Preview St Mirren
Saturday, 10th Oct 2015Petrofac Training Cup Quarter Final: St Mirren Park, Saturday 10th October 2015, kick off 3.00pm
Dunfermline's next game is away to St Mirren in the Quarter Final of the Petrofac Training Cup. The last time the teams met was also in Paisley when St Mirren won 2-1 in the second Round of the SPFL League Cup. Lewis Spence had shot the Pars into a ninth minute lead before a Ross Caldwell double in 50th and 80th minutes. That was the Fifers third time there since the Paisley side moved from Love Street to Greenhill Road and the SPL matches there in 2011-2012 ended in a 2-1 win for the hosts and a 4-4 draw.
In the 2-1 game, first half goals from Kenny McLean and Nigel Hasselbaink gave St Mirren the advantage and although Joe Cardle nicked one back in 62 minutes, Danny Lennon's side held out to take all three points.
In the remarkable eight goal thriller in April 2012 the Pars came back twice from two goals down. Scorers that day were Jordan MacMillan, David Graham, Liam Buchanan and Andy Kirk.
Record win away to Saints is 5-0 when Bert Paton (2), Hugh Robertson, Hugh Maxwell and Jim Fleming did the damage in season 66/67. The Buddies have won by four goals a few times; 6-2 being the biggest result in February 1959 and they even scored one of the Pars two.
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Milestones
St Mirren (Away) |
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Last
Victory # |
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1 - 0 |
SFL |
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Last
Defeat # |
26/08/14 |
1 - 2 |
League Cup |
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Best
Victory * |
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5 - 0 |
Div One* |
Worst Defeat* |
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2 - 6 |
Div One* |
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* Pre Reconstruction |
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The Pars have won only once in Paisley since March 2000, a 1-0 win in 2007.
| Last Fourteen Matches v St Mirren | ||||
| 26-08-2014 | St Mirren | 2-1 | Dunfermline Athletic | Scottish League Cup |
| 22-04-2012 | St Mirren | 4-4 | Dunfermline Athletic | SPL |
| 24-03-2012 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1-1 | St Mirren | SPL |
| 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 | Scottish 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 |
| 31-10-2000 | St Mirren | 2-1 | Dunfermline Athletic | Scottish League Cup |
St Mirren have won only once at home this season and that was the 3-1 win over Berwick Rangers in the First Round of the Petrofac Training Cup on the first day of the season. In the Championship they sit eighth having taken just seven points from nine games; their only win being away to QOS and four games drawn including against both the teams below them.
| Recent Form - home / away | ||||||
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Alloa Athletic | D | 1-1 | Dundee United | D | 1-1* | |
| Raith Rovers | L | 1-2 | Stenhousemuir | W | 5-0 | |
| Falkirk | L | 2-3 | Forfar Athletic | W | 4-0 | |
| Livingston | D | 1-1 | Peterhead | L | 1-2 | |
| Livingston | L | 2-3 | Forfar Athletic | W | 3-0 | |
| Dumbarton | D | 1-1 | Brechin City | W | 6-1 | |
Teams last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Albion Rovers): Sean Murdoch; Shaun Rooney (Ryan Wallace 81), Marc McAusland, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot; Michael Paton, Andy Geggan (c), Rhys McCabe, Joe Cardle (David Hopkirk 64); Michael Moffat (Mickael Antoine-Curier HT), Faissal El Bakhtaoui
SUBS NOT USED: Shaun Byrne, Lewis Spence, John Potter, David Hutton (GK).
ST MIRREN (v Alloa Athletic): Jamie Langfield; Keith Watson, Jack Baird, Andy Webster, Sean Kelly; Stephen Mallan, Jim Goodwin, Stuart Carswell (Lewis Morgan 63), Callum Gallagher, Steven Thomson, Lawrence Shankland.
SUBS NOT USED: Luke Conlan, Scott Agnew, Barry Cuddihy, Jaison McGrath, Dan Wilks (GK), Jordan Stewart.
On loan from Aberdeen, striker Lawrence Shankland shot Saints ahead in Saturday's Championship against Alloa but a Wasps equaliser ended hopes of a home win.
Referee will be George Salmond.
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