Preview St Mirren
Thursday, 22nd Mar 2012St Mirren`s win over Dunfermline Athletic in Paisley in November was their first since April 2001.
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The first fixture of Jim Jefferies charge is at home to St Mirren. Fortunately Dunfermline`s record against the Paisley rivals at East End Park favours them with 36 wins to St Mirren`s 28.
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League v St Mirren | |||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
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85 |
36 |
21 |
28 |
There have been some memorable matches against St Mirren and one hopes that Saturday`s will be another for all the right reasons. The Pars defeated St Mirren in the 1961 Scottish Cup Semi Final before going on to win the Cup for the first ever time. Then there was the record home win the following season when the legendary Charlie Dickson scored a double hat-trick.
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Milestones St Mirren (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory # |
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SPL | |
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Last League Defeat # |
28/04/01 |
1 - 2 |
SPL |
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Best League Victory * |
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7 - 0 |
Div One* |
Worst League Defeat* |
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1 - 4 |
Premier League |
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* Pre Reconstruction | |||
When the teams met in July it was their first on league duty since April 2007 when Dunfermline won 1-0 at St Mirren Park. Prior to the four meetings that season it is over a decade since these sides last met in the league. The Pars won 2-0 in the Co-operative Insurance Cup in September 2008 when Graham Bayne and Simon Wiles scored for Dunfermline.
| Last Ten Matches v St Mirren | ||||
| 19-11-2011 | St Mirren | 2-1 | Dunfermline Athletic | SPL |
| 25-07-2011 | Dunfermline Athletic | 0-0 | St Mirren | SPL |
| 23-09-2008 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2-0 | St Mirren | League Cup |
| 30-04-2007 | St Mirren | 0-1 | Dunfermline Athletic | SPL |
| 10-03-2007 | Dunfermline Athletic | 0-0 | St Mirren | SPL |
| 16-12-2006 | St Mirren | 0-0 | Dunfermline Athletic | SPL |
| 23-09-2006 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2-1 | St Mirren | SPL |
| 28-04-2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1-2 | St Mirren | SPL |
| 31-03-2001 | St Mirren | 1-1 | Dunfermline Athletic | SPL |
| 16-12-2000 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2-0 | St Mirren | SPL |
St Mirren`s win over Dunfermline in Paisley in November was their first since April 2001.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | St Mirren (away) | |||||
| Falkirk | W | Aberdeen | W | 1-0 | ||
| Raith Rovers | W | Inverness CT | L | 0-1 | ||
| Queen of the South | W | Hibs | D |
1-1 | ||
| Partick Thistle | D | 0-0 | Rangers | L |
1-2 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | 4-1 | Celtic | L | 0-1 | |
| Ross County | D | 1-1 | Hearts | L | 2-3 | |
This season St Mirren have won twice on the road in the SPL - at Hibs and St Johnstone. Hibs and Dunfermline have both won four away games and Hearts, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen and Inverness have all won less.
| Dunfermline | St Mirren |
| Current League Position | |
| 12 | 9 |
| League Points | |
| 19 | 31 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -36 | -14 |
| Last Six Match Form | |
| DLDLLL | DDDDDL |
| Home / Away League record | |
| P15, W0, D6, L9 | P15, W2, D8, L5 |
The Pars have gone 15 SPL matches in front of their home crowd without a win. St Mirren have drawn their last three away games in the SPL. In fact they haven`t won in the SPL since Christmas Eve but they were unbeaten in eight matches until last Saturday`s 3-0 defeat at home to St Johnstone.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | St Mirren (away) | |||||
| Motherwell | L | Hearts | D | 2-2 | ||
| Inverness Caley | D | Hibs | D | 0-0 | ||
| Rangers | D | Dundee United | D |
0-0 | ||
| Kilmarnock | D |
1-1 |
Ross County | W |
2-1 | |
| Inverness Caley | L | Inverness Caley | D | 0-0 | ||
| Hibs | L | Hamilton | W | 1-0 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Motherwell): Chris Smith; Jordan MacMillan, Andy Dowie, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); David Graham, Gary Mason (Steven McDougall 80), Ryan Thomson, Joe Cardle (Paul Willis HT); Martin Hardie (Andy Barrowman 76), Liam Buchanan.
SUBS NOT USED: Paddy Boyle, Kerr Young, Shaun Byrne, Ryan Goodfellow (GK).
ST MIRREN (v Hearts): Craig Samson; David van Zanten, Marc McAusland, Lee Mair, Graham Carey, Steven Thomson, Hugh Murray (Jereon Tesselaar 69), Jim Goodwin, Gary Teale (Aaron Mooy 78), Nigel Hasselbaink, Steven Thomson
SUBS NOT USED: Graeme Smith (GK), David Barron, Darren McGregor
Referee for this match will be Alan Muir.
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