Preview Queen of the South
Wednesday, 23rd Feb 2011Last time the Pars travelled to Palmerston in October this year, an own goal by Andy Dowie and a long distance effort from Willie McLaren separated the teams. In December Dunfermline won the return.
Last time Dunfermline travelled to Dumfries as the league leaders but this time they head off down the M74 trailling Raith Rovers by three points with a game in hand. Looking over their shoulders Falkirk could draw level should they win their two matches in hand and opponents Queen of the South are still in contention capable of getting within two points of Raith if they were to win the four games that they are behind by.
| Pars v Queen of the South: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 35 |
| At Palmerston Park | 35 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 43 | 60 |
| Division One (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 25 |
| Division Two (before 1975) | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 31 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 34 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 67 | 34 | 10 | 23 | 121 | 95 |
The Pars record against the Dumfries men is fairly good winning more matches than they lose and draw put together. There have been 67 league meetings between the clubs with the Fifers having won 34 of them, QOS 23 with 10 having been drawn.
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Milestones v Queen of the South (away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
2-1 |
Div One | |
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Last League Defeat |
0-2 |
Div One | |
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Best League Victory |
02/05/09 |
3-0 |
Div One |
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Worst League Defeat |
13/12/75 |
2-5 |
Div One |
Last time the Pars travelled to Palmerston in October this year, an own goal by Andy Dowie and a long distance effort from Willie McLaren separated the teams. In December Dunfermline won the return at East End Park with a late goal by substitute Joe Cardle. In the last dozen league meetings Dunfermline have won seven, lost four and drawn one.
Last Twelve League Matches v Queen of the South | ||||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 11/12/10 | H | 1-0 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 02/10/10 | A | 0-2 | L | Scottish Division One |
| 27/03/10 | A | 0-2 | L | Scottish Division One |
| 13/03/10 | H | 3-1 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 01/12/09 | A | 2-1 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 26/09/09 | H | 1-4 | L | Scottish Division One |
| 02/05/09 | A | 3-0 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 31/01/09 | H | 0-2 | L | Scottish Division One |
| 13/12/08 | A | 2-1 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 09/08/08 | H | 2-1 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 26/04/08 | H | 4-0 | W | Scottish Division One |
| 15/03/08 | A | 1-1 | D | Scottish Division One |
How they stand
| Queen of the South | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 4 | 2 |
| Last Six League Form | |
| LWLDWD | LDLWDD |
| League Points | |
| 28 | 39 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +6 | +10 |
| Home / Away League Records | |
| P9 W4 D2 L3 | P11 W4 D2 L5 |
Raith Rovers, Falkirk and Dundee are the only team to leave Palmerston Park with all three points this season. Dunfermline have won just one away match since September - the 4-0 win at Central Park, a week past Saturday.
| Recent League form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Queen of the South (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Stirling Albion | D | 2-2 | Ross County | D | 0-0 | |
| Partick Thistle | D | 3-3 | Cowdenbeath | W | 4-0 | |
| Dundee | L | 1-2 | Aberdeen | L | 0-1 | |
| Brechin City | L | 1-2 | Partick Thistle | L | 0-2 | |
| Cowdenbeath | W | 3-0 | Raith Rovers | L | 1-2 | |
| Falkirk | L | 1-5 | Montrose | D | 2-2 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Ross County): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Kevin Rutkiewicz (Neil McGregor 81), Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); Pat Clarke (Steven McDougall 70), Ryan Thomson (Liam Buchanan 66), Martin Hardie, Gary Mason, David Graham; Andy Kirk.
SUBS NOT USED: Alex Burke, Kyle Allison.
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (v Stirling Albion): David Hutton; David Lilley, Craig Reid, Bob Harris; Daniel Carmichael, Allan Johnston, Ryan McGuffie, Rocco Quinn, Willie McLaren; Colin McMenamin, Derek Holmes,
SUBS NOT USED: Roddy McKenzie, Stephen McKenna, Danny Orsi, Ian McShane, Ryan Smillie
Queens` hat trick hero last Saturday, David Weatherston missed Tuesday night`s game against Stirling Albion with a hamstring injury. Bob Harris and David Lilley have now served their suspensions.
Referee will be Stevie O`Reilly
C`mon Ye Pars!
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