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Preview St Johnstone

Thursday, 30th Oct 2008

Dunfermline failed to beat St Johnstone on both visits to East End Park last season but in the context of this season Saturday could be a very important fixture.

St Johnstone v Dunfermline 16/08/08

Two weeks after their last league match, Dunfermline face second placed St Johnstone on Saturday and the home side would dearly love to leapfrog the Saints by taking all three points. St Johnstone however will be travelling down from Perth intent on revenge after the 3-0 trouncing they suffered in August at the hands of Jim McIntyre`s side.  The Fifers have a good record over St Johnstone principally because of the performances at East End Park. 

Pars v St Johnstone: the Full League Record
  P W D L F A
At East End Park 65 34 12 19 123 89
At Muirton Park / McDiarmid Park 63 19 16 28 88 95
 
Division One (up to 1975) 36 14 6 16 72 60
Division Two (up to 1975) 38 17 7 14 68 64
Premier Division (since 1975) 23 8 9 6 25 22
First Division (since 1975) 28 11 6 11 36 37
Second Division (since 1975) 3 3 0 0 10 1
TOTALS 128 53 28 47 211 184

Dunfermline failed to beat St Johnstone on both visits to East End Park last season.

Milestones v St Johnstone (Home)

Last League Victory

27/10/01

2-1

SPL

Last League Defeat

19/01/08

0-1

Div 1

Best League Victory

21/08/57

7-1

Div 2*

Worst League Defeat

21/10/50

2-7

Div 2*

*Pre league reconstruction

St Johnstone took full advantage of Dunfermline`s match at Airdrie being postponed last Saturday, their 3-1 win over Ian McCall`s Partick moved them into second place. In the context of the season this could be a very important fixture, one that has bus loads of travelling supporters coming south and causing Dunfermline Chairman John Yorkston to make a plea to the home fans to come along and give their full support.

Dunfermline  St Johnstone
Current League Position
3 2
 Form last six league matches
LDWDWW WDWWWW
League Points
18 20
Goal Difference
+7 +3
Home/Away Record
P5, W3, D1, L1 P5, W2, D2, L1

Graham Bayne's first competitive goal for Dunfermline Athletic
Graham Bayne hit the third goal of the August win

St Johnstone are unbeaten since 30th August meaning they have taken 16 points out of the last 18; much better than the four they took from the first fifteen. Dunfermline got a set back when they lost at home to Livingston but that`s their only home defeat of this First Division season.

  Recent Form
   Dunfermline Home     St Johnstone Away
  Partick Thistle W 1-0   Partick Thistle W 3-1
  St Mirren W 2-0   Livingston W 1-0
  Ross County W 3-1   Airdrie United W 3-1
  Livingston L 1-2   Dundee W 2-0
  Alloa Athletic W 1-0   Queen of the South D

2-2

Iain Williamson v St Johnstone 16/08/08

Last Time Out

DUNFERMLINE (v Dundee United): Paul Gallacher; Calum Woods, Greg Shields, Scott Wilson (c), Austin McCann; Kevin Harper (Steven Bell 88), Nick Phinn, Stephen Glass, Alex Burke (Simon Wiles 81); Andy Kirk (Iain Williamson 82), Graham Bayne.
SUBS: Scott Thomson, Callum Reidford

ST JOHNSTONE (v Partick Thistle): Alan Main; Gary Irvine, Liam Craig, Chris Millar, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Stuart McCaffrey, Gavin Swankie (Kevin Moon 82), Martin Hardie, Derek Holmes (Peter MacDonald 73),  Steven Milne, Paul Sheerin.
SUBS:  Steven Anderson, Collin Samuel, Lee Robinson (GK)

Referee will be Calum Murray.  Maybe that`s a good omen, his last visit to East End Park was for the Co-operative Insurance Cup tie against St Mirren that Dunfermline won 2-0.

C`mon Ye Pars!

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