Pars must keep old Buddie at bay, says Ashcroft

Dunfermline must keep quiet old boy Reilly who is on top form and banging in the goals for his new team

A big crowd is expected to witness second take on first and Ashcroft is determined the Fifers will be the ones back at the summit come fulltime.

He added: “It was a sore one to take last weekend. It just wasn’t what we’ve been up to recently.

“But we can’t get a better game than this one to make up for it.

“If we beat St Mirren we go back top and that’s a big incentive to put last weekend behind us.

“They’re playing with a lot of confidence just now, they’re doing well, so it should be a good game.

“But we know that if we play the way we’ve been playing at home we should get the win, so hopefully we can go out and do that.

“It’s obviously early but it’s the top two teams and whoever wins is going to be top of the table.

“If we can play the way we’ve been playing then there’s no reason why we can’t get the win.”

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