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Preview Ross County

Saturday, 11th Aug 2018

Ladbrokes Championship, (home) Saturday 11th August 2018, 3.00pm kick off at East End Park.

Following their relegation rom the Scottish Premier League, Ross County are the guests at East End Park for the first time in the league for more than seven years. The two clubs have had contrasting fortunes since they met in March 2011 and County come south as one of the favourites to win promotion this season.

It is likely that Callum Morris and Declan McManus will turn out at East End Park in the Pars first home match of the Championship league season but for their new club, Ross County. Both started at Dingwall last Saturday in their 1-0 victory over Alloa Athletic.

Milestones (home) v Ross County
Last victory | 16/10/10 | 3-2 | Division One
Last defeat | 03/04/10 | 1-2 | Division One
Best victory | 25/01/97 | 4-0 | Scottish Cup
Worst defeat | 03/04/10 | 1-2 | Division One
Worst defeat | 21/02/09 | 1-2 | Division One
Last goalless draw | none
First meeting | 25/01/97 | 4-0 | Scottish Cup

All Competitive Matches v Ross County 

Date

H/A

F-A

W D L

League

16/01/16 A 0-1 L Scottish Cup
09/01/16 H 2-2 D Scottish Cup
29/03/11 A 1-0 W First Division
08/03/11 H 1-1 D First Division
22/02/11 A 0-0 D First Division
16/10/10 H 3-2 W First Division
03/04/10 H 1-2 L First Division
13/02/10 A 2-2 D First Division
12/12/09 H 3-3 D First Division
13/10/09 A 0-0 D First Division
18/04/09 A 3-1 W First Division
24/03/09 A 1-2 L First Division
21/02/09 H 1-2 L First Division
20/09/08 H 3-1 W First Division
25/01/97 H 4-0 W Scottish Cup

Last Time at East End Park
Saturday 9th January 2016
Dunfermline 2 Ross County 2


Ross County`s Dutch striker, Alex Schalk opened the scoring in the third minute but Faissal El Bakhtaoui scored a cracking goal to equalise just 12 minutes later.

The visitors restored their lead from a 27th minute penalty, Brian Graham netting to make it 2-1 before new signing Brad McKay pulled it back to 2-2 only 11 minutes into the second half.

The Pars had the better opportunities after that, El Bakhtaoui had a great effort turned on to the bar and Joe Cardle tried hard to score but it just didn`t happen for him.

DUNFERMLINE: Sean Murdoch; Shaun Rooney, Brad McKay, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot; Michael Paton, Andy Geggan (c), Josh Falkingham, Joe Cardle; Michael Moffat, Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Wallace, Shaun Byrne, David Hopkirk, Mickael Antoine-Curier, Rhys McCabe, John Potter, Cammy Gill (GK)

ROSS COUNTY: Scott Fox; Marcus Fraser (Richard Foster 62), Scott Boyd, Andrew Davies (c), Jamie Reckord; Michael Gardyne, Jackson Irvine, Martin Woods, Raffaele De Vita (Jonathan Franks 62), Brian Graham, Alex Schalk (Ian McShane 73).
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Robertson, Stewart Murdoch, Greg Morrison, Gary Woods (GK).

Form this season

DUNFERMLINE
Dundee United (A) W 3-2
Stirling Albion (H) W 3-1
Brechin City (A) W 7-1
Dundee (A) W 1-0
Peterhead (H) W 3-0

ROSS COUNTY
Alloa Athletic (H) W 1-0
Alloa Athletic (A) W 2-0
Arbroath (A) L 4-1
Dundee United (H) W 1-0
Elgin City (H) W 2-0

Last Time Out

DUNFERMLINE
(v Dundee United): Lee Robinson: Lee Ashcroft (c), Mark Durnan, Danny Devine (Andy Ryan 90): James Craigen, Joe Thomson, James Vincent, Louis Longridge, Jackson Longridge: Faissal El Bakhtaoui, Myles Hippolyte.
SUBS NOT USED: Aidan Connolly, Matthew Todd, Paul Allan, Callum Smith, Brandon Luke, Cammy Gill (GK)

ROSS COUNTY (v Alloa Athletic): Scott Fox: Marcus Fraser, Sean Kelly, Callum Morris, Keith Watson, Ross Draper (Davis Keillor-Dunn 61), Jamie Lindsay, Iain Vigurs, Josh Mullin, Billy Mackay (Brian Graham 71), Declan McManus (Ryan Dow 86)
SUBS NOT USED: Stelios Demetriou, Harrison Paton, Tony Dingwall, Ross Munro (GK)

Referee will be Craig Thomson.

Other Championship Fixtures

Alloa Athletic v Morton
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Ayr United
Partick Thistle v Falkirk
Queen of the South v Dundee United



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