Dunfermline Athletic

Preview Rangers

Sunday, 3rd Nov 2013

First league meeting outside the top flight. The last Pars league victory at Ibrox was in April 1972, over 40 years ago.

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Rangers v Dunfermline

This Wednesday night Dunfermline are back at Ibrox on league business for the first time since December 2011.  This is the first league match between the clubs outside the top flight but the Pars success rate in the 101 league meetings so far in Glasgow have brought just nine wins and fifteen draws. The Fifers failed to record an away win over Rangers in the Premier League; twenty three of the twenty six Premier League visits to Ibrox ended in defeat.

League Record v Rangers (away)

Pld

W

D

L

101

9

15

77

Alex Keddie v Rangers

The last Pars league victory at Ibrox was in April 1972, over 40 years ago. Jim Leishman scored the winning goal that day (as he never forgets to tell us), with the other goals coming from Ken Mackie, Kenny Thomson, plus an own goal from Sandy Jardine.

Milestones Rangers (away)

Last League Victory

27/04/72

4-3

Div One*

Last League Defeat

03/12/11

1-2

SPL

Best League Victory

27/04/72

4-3

Div One*

Worst League Defeat

22/12/34

1-8

Div One*

*Pre league reconstruction

Alex Keddie v Rangers

Dunfermline`s last league win over Rangers was in December 2003 when a Stevie Crawford goal and Vanoli own goal handed the Pars a rare 2-0 win. However the 14 matches since then have seen the Gers win twelve and draw two. When these teams last met, at East End Park on 11th February 2012 it was a comfortable 4-1 win for McCoists` men.

Dunfermline 1 Rangers 0 - Andy Kirk in 16th minute

Last Twelve League Matches v Rangers

Date

H/A

F-A

Scorers

11/02/12 H 1-4 [1-0] Kirk, [1-1] Healy, [1-2] McCulloch, [1-3] Aluko, [1-4] Kerkar.
03/12/11 A 1-2 [0-1] Keddie (og), [0-2] Jelavic pen.), [1-2] Cardle
24/09/11 H 0-4 [0-1] Bocanegra, [0-2] Edu, [0-3] Naismith, 
[0-4] Naismith
21/01/07 H 0-1 [0-1] Adam
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, [1-2]  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

David Graham v Rangers

Dunfermline were at Ibrox on Co-operative Insurance Cup duty in September 2010, scored two but lost seven.

Only two places between the teams in League One but Rangers consistency makes them 7-1 on at the bookies. Rangers have won 14 of their fifteen matches this season, only slipping up to Dick Campbell`s Forfar Athletic in the Scottish Communities League Cup.

Rangers  Dunfermline
Current League Position
1 3
Current League Points
30 19
Goal Difference
+37 +4
Last 6-Match Form
WWWWWW WWLLWW
Home / Away League Record
P4, W4, D0, L0 P5, W3, D1, L1
Leading Scorers in league
 J Daly (8)  Andy Geggan (5)

Ryan Thomson v Rangers

Rangers home form is impressive, six games, six wins, four shut outs.  Only Arbroath and Brechin City have managed to score at Ibrox this season. Peterhead were the last team to defeat Rangers at Ibrox with a 2-1 win on 20th April this year. Last season in the Third Division visitors to collect points were Elgin City, Montrose and Stirling Albion, while Annan Athletic left with all three. Only goes to show it is possible.

On the road the Pars have lost at Forfar and Falkirk this season and dropped points at Brechin as well. After touring the extremities of Scottish football in the last two weeks it will be easy to be fresh after a trip to Govan.

   Recent Form - home / away
  Rangers (home)  

 

 

 

  Dunfermline (away)
  Airdrieonians W 3-0   Elgin City W 5-3
  Stenhousemuir W 8-0   Stranraer W 2-1
  Arbroath W 5-1   Forfar Athletic L 0-4
  East Fife W 5-0   Brechin City D 1-1
  Berwick Rangers W 2-0   Falkirk L 1-2
  Brechin City W 4-1   Stenhousemuir W 4-5

Gary Mason v Rangers

Last Time Out

DUNFERMLINE (v Elgin City): Ryan Scully, Ross Millen, Alex Whittle, Kerr Young, Callum Morris, Andy Geggan, Shaun Byrne, Stephen Husband (Ryan Ferguson 61), Ryan Wallace (Allan Smith 77), Josh Falkingham, Ryan Thomson (Jordan Moore 55).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Craig Dargo, Robert Thomson, Ryan Goodfellow.

RANGERS (v Airdrieonians): Cammy Bell; Richard Foster, Lee McCulloch, Bilel Mohsni, Lee Wallace; Lewis MacLeod (David Templeton 66), Nicky Law, Arnold Peralta (Fraser Aird 81), Kyle Hutton, Jon Daly, Nicky Clark (Andy Little 70).
SUBS NOT USED: Robbie Crawford, Sebastien Faure, Steven Smith, Steve Simonsen (GK).

Referee will be Stevie O`Reilly.

Rangers v Dunfermline

Last Meeting

Ryan Thomson and John Potter remain the only Pars players on the books who played for the Pars last time at Ibrox but Rangers have no one from the team that played in 2012.  A familiar opponent  however will be Kyle Hutton who had a loan spell at Dunfermline from January 2012 to May 2012.

RANGERS: Allan McGregor; Steven Whittaker, Dorin Goian, Kyle Bartley, Kirk Broadfoot, Steven Davis (c), Maurice Edu; Thomas Bendiksen (Kyle Lafferty 58), Gregg Wylde, Nikica Jelavic, Sone Aluko
SUBS NOT USED: Neil Alexander, Alejandro Bedoya, Lee McCulloch, Ross Perry, Juan Manuel Ortiz, Kane Hemmings.
SCORERS: Keddie (og 21), Jelavic (29 pen.)

DUNFERMLINE: 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,
SCORER: Cardle (31)

Joe Cardle celebrates another goal at Ibrox


 

 



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