Preview Kilmarnock
Wednesday, 7th Dec 2011Saturday 10 December, 3.00pm
This is Kilmarnock's first visit to East End Park since February 2007 and of course Jim McIntyre welcomes back one of his former clubs.
Dunfermline lie eleventh in the SPL and although they have done well in the recent 2-1 defeats to both sides of the Old Firm they have still to register a win this season in front of their home support. The last home game looked as though it was going the Pars way at 3-1 up with 12 minutes to go but alas that ended 3-3 against Aberdeen.
Kilmarnock provide the next chance to alter that record and it's eight wins to six in the seventeen Premier League games played between the clubs at East End Park, with Killie having a slight advantage on goal difference.
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Premier League v Kilmarnock (home) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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17 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
26 |
29 |
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Milestones Kilmarnock (home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
3-2 |
SPL | |
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Last League Defeat |
0-1 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory |
06/10/51 |
5-2 |
Div B* |
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Worst League Defeat |
17/04/99 |
0-6 |
SPL |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Over the last twelve meetings, Kilmarnock have had the upper hand winning nine of the contests. DA have managed to win only three with one games ending all square. The last meeting ended up 3-2 for Kilmarnock in a match where Jason Thomson had put the Fifers ahead and then having fallen behind to two Paul Heffernan goals, Ryan Thomson grabbed an equaliser. Unfortunately Czech defender Zdenek Kroca scored the winner with his first and so far only goal for the Ayrshire club.
Last Twelve SPL League Matches v Kilmarnock | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 10/09/11 | A | 2-3 | [1-0] J Thomson, [1-1] Heffernan, [1-2] Heffernan, [2-2] R Thomson, [2-3] Kroca |
| 17/02/07 | H | 1-1 | [0-1] Naismith, [1-1] Crawford |
| 02/12/06 | A | 1-5 | [0-1] Hay, [1-1] Crawford, [1-2] Di Giacomo, [1-3] Di Giacomo, [1-4] Nish, [1-5] Nish |
| H | 3-2 | [0-1] Invincible, [1-1] Young, [1-2] Wales, [2-2] Mason, [3-2] Crawford | |
| A | 0-1 | [0-1] Invincible | |
| H | 0-1 | [0-1] Boyd | |
| A | 2-3 | [1-0] Burchill, [1-1] Dodds, [1-2] Boyd, [2-2] Derek Young, [2-3] Invincible | |
| A | 0-4 | [0-1] Locke, [0-2] Dodds, [0-3] Boyd, [0-4] McDonald | |
| A | 1-2 | [0-1] Naismith, [1-1] Christiansen, [1-2] Boyd | |
| 20/11/04 | H | 4-1 | [1-0] Nicholson, [2-0] Mehmet, [3-0] Wilson, [3-1] Wales, [4-1] Brewster |
| 29/08/04 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] Invincible |
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H |
2-1 |
[0-1] Invincible, [1-1] Nicholson, [2-1] Crawford | |
With 14 points from 17 matches, Dunfermline lie eight points behind sixth placed Kilmarnock. Only six points have been taken from the last 13 league games. Kilmarnock's form has improved since their shocking 6-3 home defeat at the hands of Kilmarnock. They have taken six points from their last two games against Rangers and Aberdeen without conceding a goal.
| Dunfermline | Kilmarnock |
| League Points | |
| 14 | 22 |
| Current League Position | |
| 11 | 6 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -16 | -2 |
| Last 6-Match Form | |
| LWLLDL | DWLDWW |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P8 W0 D4 L4 | P8 W1 D4 L3 |
Killie have one away win to their credit in this season's SPL. That 1-0 victory was at Tynecastle at end of October.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Kilmarnock (away) | |||||
| Aberdeen | D | Hibernian | D | 2-2 | ||
| Dundee United | L | Hearts | W | 1-0 | ||
| Hearts | D | Motherwell | D |
0-0 | ||
| Rangers | L | Rangers | L |
0-2 | ||
| Hibernian | D | St Mirren | L | 0-3 | ||
| Motherwell | L | Aberdeen | D | 2-2 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Rangers): Paul Gallacher, Andy Dowie, John Potter, Alex Keddie; Paul Willis, Gary Mason (c), Martin Hardie (Pat Clarke 75), David Graham, Joe Cardle (Ryan Thomson 68), Paddy Boyle; Andy Barrowman (Andy Kirk 81).
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Smith (GK), Liam Buchanan, Shaun Byrne, Scott Campbell,
KILMARNOCK ( v Aberdeen): Cameron Bell; Garry Hay, Rory McKeown, Gary Fisher, Mahamadou Sissoko, James Fowler, Dean Shiels, Gary Harkins, David Mendes Silva, Manuel Pascali, Paul Heffernan
SUBS: Matthew Kennedy, James Dayton, Zdenek Kroca, Danny Racchi, Ross Davidson, Anssi Jaakkola, Alex Pursehouse
Referee for this match will be Bobby Madden.
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