Preview Peterhead
Saturday, 23rd Jan 2016Peterhead's only home defeat this league season was back in September when Brechin City left with a 3-2 win
After a break for the Scottish Cup and the postponement of the Albion Rovers game last weekend, Dunfermline will play their second league match of 2016 at Peterhead this Saturday.
The last visit to Peterhead is the only away match to have been fruitless for the Pars in terms of points. Allan Johnston's team will be be wary of their trip north on Saturday since that last match at the Balmoor Stadium in August was their first defeat of the four fixtures. Prior to the 2-1 defeat there had been a League Cup win and two league draws.
Record v Peterhead
| 2015/2016 | ||||
| League One | Dunfermline | 0-0 | Peterhead | 07/11/15 |
| League One | Peterhead | 2-1 | Dunfermline | 23/08/15 |
| 2014/2015 | ||||
| League One | Peterhead | 1-1 | Dunfermline | 04/04/15 |
| League One | Dunfermline | 1-1 | Peterhead | 03/01/15 |
| League One | Peterhead | 1-1 | Dunfermline | 24/02/15 |
| League One | Dunfermline | 3-0 | Peterhead | 09/08/14 |
| 2008/2009 | ||||
| League Cup | Peterhead | 0-2 | Dunfermline | 05/08/08 |
League Stats
Peterhead are unbeaten in the league since 31st October and Dunfermline are unbeaten in the league since 12th September. That's probably why the odds for a draw are low at less than 3-1.
| Peterhead | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 3 | 1 |
| League Points | |
| 35 | 46 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +23 | +38 |
| League For Last Six Games | |
| WDWWWW | DWWWWW |
| League Home / Away Record | |
| P10, W5, D4, L1 | P2, W2, D0, L0 |
Pars fans may think their side has scored lots of goals this season but Peterhead's tally of 48 from 21 games is just four behind the Pars though the Fifers have played one game less. Peterhead's downfall has been conceding 25 in those 21 matches while the Pars have conceded just 14. That record might be endangered given the Blue Toon have scored 16 goals in their last 4 matches.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Peterhead (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Stenhousemuir | W | 4-1 | Ross County | L | 0-1 | |
| Ayr United | W | 3-0 | Forfar Athletic | W | 4-2 | |
| Livingston | L | 1-3 | Ayr United | W | 2-1 | |
| Cowdenbeath | W | 7-0 | Ayr United | W | 1-0 | |
| Stranraer | D | 1-1 | Albion Rovers | D | 1-1 | |
| Airdrieonians | W | 2-0 | Airdrieonians | W | 2-0 | |
Peterhead's only home defeat this league season was back in September when Brechin City left with a 3-2 win. The goalless draw between Dunfermline and Peterhead at East End Park in November is only the third match in which Jim McInally's team have failed to score this league campaign.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Ross County): Sean Murdoch; Shaun Rooney, Brad McKay, Ben Richards-Everton (Rhys McCabe 76), Jason Talbot; Michael Paton, Andy Geggan (c), Josh Falkingham, Joe Cardle (David Hopkirk 66); Michael Moffat (Ryan Wallace 79), Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: Shaun Byrne, Mickael Antoine-Curier, John Potter, Cammy Gill (GK)
PETERHEAD (v Stranraer): Graeme Smith; Jamie Stevenson (Leighton McIntosh 63), Scott Ross (Jordan Brown 81), Ally Gilchrist, Noble; Ryan Strachan, James Redman, Kevin Dzierzawski, Shane Sutherland, Simon Ferry, Rory McAllister (Nicky Riley 63).
SUBS NOT USED: Andy Rodgers, Scott Ferries, Paul Jarvie (GK).
Referee will be Crawford Allan.
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