Preview Kilmarnock
Thursday, 10th May 2012Season comes to an end as Dunfermline welcom
This the Pars 38th SPL fixture of the 2011-12 season and following defeat at Easter Road on Monday night, it will be the last for them at this level for at least 15 months. Dunfermline failed to hit their targeted 11th place and now know that they will return to the First Division at the first opportunity.
The Scottish Communities League Cup holders, Kilmarnock are the visitors and following the Pars home win against Aberdeen on the last Saturday in April everybody at East End Park wants to see another win. Manager Jim Jefferies has already said that he will give some of his younger and squad players a taste of SPL football as he tries to make up his mind on just who might be the most useful to him as he tries to emulate Inverness Caley Thistle`s success in bouncing straight back up.
At East End Park it is eight wins to six in the eighteen Premier League games played between the clubs at East End Park, with Killie having a slight advantage on goal difference.
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Premier League v Kilmarnock (home) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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18 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
27 |
30 |
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Milestones Kilmarnock (home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
3-2 |
SPL | |
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Last League Defeat |
0-1 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory |
06/10/51 |
5-2 |
Div B* |
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Worst League Defeat |
17/04/99 |
0-6 |
SPL |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Over the last twelve meetings, Kilmarnock have had the upper hand winning seven of the contests. DA have managed to win only three with two games ending up all square. Goals from Darren Young, Gary Mason and then Stevie Crawford six minutes from time secured the Pars last home win over their, Jim Jefferies led, Ayrshire opponents in September 2006. When the clubs met at Rugby Park in January the Fifers came away with an impressive 3-0 win and last time it was a 1-1 draw at East End.
Last Twelve SPL League Matches v Kilmarnock | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 07/02/12 | H | 1-1 | [0-1] Fowler, [1-1] Kirk |
| 21/01/12 | A | 3-0 | [1-0] Barrowman, [2-0] Cardle, [3-0] Buchanan |
| 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 |
With 25 points from 37 matches, Dunfermline lie 19 points behind seventh placed Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock have won just two of their last six league games.
| Dunfermline | Kilmarnock |
| League Points | |
| 25 | 44 |
| Current League Position | |
| 12 | 7 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -41 | -18 |
| Last 6- SPL Match Form | |
| LLDWDL | LLWWLD |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P17 W1 D7 L10- | P17 W3 D7 L7 |
Andy Kirk equalises against Kilmarnock in February
The Rugby Park side has only won twice away from home in the five away days since they came to Dunfermline last. Killie have less away games in this SPL this season than Dunfermline but the Pars need to remember how they managed to win at home after a gap of 51 weeks.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Kilmarnock (away) | |||||
| Aberdeen | W | Hibs | W | 1-0 | ||
| Hearts | L | St Mirren | L | 2-4 | ||
| St Mirren | D | Inverness Caley | D |
1-1 | ||
| Motherwell | L | Dundee United | L |
0-4 | ||
| Inverness Caley | D | Rangers | W | 1-0 | ||
| Rangers | L | Dunfermline Athletic | D | 1-1 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Hibs): Chris Smith; Jordan McMillan, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann (c) (Joe Cardle HT), Paddy Boyle; David Graham, Gary Mason, Mark Kerr, Kyle Hutton (Liam Buchanan 69), Martin Hardie; Andy Kirk (Andy Barrowman 61).
SUBS NOT USED: Paul Willis, Steven McDougall, Kerr Young, Bernardo Fernandez (GK)
KILMARNOCK ( v Aberdeen): Cameron Bell; James Fowler, Mahamadou Sissoko, Ben Gordon, Lewis Toshney, Michael Nelson, Lee Johnson, Dean Shiels, Gary Harkins, Liam Kelly, William Gros
SUBS: Kyle Letheren, Danny Racchi, Matthew Kennedy, Dieter Van Tornhout, Ross Barbour, Ryan O`Leary, James Dayton
Referee will be the relatively unknown 28 year old, Kevin Clancy. This will be his 30th match of the season but just his second ever in the SPL.
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