Preview Rangers
Wednesday, 17th Jan 2007Could it be another famous Pars victory? In search of the first back to back victories over Rangers since 1967.
| Ticket Info: Dunfermline v Rangers 21/01/07 |
Rangers return to East End Park on Sunday for the fourth time this season. One win, one draw and one defeat so far but the Pars solitary league win from the twenty six meetings in Fife is not a great record.
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Premier League v Rangers (Home) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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26 |
1 |
6 |
19 |
20 |
63 |
Following the Fifers 3-2 Cup win over Rangers, it has been said by many at East End Park that they would rather have had three SPL points than a place in the Fourth Round of the Tennent`s Scottish Cup. Well, now comes the chance to achieve both. Dunfermline can take confidence and belief from the events of a week past Sunday but Rangers will be very wary of another humiliation at the hands of the SPL`s bottom club!
Manager Stephen Kenny is being very positive about Sunday`s match:-
"I feel we had a good win against Rangers 3-2, and in the last two league games we came close to teams. We had a goal disallowed against Hearts late in the game and against Falkirk we conceded a goal in the ninetieth minute that clearly looked offside. These are narrow margins against two teams in the top six and we are not that far away.
"We had players missing last week but we will have a good few bodies back this week. We are not looking to make too many excuses, we have to eliminate excuses. Rangers are coming here this week, we beat them last week but we know that it will be a tough game. We must try and take the initiative."
| Dunfermline | Rangers |
| Current League Position | |
| 12 | 2 |
| Last 6-Match Form | |
| DLLLWL | WLDWLW |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P12, W3, D2, L7 | P12, W5, D2, L5 |
| Leading Scorers | |
| S Crawford (4) | K Boyd (9) |
Could it be another famous Pars victory? Remarkably, despite recording only 12 wins in 120 meetings, Dunfermline have recorded back to back victories over Rangers before, back in 1966/67 when they did the double over the Gers winning both home and away.
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Milestones Rangers (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
2-0 |
SPL | |
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Last League Defeat |
0-1 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory |
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3-1 |
Div One* |
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Worst League Defeat |
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1-7 |
Div One* |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
The last dozen meetings between the two teams have seen ten Dunfermline defeats, one win and one draw.
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Last Twelve League Matches v Rangers | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 11/11/06 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] Boyd, [0-2] Smith |
| 13/08/06 | H | 1-1 | [0-1] Buffel, [1-1] O Morrison |
| 25/03/06 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] Kyrgiakos |
| 26/12/05 | H | 3-3 | [1-0] Tod, [1-1] Lovenkrands, [2-1] Burchill, [2-2] Lovenkrands, [2-3] Burke, [3-3] Darren Young |
| 01/10/05 | A | 1-5 | [0-1] Buffel, [0-2] Prso, [1-2] Hunt, [1-3] Nieto, [1-4] Lovenkrands, [1-5] McCormack |
| 17/04/05 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Prso |
| 15/01/05 | A | 0-3 | [0-1] Thompson, [0-2] Andrews, [0-3] Rae |
| 27/10/04 | H | 1-2 | [1-0] Brewster, [1-1] Boumsong, [1-2] Novo |
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H |
2-3 |
[1-0] Dempsey; [1-1] Ricksen; [1-2] Burke; [1-3] McCormack; [2-3] Dempsey | |
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A |
1-4 |
[0-1] Hutton, [0-2] Lovenkrands, [1-2] Tod, [1-3] R de Boer, [1-4] Mols | |
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H |
2-0 |
[1-0] Crawford, [2-0] Vanoli (og) | |
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A |
0-4 |
[0-1]Thompson, [0-2] Mols, [0-3] Arveladze, [0-4] Capucho | |
| Recent Form | |||||
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Dunfermline |
W |
L |
L |
D |
L |
| Rangers Away |
L |
W |
L |
W |
L |
Darren Young will not be available for this match nor the next against Dundee United as he sits out a two match suspension.
DUNFERMLINE last time out (v Falkirk): Roddy McKenzie; Greg Ross (Iain Williamson 92), Greg Shields (c), Scott Wilson (Jamie McCunnie 42), Scott Morrison; Bobby Ryan, Stephen Simmons, Darren Young, Owen Morrison (Frederic Daquin HT); Stevie Crawford, Jim O`Brien,.
SUBS NOT USED: Dorus de Vries (GK), Nick Phinn, Calum Woods, Souleymane Bamba,
YELLOW CARDS: Scott Morrison (21), Young (64), Simmons (71), Crawford (79)
RANGERS last time out (v Dundee United):- Allan McGregor; Alan Hutton, Brahim Hemdani, Karl Svensson, Ian Murray; Chris Burke (Filip Sebo 74), Barry Ferguson, Jeremy Clement, Charlie Adam, Dado Prso (Nacho Novo 41), Kris Boyd
SUBS NOT USED: Stefan Klos, Papac, Gavin Rae, Alan Lowing, Steven Lennon
YELLOW CARD: Svensson
Remember it`s a 2.00pm kick off and the game is all ticket.
Referee will be John Underhill.
Come on ye Pars!
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