Preview Stranraer
Saturday, 27th Feb 2016Only Dunfermline and Peterhead have better away records in this league than Stranraer.
Saturday's opponents Stranraer are a changed side from the one defeated 3-0 and 3-1 in the first two fixtures between the teams. Up until Christmas Stranraer had won only four league games but come to East End Park undefeated in their last six matches.
Allan Johnston has said that this week's opponents have shown good form recently and have worked their way up the table.
"With some good players, we know Stranraer will make this a dangerous game for us. Every time we have played them this season they have given us a tough game so we don't expect anything different."
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Milestones v Stranraer (home) |
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Last Victory |
29/08/16 |
3-0 |
League One |
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Best Victory |
12/04/58 |
9-1 |
Div Two |
Last Defeat |
20/12/14 |
0-1 |
League One |
Worst Defeat |
09/12/14 |
1-3 |
Scottish Cup |
Dunfermline's best result against Stranraer was in Division Two in April 1958 when a Charlie Dickson hat trick helped the Pars to a 9-1 scoreline. Until December 2014 the Pars had won every home league game except the drawn match in November 1983 which was just five games into Jim Leishman's managerial career. The 1-0 win for Stranraer on 20th December 2014 was their first ever league success at East End Park. In all 34 of the 48 previous league fixtures have been won by the Pars, seven have been drawn and seven have been won by Stranraer.
| Dunfermline | Stranraer |
| Current League Position | |
| 1 | 6 |
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Recent Results |
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| WDLWWW | WWWDDD |
| League Points | |
| 56 | 32 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +42 | -11 |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P12, W8, D2, L2 | P13, W6, D3, L4 |
Stranraer have follow three wins with three straight draws, six games in which they conceded only two goals. The Stair Park club are undefeated away from home since before Christmas and after Dunfermline have the best goals against record away from home in League One. Only Dunfermline and Peterhead have better away records in this league.
League Form
| Recent Form this season - Home / Away | ||||||
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Stranraer (away) | ||||
| Ayr United | W | 3-2 | Airdrieonians | D | 1-1 | |
| Airdrieonians | L | 0-1 | Forfar Athletic | D | 1-1 | |
| Ross County | D | 2-2 | Albion Rovers | W | 2-0 | |
| Cowdenbeath | W | 2-1 | Cowdenbeath | W | 2-0 | |
| Stenhousemuir | W | 1-0 | Stenhousemuir | W | 5-1 | |
| Brechin City | W | 3-1 | Brechin City | L | 0-2 | |
The first match this season was a 3-1 home win for the Pars thanks to El Bakhtaoui (13), Talbot (22), Geggan (51) with Longworth (56) hitting one back for the visitors. In October the away meeting was a 3-0 win for the Fifers - Michael Moffat (4); Ben Richards-Everton (32), Antoine-Curier (72). Surely a unique experience with two double barrelled names scoring for Dunfermline!
| Matches v Stranraer 2013-2015 | ||||
| Date | H/A | WDL | F-A | Scorers |
| 17/10/15 | A | W | 3-0 | [1-0] Moffat, [2-0] Richards-Everton, [3-0] Antoine-Curier. |
| 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; [1-2] Aitken; [1-3] Gibson; [1-4] Longworth; [1-5] McShane. |
| 20/12/14 | H | L | 0-1 | [0-1] McKeown |
| 09/12/14 | H | L | 1-3 | [0-1] Winter, [0-2] S 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 |
| 31/08/13 | H | W | 3-1 | [0-1] Grehan, [1-1] Geggan, [2-1] Johnston, [3-1] Smith. |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Brechin City): Sean Murdoch; Craig Reid, Brad McKay, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot; Michael Paton (Ryan Wallace 81), Andy Geggan (c), Josh Falkingham, Joe Cardle (David Hopkirk 77); Michael Moffat, Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: Rhys McCabe, Shaun Byrne, Shaun Rooney, Paul Joseph Crossan, David Hutton (GK).
STRANRAER (v Airdrieonians): Cameron Belford; Craig Pettigrew, Scott Rumsby, Steven Bell, Liam Dick; Andy Stirling, Scott Robertson, Paul Cairney (Kyle Turner 88), Willie Gibson; Mark McGuigan (Calvin Kemp 82), Jamie Longworth (Ryan Thomson 66)
SUBS NOT USED: Sam McCloskey, Max Currie (GK)
Former Pars defender Brian Reid is now the Stranraer manager and his signings have included last season's Pars Ryan Thomson and Andy Stirling. Steven Bell is still at Stranraer and he will lead the team out.
Referee will be David Munro, his first time in charge of a Pars game.
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