Preview Dundee United
Tuesday, 25th Oct 2011The Pars have the upper hand at East End Park with eleven SPL wins to United`s five.
By the time Dundee United take on Dunfermline on Saturday they will have recovered from their penalty shoot out defeat to Falkirk in the Scottish Communities Cup on Tuesday night. Hopefully the Dunfermline spies at Tannadice will have worked out how to stop Johnny Russell and Jon Daly. The Pars have the upper hand at East End Park with eleven SPL wins to United`s five and a win over Peter Houston`s team would take them two points ahead of the Tayside club.
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SPL v Dundee United (Home) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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27 |
11 |
11 |
5 |
36 |
29 |
Dunfermline won the last SPL match in which they met Dundee United at East End on 21st April 2007. That means that it was back in January 1997 when United last triumphed at East End Park. Kjell Olofsson (2) and Jim McInally scored for the visitors, with Harry Curran scoring for the Athletic.
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Milestones Dundee United (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
1 - 0 |
SPL | |
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Last League Defeat |
11/01/97 |
1 - 3 |
Prem Lg |
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Best League Victory |
11/08/45 |
7 - 0 |
Div B* |
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Worst League Defeat |
09/10/65 |
2 - 4 |
Div One* |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
The last dozen league games between the two sides have seen DA win seven and United win just one, with four games ending all square.
Last Twelve League Matches v Dundee United | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 20/08/11 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Burns |
| 21/04/07 | H | 1-0 | [1-0] McManus |
| 27/01/07 | A | 0-0 | |
| 18/11/06 | H | 2-1 | [0-1] Robson, [1-1] Shields, [2-1] Mason |
| 19/08/06 | A | 0-0 | |
| 02/05/06 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Daquin |
| 25/02/06 | H | 1-1 | [0-1] Kenneth, [1-1] Burchill |
| 20/12/05 | A | 1-2 | [0-1] Samuel, [1-1] Wilson, [1-2] Robson |
| 24/09/05 | H | 2-1 | [0-1] McCracken, [1-1] Tod, [2-1] Ross |
| 15/05/05 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Mason |
| 22/01/05 | H | 1-1 | [1-0] Christiansen, [1-1] Crawford |
| 30/10/04 | A | 2-1 | [0-1] Wilson, [1-1] Tod, [2-1] Darren Young |
Paul Burns hits a late winner at Tannadice
Neither side have enjoyed great form this season United`s points have come from wins over x and Y and five draws. The Pars have one less point having recorded SPL wins at Tannadice and McDiarmid Park and four from draws.
| Current League Position | |
| Dunfermline | Dundee United |
| 11 | 10 |
| League Points | |
| 10 | 11 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -11 | -7 |
| Last 6 SPL Match Form | |
| LDLLLD | LWDLLD |
| Home / Away Record | |
| P6, W0, D3, L3 | P5, W1, D2, L2 |
Recent form favours United with five points from the last 18 available while the Pars have managed only two.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Dundee United (away) | |||||
| Hearts | L | Aberdeen | L | 1-3 | ||
| Rangers | L | Hibernian | D | 3-3 | ||
| Hibernian | D | Airdrie United | W |
2-0 | ||
| Motherwell | L | St Johnstone | D |
3-3 | ||
| Inverness Caley Th | D | Celtic | L | 1-5 | ||
| St Mirren | D | Hearts | W | 1-0 | ||
DUNFERMLINE: (Last time out v Inverness Caley Thistle): Paul Gallacher, Jason Thomson (Ryan Thomson 47), John Potter, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); Paul Burns, Gary Mason, Paddy Boyle, David Graham (Steven McDougall 84), Joe Cardle; Andy Kirk (Liam Buchanan 56).
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Smith (GK), Kerr Young, Craig Easton, Shaun Byrne,
DUNDEE UNITED: (Last time out v Falkirk): Dusan Pernis, Garry Kenneth, Gavin Gunning, Keith Watson, Paul Dixon, John Rankin, Willo Flood, Barry Douglas, Scott Robertson, Jonathan Daly, Lauri Dalla Valle.
SUBS: Scott Allan, Ryan Dow, Johnny Russell, Stuart Armstrong, Steve Banks.
Referee will be Stevie O`Reilly who officiated when these teams met at Tannadice in August. He will know his way to Halbeath Road as well since he was ref for the St Mirren game and the last home game against Hearts. Last week he was in charge of the Celtic match in Aberdeen where he showed Ryan Jack red and flashed six yellows. In his 13 matches this season this whistler has notched his 50 with a tally of four red and 46 yellow.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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