Preview Stranraer
Saturday, 17th Oct 2015Ladbrokes League One: Stair Park, kick off 5.15pm
This Saturday Dunfermline are on the road again, this time to Stranraer. The opposition were without a match over the international weekend since they had already exited the Petrofac Training Cup at the hands of Queen of the South, a feat that the Fifers followed as a result of their poor form at St Mirren.
Dunfermline were comfortable 3-1 winners at East End Park back at the end of August. Faissal El Bakhtaoui shot the Pars into a 13th minute lead and the visitors found themselves 3-0 down just six minutes into the second half after Jason Talbot and Andy Geggan netted. Although Jamie Longworth got one back for Stranraer it turned out only to be a consolation.
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Milestones v Stranraer (away) |
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Last Victory |
30/08/14 |
2-1 |
League One |
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Best Victory |
30/01/54 |
4-1 |
Scottish Cup |
| Last Defeat |
28/02/15 |
1-5 |
League One |
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Worst Result |
28/02/15 |
1-5 |
League One |
Stranraer have just five wins ever in the 35 league games between the sides but their last win in February this year was also their best ever against the Pars. That match will be remembered for the red card shown to Gregor Buchanan for standing on Longworth. Andy Geggan had only just got the Pars back on level terms when they were reduced to ten men and then Chris Aitken and Willie Gibson struck before half time. Longworth's 49th minute strike ended the contest and Jon McShane rubbed salt into the widening wound with an 83rd minute fifth.
| Last twelve matches v Stranraer | ||||
| Date | H/A | WDL | F-A | Scorers |
| 29/08/15 | H | W | 3-1 | [1-0] El Bakhtaoui; [2-0] Talbot; [3-0] Geggan [3-1] Longworth. |
| 11/04/15 | H | W | 1-0 | [1-0] El Bakhtaoui |
| 28/02/15 | A | L | 1-5 | [0-1] Gallagher; [1-1]Geggan (26), [1-2] Chris Aitken [1-3] Willie Gibson; [1-4] Jamie Longworth; [1-5] Jon McShane |
| 20/12/14 | H | L | 0-1 | [0-1] McKeown |
| 09/12/14 | H | L | 1-3 | [0-1] Winter, [0-2] Stephen Stirling, [1-2] Millen pen. [1-3] Longworth |
| 29/11/14 | A | D | 2-2 | [1-0] Geggan, [2-0] Buchanan, [2-1] Gibson, [2-2] Geggan o.g. |
| 30/08/14 | A | W | 2-1 | [1-0] Ugwu, [1-1] [2-1] Moffat |
| 10/05/14 | H | W | 3-0 | [1-0] Geggan; [2-0] Geggan; [3-0] El Bakhtaoui |
| 07/05/14 | A | L | 1-2 | [0-1] Grehan; [1-1] El Bakhtaoui; [1-2] Bell. |
| 01/03/14 | A | L | 1-3 | [0-1] Grehan pen, [0-2] McKenna, [0-3] McKenna, [1-3] Grainger pen. |
| 11/01/14 | H | W | 3-2 | [0-1] Bell, [1-1] Thomson, [1-2] McKeown, [2-2] Byrne, [3-2] Shankland |
| 26/10/13 | A | W | 2-1 | [0-1] Longworth, [1-1] Husband, [2-1] Falkingham |
Stranraer stood top of League One back in February when Dunfermline last played them at Stair Park but this season they have take some time to get going. Their two away wins from the last two fixtures has changed their fortunes. Their only home win so far has been a 1-0 win over Brechin City.
Statistics
| Stranraer | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 2 |
| Recent League Results | |
| LWLLWW | WWLWDW |
| League Points | |
| 12 | 19 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -5 | +22 |
| League Record | |
| P9, W4, D0, L0 | P9, W6, D1, L2 |
Stranraer followed up their win at Forfar with a win at Airdrie a week past Saturday. Keeper David McGurn saved a Liam Watt penalty and after a strong finish in which Ryan Thomson made Neil Parry save two headers, the former Pars man headed in a 83rd minute winner.
| Form last six matches | ||||||
| Stranraer (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Peterhead |
W |
2-0 | St Mirren | L |
0-4 |
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| Dundee United | L | 0-3 | Dundee United | D | 1-1* | |
| Stirling Albion | W | 1-0 | Stenhousemuir | W | 5-0 | |
| Brechin City | L | 0-2 | Forfar Athletic | W | 4-0 | |
| Forfar Athletic | W | 4-2 | Peterhead | L | 1-2 | |
| Stenhousemuir |
L |
0-2 | Forfar Athletic | W | 3-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v St Mirren): Sean Murdoch; Shaun Rooney (Rhys McCabe 64), Marc McAusland, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot; Michael Paton, Andy Geggan (c), Shaun Byrne, Joe Cardle; Ryan Wallace (David Hopkirk HT), Faissal El Bakhtaoui (Michael Moffat 39)
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Spence, Paul Joseph Crossan, John Potter, David Hutton (GK).
STRANRAER (v Airdrieonians): David McGurn; Craig Pettigrew, Lee Mair (Chris Aitken 45), Scott Rumsby, Dale Keenan; Paul Cairney, Steven Bell, Peter McGill (Jamie Longworth 84), Andy Stirling; Ryan Thomson, Mark McGuigan
SUBS NOT USED: Sam McCloskey, Kerr Samson, Kyle Turner, Liam Rowan, Max Currie (GK)
Referee will be Craig Charleston
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