty and have yet to return with a win. It proved a happier hunting ground for once in the CIS Insurance Cup when back in September 2006 the Pars had a famous 4-3 win.
Premier League v | |||||
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
17 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
14 |
32 |
The last league match between the sides in Ayrshire ended with a 5-1 win for the home side over Stephen Kenny`s Pars. It would be really nice to change the script away from the last time Dunfermline won at Rugby Park in the league was almost nineteen years ago. Goals from Hamish French and Craig Robertson secured the points in a First Division match. Hamish netted twice and Craig once in the Boxing Day fixture.
Milestones | |||
Last League Victory |
|
3-2 |
1st Div |
Last League Defeat |
1-5 |
SPL | |
Best League Victory |
|
4 -2 |
Div One* |
Worst League Defeat |
1-5 |
SPL | |
*Pre league reconstruction |
Dunfermline have won just three of the last dozen games between the teams.
Last Twelve SPL League Matches v Kilmarnock | |||
Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
17/02/07 | H | 1-1 | [0-1] Naismith, [1-1] Crawford |
02/12/06 | A | 1-5 | [0-1] Hay, [1-1] Crawford, [1-2] Di Giacomo, [1-3] Di Giacomo, [1-4] Nish, [1-5] Nish |
H | 3-2 | [0-1] Invincible, [1-1] Young, [1-2] Wales, [2-2] Mason, [3-2] Crawford | |
A | 0-1 | [0-1] Invincible | |
H | 0-1 | [0-1] Boyd | |
A | 2-3 | [1-0] Burchill, [1-1] Dodds, [1-2] Boyd, [2-2] Derek Young, [2-3] Invincible | |
A | 0-4 | [0-1] Locke, [0-2] Dodds, [0-3] Boyd, [0-4] McDonald | |
A | 1-2 | [0-1] Naismith, [1-1] Christiansen, [1-2] Boyd | |
20/11/04 | H | 4-1 | [1-0] Nicholson, [2-0] Mehmet, [3-0] Wilson, [3-1] Wales, [4-1] Brewster |
29/08/04 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] Invincible |
H |
2-1 |
[0-1] Invincible, [1-1] Nicholson, [2-1] Crawford | |
A |
1-1 |
[0-1] McSwegan (pen), [1-1] Crawford |
League Form
Kilmarnock | Dunfermline |
Current League Position | |
7 | 5 |
League Points | |
6 | 8 |
Goal Difference | |
+2 | 0 |
Last 6-Match Form | |
LDDWDL | WDWWLL |
Home/Away Record | |
P5, W1, D3, L1 | P5, W2, D2, L1 |
Kilmarnock sit in seventh place with 6 points. Dunfermline won their two away games so far in the SPL at Perth and Dundee United. They lead Killie by two points and are two places better off.
Recent Form - home / away | ||||||
Kilmarnock (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
Hearts | D | 0-0 | East Fife | L | 1-2 | |
Hibs | W | 4-1 | Dundee United | W | 1-0 | |
Motherwell | D | 0-0 | St Johnstone | W | 1-0 | |
Rangers | L | 1-5 | Annan Athletic | W | 2-1 | |
Celtic | L | 0-2 | Morton | W | 2-0 | |
Hearts | D | 2-2 | Cowdenbeath | W | 1-0 |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Motherwell): Paul Gallacher, Jason Thomson, Andy Dowie, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); Paul Burns (Paul Willis 61), Gary Mason (Ryan Thomson 61), Martin Hardie, Joe Cardle; Andy Barrowman (David Graham 53), Andy Kirk.
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Smith (GK), Kevin Rutlkiewicz, Liam Buchanan, Kerr Young.
KILMARNOCK (v Inverness CT): Cammie Bell; Rory McKeown, Jamie Fowler (Gary Fisher 80), Patrick Ada, Zdenek Kroca, Dean Shiels, Danny Buijs, James Dayton, Manuel Pascali (c), Liam Kelly. Ben Hutchinson (Jorge Galan 64)
SUBS NOT USED: Garry Hay, Gary Harkins, Anssi Jaakkola, Alex Pursehouse, Danny Racchi
Referee will be Brian Winter.
Come on ye Pars!
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