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St. Johnstone face a trip to Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Saints will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with St. Johnstone inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Pars in a Scottish Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 07 Apr | St. Johnstone | 0 - 0 | Dunfermline A. | SCD1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 01 Nov | Dunfermline A. | 1 - 2 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 16 Aug | St. Johnstone | 0 - 3 | Dunfermline A. | SCD1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Mar | St. Johnstone | 1 - 1 | Dunfermline A. | SCD1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Jan | Dunfermline A. | 0 - 1 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 25 Nov | Dunfermline A. | 2 - 3 | St. Johnstone | SCC |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 10 Nov | St. Johnstone | 0 - 0 | Dunfermline A. | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Dunfermline Athletic need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While Pars have scored 4, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.
St. Johnstone's away form is none too clever either, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The Saints's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Dunfermline A. see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division One, showing a record of 41 points from their 31 games played so far, St. Johnstone are leading the way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division One, with their 31 games giving them a return of 53 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Dunfermline A. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| St. Johnstone | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Saints has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Dunfermline A.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Dunfermline A. | Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| St. Johnstone | Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |