Preview Kilmarnock
Thursday, 19th Jan 2012The last time Dunfermline Athletic won at Rugby Park in the league was over nineteen years ago
The Pars return to Rugby Park for the second time this season despite the home game at East End Park still to be played. The game in Kilmarnock in September was a very competitive affair with the Pars going ahead through a Jason Thomson goal. Two Paul Heffernan goals put Killie 2-1 ahead at the break and although Ryan Thomson equalised Zdenek Kroca made it 3-2.
18 trips there by the Fifers on Premier League duty and they 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.
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Premier League v | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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18 |
0 |
7 |
11 |
16 |
35 |
It would be really nice to re-write the record book since the last time Dunfermline won at Rugby Park in the league was over 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.
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Milestones | |||
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Last League Victory |
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3-2 |
1st Div |
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Last League Defeat |
2-3 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory |
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4 -2 |
Div One* |
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Worst League Defeat |
1-5 |
SPL | |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Dunfermline have won just three of the last dozen games between the teams.
Last Twelve SPL League Matches v Kilmarnock | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 10/09/11 | A | 2-3 | [1-0] J Thomson, [1-1] Heffernan, [1-2] Heffernan, [2-2] R Thomson, [2-3] Kroca |
| 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 |
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H |
2-1 |
[0-1] Invincible, [1-1] Nicholson, [2-1] Crawford | |
League Form
| Kilmarnock | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 12 |
| League Points | |
| 27 | 14 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -4 | -27 |
| Last 6-Match SPL Form | |
| DLLWDD | DLLLLL |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P11, W5, D4, L2 | P10, W3, D1, L6 |
Kilmarnock sit in sixth in the SPL but the two games they have lost at home this season have been against St Johnstone and Inverness. Dunfermline won their three away games so far in the SPL at Perth, Dundee United and Hibs. They trail Killie by 13 points and are six places behind.
| Recent Form - home / away | ||||||
| Kilmarnock (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Dundee | W | 2-1 | Inverness Caley Th | D | 1-1 | |
| St Mirren | W | 2-1 | Hearts | L | 0-4 | |
| Dundee United | D | 1-1 | Rangers | L | 1-2 | |
| Aberdeen | W | 2-0 | Celtic | L | 1-2 | |
| Rangers | W | 1-0 | St Mirren | L | 1-2 | |
| Inverness Caley Th | L | 3-6 | Hibernian | W | 1-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Inverness Caley Thistle): Chris Smith; Andy Dowie, Kevin Rutkiewicz (John Potter 75), Alex Keddie, Paddy Boyle; David Graham (Paul Willis 63), Ryan Thomson, Martin Hardie (c), Joe Cardle; Andy Kirk, Andy Barrowman (Liam Buchanan 67).
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Goodfellow (GK), Gary Mason,
KILMARNOCK (v Dundee): Cameron Bell; Mahamadou Sissoko, Rory McKeown James Fowler, Garry Hay, Zdenek Kroca, Gary Harkins, Liam Kelly, Manuel Pascali, Dean Shiels, Paul Heffernan
SUBS: Danny Racchi, David Mendes Silva, Kyle Letheren, Matthew Kennedy, James Dayton.
Referee will be Willie Collum
Come on ye Pars!
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