Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at Hampden Park

Despite his coupon here, James McPake was in good form when I chatted to him a wee while ago.

I was dazzled by his Pars jumper, which I did ask if it was a Christmas present...

So, if you handed anyone an IOU over the festive period and still need some inspiration, get your hands on one of the 'jumper's that go with everything and anything', the manager is sporting on a chilly evening at Hampden.

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Dunfermline manager James McPake told BBC Scotland about the injury nightmare at East End Park: "We've picked a team, we've got 11 players on the pitch. It's a good starting 11, put it that way.

"Fair play to the lads. A lot of them tried over the last couple of days to be ready for tonight. Some missed out. Some are playing with slight knocks.

"It's tough at the minute but we're here to perform, to try and get three points for the football club. No excuses with injuries and we've just got to go out there and do all we can to get a positive result."

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Queen's Park head coach Paul Nuijten told BBC Scotland about his future: "I look from game to game, and then we will see how long it will take. But for me, the most important thing is the game for tonight."

[On David Hopkin helping at the club] "I'm a young coach, I'm inexperienced at this level. It's really good to have help for someone that has more life experience, has more coaching experience, knows the Championship really well.

"It's really good for me as a young coach that I've like a certain mentor next to me that can give me advice and we make the decisions as a staff together."

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Is today the day that the drought ends?

Queen's Park last won a league match on 19 August. They've lost 10 matches since, drawing five.

It's quite the fall from grace in comparison to last year when they were the league's surprise package under Owen Coyle. Finishing third, they were only five points behind champions Dundee.

Since then, manager Robin Veltman was sacked while director of football Marijn Beuker left to join Ajax in late November.

They're rock bottom, three points off ninth-placed Arbroath.

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There are three changes to the Dunfermline side that lost the Fife derby 2-1 on 2 January.

There's yet more injury misfortune for James McPake to contend with as defenders Rhys Breen and Sam Fisher miss out. Ewan Otoo is the other absentee.

They are replaced by Owen Moffat, Paul Allan - you should see his business card - and Michael O'Halloran. The bench is made up of two goalkeepers and five teenagers.

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There's only two changes for Queen's Park. Mallorcan-born Alex Fairlie comes into the midfield for his full debut, while Tommy Robson is expected to fit into the back-three.

Alex Bannon (20), Cameron Bruce (18) and Zach Mauchlin (18) are the other youth products in the starting XI.

Also, interestingly enough, former Livingston and Morton manager David Hopkin is in the stands tonight. We understand he's been helping out at the club...

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Queen's Park: Ferrie, Bannon, Thomson, Robson, Mauchin, Fairlie, Spong, Turner, Bruce, Thomas, Paton.

Substitutes: McKenna, McPherson, Healy, Tizzard, McKinstry, Reid, Waugh, Jarrett, McCormick.

Dunfermline: Mehmet, O'Halloran, Comrie, Hamilton, Edwards, Allan, Chalmers, Summers, Moffat, Wighton, Jakubiak.

Substitutes: Sharp, Little, Fenton, T Sutherland, Hoggan, McLeod, J Sutherland.

Hello there football fans, and welcome to Hampden Park.

We've - hopefully - got a real treat for you this evening, as the league's bottom side Queen's Park host play-off chasing, or fearing, Dunfermline Athletic.

You see, this league is so tight that the Pars are just a point off the promotion play-offs, and five away from the relegation play-off.

But hey, there's a while to go before that. Let's look at the teams.

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