Preview St Mirren
Thursday, 19th Apr 2012Dunfermline`s first post split fixture is away to St Mirren.
Sitting seven points behind 11th placed Hibs with five matches to go, Dunfermline`s first post split fixture is away to St Mirren. The last time the teams met there was the first since the Paisley side moved from Love Street to Greenhill Road and it ended in a 2-1 win for the hosts. 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 league matches between the clubs, the Pars hold the advantage overall with 36 wins to Saints 29.
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League v St Mirren | |||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
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87 |
36 |
22 |
29 |
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 League Victory # |
1 - 0 |
SFL | |
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Last League Defeat # |
1 - 2 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory * |
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5 - 0 |
Div One* |
Worst League Defeat* |
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2 - 6 |
Div One* |
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* Pre Reconstruction | |||
The opening game of the Pars SPL season was at home to Danny Lennon`s side and ended up 0-0 mainly due to Paul Gallacher`s heroics and saving a Steven Thompson penalty. When the sides met again at East End Park, just four weeks ago Steven Thomson headed the visitors into the lead before half time. Joe Cardle got a quick equaliser just 33 seconds into the second half but there was to be no winner.
The Pars have won only once in Paisley since March 2000, a 1-0 win in 2007 but of the last dozen matches Dunfermline have won four, St Mirren three and five have been drawn.
| Last Twelve Matches v St Mirren | ||||
| 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 | St Mirren | SPL | |
| 23-09-2008 | Dunfermline Athletic | St Mirren | Scottish League Cup | |
| 30-04-2007 | St Mirren | Dunfermline Athletic | SPL | |
| 10-03-2007 | Dunfermline Athletic | St Mirren | SPL | |
| 16-12-2006 | St Mirren | Dunfermline Athletic | SPL | |
| 23-09-2006 | Dunfermline Athletic | 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 |
The Pars have picked up more away points that home points this season. Wins over St Johnstone, Dundee United, Hibs and Kilmarnock make up that record.
| St Mirren | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 9 | 12 |
| League Points | |
| 35 | 20 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -14 | -40 |
| Last 6-Match Form Home / Away | |
| DDLDWL | LLLDLL |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P16, W5, D5, L6 | P16, W4, D1, L11 |
St Mirren have won only once at home since Christmas but that was in their most recent home fixture - a 4-2 win over Kilmarnock.
| Recent Form - home / away | ||||||
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Kilmarnock | W | 4-2 | Dundee United | L | 0-3 | |
| Hearts | L | 0-2 | St Johnstone | L | 1-3 | |
| St Johnstone | L | 0-3 | Celtic | L | 0-2 | |
| Aberdeen | D | 1-1 | Aberdeen | L | 0-1 | |
| Motherwell | D | 0-0 | Motherwell | L | 1-3 | |
| Ross County | D | 1-1 | Kilmarnock | W | 3-0 | |
Teams last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Hearts): Chris Smith; Jordan MacMillan, Andy Dowie, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); Paul Willis (Liam Buchanan 75), Gary Mason, Mark Kerr (Steven McDougall 63), Kyle Hutton, David Graham;, Andy Kirk (Joe Cardle 63).
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Thomson, Kerr Young, Bernardo Fernandez (GK).
ST MIRREN (v Rangers): Craig Samson; David van Zanten, Jeroen Tesselaar, Lee Mair, Marc McAusland, Kenny McLean, Dougie Imrie, Steven Thomson, Paul McGowan; Nigel Hasselbaink, Steven Thompson
SUBS: Darren McGregor, Graeme Smith, Aaron Mooy, Gary Teale, Graham Carey, Thomas Reilly, Hugh Murray.
Referee will be Iain Brines.
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