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Ladbrokes Championship: home v Morton 3.00pm kick off at East End Park

It is seventh v fifth this week and Dunfermline sorely seek the home win that would be just their second in the league at home this season.

Milestones v Morton (Home)

Last League Victory: 29/04/17 3-1 Championship
Last League Defeat: 28/03/15 0-4 League One
Best League Victory: 29/01/66 6-0 Division One*
Worst League Defeat: 28/03/15 0-4 League One
Last Goalless Draw: 17/03/18 0-0 Championship
First League Meeting: 25/12/26: 1-1 Division One*
*Pre league reconstruction

This is the 99th league meeting between these teams and Dunfermline hold the better record 44 wins to Morton’s 30. 24 have been drawn.

Last season Morton met Dunfermline five times. The ‘Ton won three wins all courtesy of winning goals in the closing stages of the matches and two games, both at East End, were drawn.

Then earlier this season at Cappielow, Dunfermline could not hold on to the lead established by Andy Ryan and lost a goal with nine minutes remaining.

Of the last twelve league meetings Morton have won eight and three have been won by Dunfermline and just one drawn. The Fifers have not won any of the last six meetings.

Last Twelve Matches v Morton

22-09-18: (A) D 1-1 Championship
17-03-18: (H) D 0-0 Championship
03-02-18: (A) L 1-2 Championship
20-01-18: (H) L 1-2 Scottish Cup
21-11-17: (H) D 1-1 Championship
09-09-17: (A) L 2-3 Championship
29-04-17: (H) W 3-1 Championship
25-03-17: (A) W 1-0 Championship
10-12-16: (H) W 2-1 Championship
17-09-16: (A) L 1-2 Championship
02-03-16: (H) L 0-4 League One
24-01-15: (A) L 0-2 League One

Last meeting as East End Park
Saturday 17th March 2018
Dunfermline 0 Morton 0

In the first half that there wasn’t much between the teams. Dunfermline probably played the better football and got into really good areas, it was just that final pass that let them down.
Then in the second half the Pars felt that were well on top, controlled it and should have won the game. Dan Armstrong hit the post, Kallum Higginbotham hit the bar and there were other really good chances as well but there was to be no goals.

DUNFERMLINE: Lee Robinson: Ryan Williamson, Callum Morris (c) Lee Ashcroft, Lewis Martin: James Craigen (Fraser Aird 76), Tom Beadling, James Vincent, Kallum Higginbotham, Declan McManus, Nicky Clark (Dan Armstrong 76).
SUBS NOT USED: Dean Shiels, Jason Talbot, Nat Wedderburn, Jean-Yves M’Voto, Cammy Gill (GK)

MORTON: Derek Gaston: Tom O`Ware (c), Andy Murdoch, Ricki Lamie, Michael Doyle: Jack Iredale, Michael Tidser, Gary Harkins, Frank Ross (Gary Fraser 74), Scott Tiffoney, Gary Oliver
SUBS NOT USED: Mark Russell, John Baird, Bob McHugh, Lewis Strapp, Luca Gasparotto, Conor Brennan (GK)

Form Last Six Matches

DUNFERMLINE
Ross County (A) L 1-2
Falkirk (H) L 0-1
Alloa Athletic (A) W 1-0
Inverness Caley Thistle (A) D 2-2
Dundee United (H) 0-2
Queen of the South (H) L 0-1

MORTON
Peterhead (A) W 3-0
Peterhead (H) D 1-1
Ayr United (A) D 0-0
Alloa Athletic (H) L 0-2
Partick Thistle (H) W 5-1
Queen of the South (A) W 2-1

League Form
Even with three wins from their last six league games Morton have become a bit unpredictable of late. After a 2-1 win away to Queen of the South they followed that up with a convincing 5-1 win at home over Partick Thistle. They then lost 2-0 at home to Jim Goodwin’s Alloa. Next they went to Ayr and got a draw before coming up against Peterhead in the Scottish Cup.

At home the Pars have won just one in five league games principally due to having just twice in home league games.

DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 7th
League Points: 15
League Record: P14 W4 D3 L7 GF13 GA21
Goal Difference: -8
Last Six League Match Form: LLDWLL

MORTON
League Position: 5th
League Points: 20
League Record: P14 W5 D5 L4 GF18 GA21
Goal Difference: -3
Last Six League Match Form: WLWWLD

Last time out

DUNFERMLINE (v Ross County): Lee Robinson: Ryan Williamson, Lee Ashcroft (c), Danny Devine, Jackson Longridge: Malaury Martin (Aidan Keena 73): Kallum Higginbotham, James Vincent (James Craigen 89), Joe Thomson, Robbie Muirhead (Myles Hippolyte 86): Faissal El Bakhtaoui,
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Stuart Morrison, Cammy Gill (GK)

MORTON (v Peterhead): Derek Gaston: Lee Kilday, Jack Iredale (Ben Armour 89), Gregor Buchanan, Kerr Waddell, Reghan Tumility, Chris Millar, Jim McAlister, Michael Tidser, Robert Thomson, Bob McHugh (R McKeown 89)
SUBS NOT USED: Charles Telfer, R Lyon, Connor Bell, Jack Purdue, Ryan Scully (GK).

Referee will be John Beaton.

Other Championship fixture

Friday
Dundee United v Ayr United at Tannadice Park

Saturday
Alloa Athletic v Ross County at the Indodrill Stadium
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Falkirk at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Queen of the South v Partick Thistle At Palmerston Park

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