Preview Livingston
Saturday, 5th Aug 2017Ladbrokes Championship: Saturday 5th August 2017 3.00 kick off at the Tony Macaroni Stadium
Dunfermline`s trip to Livingston on Saturday will be their first in competition to the West Lothian club since March 2013. Following going into administration the Pars were relegated that season and after three season won promotion but Livingston past by them on the way up as they too took the drop.
The Championship new boys have had a good start to the season, winning their Betfred Cup group having beaten St Mirren, Airdrieonians and Stranraer and Premier League Partick Thistle on penalties. Dunfermline too topped their Betfred Cup group so it should be a good contest between two teams that will be full of confidence.
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League v Livingston
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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18 |
4 |
8 |
6 |
16 |
24 |
The Pars won four visits back when an Andy Kirk double assisted in the 3-2 victory.
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Milestones
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Last
League Victory # |
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3-2 |
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Last
League Defeat # |
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1-2 |
Div 1 . |
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Best
League Victory * |
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4-2 |
Div
2 |
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Worst League Defeat* |
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0-4 |
Div
2 |
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Last Twelve League matches
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H/A |
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Scorers |
| 30/03/13 | A | 2-2 | [1-0] Thomson, [1-1] Andreu, [2-1] McNulty, [2-2] Husband (pen.) |
| 26/01/13 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Andreu |
| 08/12/12 | A | 1-2 | [0-1] Garcia, [0-2] Mullen, [1-2] Barrowman |
| 22/09/12 | H | 4-0 | [1-0] Barrowman, [2-0] McMillan, [3-0] Thomson, [4-0] Barrowman |
| 17/03/09 | A | 2-4 | [0-1] McParland, [1-1] Bell, [1-2] Davidson, [2-2] Graham. [2-3] Davidson, [2-4] Griffiths |
| 30/12/08 | H | 1-0 | [1-0] Shields |
| 15/11/08 | A | 3-2 | [0-1] McPake, [1-1] Kirk, [2-1] Bayne, [2-2] Elliott, [3-2] Kirk |
| 30/08/08 | H | 1-2 | [0-1] Griffiths, [1-1] Kirk, [1-2] Griffiths |
| 01/03/08 | H | 1-1 | [1-0] Burke, [1-1] Dorrans |
| 02/01/08 | A | 2-0 | [1-0] Hamilton, [2-0] Burchill |
| 03/11/07 | H | 0-4 | [0-1] Craig, [0-2] Craig, [0-3] Tinkler, [0-4] Kennedy |
| 19/08/07 | A | 1-1 | [0-1] Mackay (pen.) [1-1] O Morrison |
Dunfermline may have failed to win in the last three visits but before that they had made the trip five times without defeat. The Pars have won four of the last dozen league meetings with Livingston, losing five with the other three ending in draws.
Last Meeting at Livingston
First Division - Saturday 30th March 2013
Livingston 2 Dunfermline 2
Given the announcement of player redundancies no one would expect much from Jim Jefferies` casualty riddled side. The Pars travelled to Livingston on Saturday at the end of the most tumultuous week in their 128 year history. Interim Administration was announced on Wednesday, player redundancies on Thursday and then the removal of Assistant Manager on Friday.
Midway through the first half the visitors took the lead against the run of play. A dangerous Ross Millen ball from the right was headed in by Ryan THOMSON and the Pars were 1-0 up.
Ten minutes into the second half Garcia played a fine diagonal ball into the box and Tony ANDREU made no mistake and so it was all square.
In 69 minutes a long ball caused mayhem and Livi sub Marc McNULTY nipped in to smash the ball past the helpless Michal Hrivnak. 2-1
The game was in the first minute of added time when Mullen brought down Shaun Byrne on the left side of the penalty box and referee Paul Robertson pointed to the spot. Stephen HUSBAND stepped up and calmly slotted the ball home. 2-2. The point was no less than the performance deserved.
LIVINGSTON: Andy McNeil. Kevin McCann, Craig Barr, Jason Talbot, Anthony Andreu, Burton O`Brien, Kyle Jacobs (Marc McNulty HT), Liam Fox (Coll Donaldson 86), Stefan Scougall (Danny Mullen 67), Iain Russell.
SUBS NOT USED: Callum Booth, Darren Jamieson (GK).
DUNFERMLINE: Michal Hrivnak. Ross Millen, Kerr Young, John Potter (Shaun Byrne 53), Alex Whittle. Josh Falkingham (c), Chris Kane, Stephen Husband, Ryan Thomson. Craig Dargo (Grant Munro 58), Ryan Wallace (Allan Smith 45+1).
SUBS NOT USED: Ross Drummond, Ryan Goodfellow (GK).
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| . Partick Thistle (H) | D | 1-1 | . Hearts (A) | . D | .2-2 | |
| . St Mirren (A) | W | 1-0 | . Peterhead (H) | W | 5-1 | |
| . Airdrieonians (H) | W | 2-0 | . East Fife (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| . Stranraer (A) | W | 4-2 | . Elgin City (H) |
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.6-0 | |
Above: Callum Smith`s last visit was for the U20s
Last Time Out
Livingston`s Betfred Cup group fixtures were concluded with their 4-2 win at Stranraer on Tuesday, so they travelled to Cardiff for a friendly against the Bluebirds on Friday. Their 4-0 defeat was put down as a valuable learning experience for the players for the season ahead.
DUNFERMLINE (v Hearts): Sean Murdoch: Ryan Williamson, Callum Morris (c), Lee Ashcroft, Lewis Martin: Kallum Higginbotham, Michael Paton, Nat Wedderburn, Joe Cardle (Jean-Yves M`Voto 89): Declan McManus, Callum Smith (Scott Lochhead 66)
SUBS NOT USED: Aaron Splaine, Jason Talbot, Conner Duthie, Cammy Gill (GK)
LIVINGSTON (v Cardiff City): Neil Alexander: Declan Gallagher, Craig Halkett, Alan Lithgow, Keaghan Jacobs, Scott Pittman, Shaun Byrne, Raffaele De Vita, Daniel Mullen, Jackson Longridge, Dale Carrick.
SUBS: Nicky Cadden, Nikolay Todorov, Josh Mullin, Scott Robinson, Gary Maley, Dylan Mackin, Josh Peters.
Referee will be Alan Newlands.
Come on ye Pars!
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