Dunfermline Athletic

Preview Stranraer

Saturday, 17th Oct 2015

Ladbrokes League One: Stair Park, kick off 5.15pm

This Saturday Dunfermline are on the road again, this time to Stranraer. The opposition were without a match over the international weekend since they had already exited the Petrofac Training Cup at the hands of Queen of the South, a feat that the Fifers followed as a result of their poor form at St Mirren.

Dunfermline were comfortable 3-1 winners at East End Park back at the end of August. Faissal El Bakhtaoui shot the Pars into a 13th minute lead and the visitors found themselves 3-0 down just six minutes into the second half after Jason Talbot and Andy Geggan netted. Although Jamie Longworth got one back for Stranraer it turned out only to be a consolation.

Milestones v Stranraer (away)

Last Victory

30/08/14

2-1

League One

Best Victory

30/01/54

4-1

Scottish Cup

Last Defeat

28/02/15

1-5

League One

Worst Result

28/02/15

1-5

League One


Stranraer have just five wins ever in the 35 league games between the sides but their last win in February this year was also their best ever against the Pars. That match will be remembered for the red card shown to Gregor Buchanan for standing on Longworth. Andy Geggan had only just got the Pars back on level terms when they were reduced to ten men and then Chris Aitken and Willie Gibson struck before half time. Longworth's 49th minute strike ended the contest and Jon McShane rubbed salt into the widening wound with an 83rd minute fifth.

Last twelve matches v Stranraer
Date H/A WDL F-A Scorers
29/08/15 H W 3-1 [1-0] El Bakhtaoui; [2-0] Talbot; [3-0] Geggan [3-1] Longworth.
11/04/15 H W 1-0 [1-0] El Bakhtaoui
28/02/15 A L 1-5 [0-1] Gallagher; [1-1]Geggan (26), [1-2] Chris Aitken [1-3] Willie Gibson; [1-4] Jamie Longworth; [1-5] Jon McShane
20/12/14 H L 0-1 [0-1] McKeown
09/12/14 H L 1-3 [0-1] Winter, [0-2] Stephen Stirling, [1-2] Millen pen. [1-3] Longworth
29/11/14 A D 2-2 [1-0] Geggan, [2-0] Buchanan, [2-1] Gibson, [2-2] Geggan o.g.
30/08/14 A W 2-1 [1-0] Ugwu, [1-1] [2-1] Moffat
10/05/14 H W 3-0 [1-0] Geggan; [2-0] Geggan; [3-0] El Bakhtaoui 
07/05/14 A L 1-2 [0-1] Grehan; [1-1] El Bakhtaoui; [1-2] Bell.
01/03/14 A L 1-3 [0-1] Grehan pen, [0-2] McKenna, [0-3] McKenna, [1-3] Grainger pen.
11/01/14 H W 3-2 [0-1] Bell, [1-1] Thomson, [1-2] McKeown, [2-2] Byrne, [3-2] Shankland
26/10/13 A W 2-1 [0-1] Longworth, [1-1] Husband, [2-1] Falkingham

Stranraer stood top of League One back in February when Dunfermline last played them at Stair Park but this season they have take some time to get going. Their two away wins from the last two fixtures has changed their fortunes. Their only home win so far has been a 1-0 win over Brechin City.

Statistics

Stranraer Dunfermline
Current League Position
6 2
Recent League Results
LWLLWW WWLWDW
League Points
12 19
Goal Difference
-5 +22
League Record
P9, W4, D0, L0 P9, W6, D1, L2

Stranraer followed up their win at Forfar with a win at Airdrie a week past Saturday. Keeper David McGurn saved a Liam Watt penalty and after a strong finish in which Ryan Thomson made Neil Parry save two headers, the former Pars man headed in a 83rd minute winner.

   Form last six matches
  Stranraer (home)  

 

 

 

  Dunfermline (away)
  Peterhead 

 W

2-0   St Mirren  L

 0-4

  Dundee United L 0-3   Dundee United D 1-1*
  Stirling Albion W 1-0   Stenhousemuir  W 5-0
  Brechin City L 0-2   Forfar Athletic W 4-0
  Forfar Athletic W 4-2   Peterhead L 1-2
  Stenhousemuir

L

0-2   Forfar Athletic W 3-0

Last Time Out

DUNFERMLINE (v St Mirren):
Sean Murdoch; Shaun Rooney (Rhys McCabe 64), Marc McAusland, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot; Michael Paton, Andy Geggan (c), Shaun Byrne, Joe Cardle; Ryan Wallace (David Hopkirk HT), Faissal El Bakhtaoui (Michael Moffat 39)
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Spence, Paul Joseph Crossan, John Potter, David Hutton (GK).

STRANRAER (v Airdrieonians): David McGurn; Craig Pettigrew, Lee Mair (Chris Aitken 45), Scott Rumsby, Dale Keenan; Paul Cairney, Steven Bell, Peter McGill (Jamie Longworth 84), Andy Stirling; Ryan Thomson, Mark McGuigan
SUBS NOT USED: Sam McCloskey, Kerr Samson, Kyle Turner, Liam Rowan, Max Currie (GK)

Referee will be Craig Charleston



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