Stenhousemuir Preview
Saturday, 13th Sep 2014This Saturday is only the third league match between Dunfermline and Stenhousemuir at East End Park since September 1985.
There have been 82 meetings between these teams. The Fifers have won 39, Stenhousemuir 22 and 21 matches have been drawn.
On occasions last season games between Dunfermline and Stenhousemuir were thrilling affairs. The first fixture back in August at Ochilview saw the Fifers come back from three goals down to win 5-4 scoring three goals in the last six minutes of the match. In November's home game Dunfermline came back from twice being behind to win 3-2 with a 92nd minute Allan Smith strike.
That was followed up with a New Year fixture at Ochilview where yet again it was a late late show from the Pars. This time Stenny thought they had gained some retribution with an equaliser six minutes from full time only to suffer from a 91st minute winner from Andy Geggan that made it 2-1.
The last meeting was a disappointing 0-0 draw at East End Park.
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Milestones v Stenhousemuir (home) |
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Last Victory |
09/11/13 |
League One |
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Last Defeat |
13/02/60 |
0-1 |
Scottish Cup |
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Best Victory |
27/09/30 |
11-2 |
Div Two |
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Worst Defeat |
25/02/50 |
1-4 |
Scottish Cup |
Fixtures between the clubs have yielded several high scoring games. The best Pars result was an 11-2 win in 1930 but there have been two 7-1 games at East End Park and other scorelines at home against Stenny have been 5-1, 5-2 and 4-3. The Warriors have themselves won 5-3, 4-3 and 4-1 at Dunfermline.
| Dunfermline | Stenhousemuir |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 8 |
| League form: First Four Games | |
| DLWW | WLLD |
| League Points | |
| 7 | 4 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +2 | -1 |
| League Record | |
| P4, W2, D1, L1 | P4, W1, D1, L2 |
A bit like the Pars Stenhousemuir have taken league points from Airdrieonians and Brechin City. They have failed to win in their last four games while Dunfermline will be keen to continue their winning league run and take three points from their home game.
| Recent Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline | Stenhousemuir | |||||
| Strranraer (A) | W | 2-1 | Ayr United (H) | D | 1-1 | |
| St Mirren (A) | L | 1-2 | Hearts (H) | L | 1-2 | |
| Airdrieonians (H) | W | 3-0 | Stirling Albion (H) | L | 4-5 | |
| Falkirk (H) | L | 1-2 | Brechin City (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| Forfar Athletic (A) | L | 0-2 | Airdrieonians (H) | W |
1-0 |
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| Brechin City (H) | D | 0-0 | Airdrieonians (A) | W | 3-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Stranraer): Ryan Scully; Ryan Williamson, Lewis Martin, Gregor Buchanan, Ross Millen; Andy Geggan (c), Lewis Spence, Josh Falkingham, Ryan Thomson (Stuart Urquhart 39); Michael Moffat (Allan Smith 92), Chigozie Ugwu (Andy Stirling 82).
SUBS NOT USED: Shaun Byrne, Ross Forbes, Jonathan Page, Ryan Goodfellow (GK)
STENHOUSEMUIR (v Ayr United): Greg Fleming; Alan Lithgow, Ross McMillan, Stewart Greacen, Kris Faulds (Sean Dickson 68), Ciaran Summers (Josh Watt 60), Ross Meechan, Bryan Hodge, Kieran Millar, Martin Grehan, Colin McMenamin (Ryan Miller 77).
SUBS NOT USED: Paul Sludden, Kyle Doherty, Robbie Duncan, Dean Shaw
No Chris Smith against the Pars this time but Stenny will field another former Pars stopper in Greg Fleming.
Referee will be Craig Charleston.
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