Preview Partick Thistle
Saturday, 23rd Apr 2022cinch Championship (away) v Partick Thistle, Saturday 23rd April 2022, kick off 3.00pm at Firhill Stadium
The penultimate game of the league season will see Dunfermline taking on a Thistle side seeking points to confirm a play off place. The Firhill fixture is a big one for the visitors as well as they search for points to avoid being caught by Queen of the South and keep them out of the play offs at the other end of the table.
Milestones Partick (away)
Last Victory | 10/07/21 | 4-2 | Premier Sports Cup
Last Defeat | 26/12/21 | 0-1 | Scottish Cup
Best Victory | 20/04/66 | 6-2 | Div One*
Worst Defeat | 10/11/34 | 1-7 | Div One*
Last Goalless Draw | 23/10/21 | 0-0 | Championship
First Meeting | 23/10/26 | 1-5 | Div One*
*Pre league reconstruction
In the previous 114 meetings between the clubs Dunfermline have won 52, Partick 32 and 30 have been drawn and at Firhill, Thistle are ahead with 21 wins to the Pars 20.
Last time at Firhill
Scottish Cup Third Round, Saturday 27th November 2021
Partick Thistle 1 Dunfermline 0
This was just John Hughes second match in charge of Dunfermline but despite the majority of possession the Fifers exited the cup in the third round.
The long awaited goal came in 82 minutes when sub MacIver threaded the ball to DOCHERTY to his left and the Thistle captain floated the ball into the top right corner giving Owain Fôn Williams no chance. 1-0
PARTICK THISTLE: Jamie Sneddon: Ciaran McKenna, Olatunjo Akinola, Kevin Holt, Stephen Hendrie: Kyle Turner (Shea Gordon 73), Ross Docherty (c), Stuart Bannigan, Scott Tiffoney: Cammy Smith (Connor Murray 80), Zak Rudden (Ross MacIver 68).
SUBS NOT USED: Ben Stanway, Ji Stevenson, Jake Hastie, Harry Stone (GK)
DUNFERMLINE: Owain Fôn Williams: Aaron Comrie, Mark Connolly, Vytas Gašpuitis, Josh Edwards: Kyle Macdonald, Matthew Todd (Nikolay Todorov 68), Graham Dorrans (c), Dom Thomas (Kevin O’Hara 83): Ryan Dow, Lewis McCann.
SUBS NOT USED: Ross Graham, Craig Wighton, Ian Wilson, Dan Pybus, Paul Allan, Reece Cole, Deniz Mehmet (GK)
Last Twelve Matches v Partick Thistle
This will be the sixth match between these sides this season. Two have been Thistle wins, one has been drawn, the first match in the Premier Sports Cup in July and the most recent at home in March were impressive wins for the Pars.
The last dozen games between the teams have seen Dunfermline win six, drawn three and lost three.
Date | H/A | F-A | Scorers
22/03/22: H 4-1 [0-1] Docherty, [1-1] Mayo og (10), [2-1] Todd, [3-1] Edwards, [4-1] Thomas.
26/11/21: A 0-1 [0-1] Docherty
23/10/21: A 0-0
07/08/21: H 0-3 [0-1] Docherty, [0-2] Holt, [0-3] Graham (og 78).
10/07/21: A 4-2 [0-1] Graham, [1-1] Todorov, [2-1] Comrie, [3-1] Macdonald, [4-1] Todorov, [4-2] Rudden.
10/03/20: A 1-1 [1-0] Murray [1-1] Graham.
30/11/19: H 5-1 [1-0] Nisbet [2-0] Martin [3-0] Nisbet [4-0] Nisbet [5-0] Nisbet [5-1] Cole.
21/09/19: A 3-0 [1-0] Nisbet, [2-0] Dow, [3-0] Turner
06/04/19: A 2-2 [1-0] Beadling: [2-0] Anderson: [1-2] Blair (og): [2-2] McDonald.
26/02/19: H 3-0 [1-0] Anderson, [2-0] Devine, [3-0] Anderson
08/12/18: A 0-2 [0-1] Spittal, [0-2] Storey.
28/09/18: H 1-0 [1-0] Connolly
Recent Form
Dunfermline have won three of their last five matches but have not won away from home since their visit to play Queen of the South at the end of January.
Partick Thistle have only won one of their last seven games. Their last home win was on 8th March, 1-0 over Queen of the South. Thistle’s last seven home wins have all been 1-0.
Last six matches
DUNFERMLINE
Ayr United (H) W 2-1
Kilmarnock (A) L 0-2
Raith Rovers (H) W 2-0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (A) L 0-2
Partick Thistle (H) W 4-1
Morton (H) D 1-1
PARTICK THISTLE
Raith Rovers (H) L 0-1
Queen of the South (A) W 1-0
Arbroath (H) D 0-0
Kilmarnock (A) L 1-2
Dunfermline (A) L 1-4
Hamilton Academical (H) L 0-4
League Record
DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 8th
League Points: 35
Goal Difference: -15
Away League Record: P17 W2 D6 L9 GF14 GA28
Last Six Match Form: DWLWLW
PARTICK THISTLE
League Position: 4th
League Points: 49
Goal Difference: +7
Home League Record: P17 W8 D4 L5 GF16 GA13
Last Six Match Form: LLLDWL
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Ayr United): Jakub Stolarczyk: Matthew Todd, Coll Donaldson (Lewis McCann HT), Efe Ambrose, Josh Edwards: Dan Pybus: Steven Lawless (c), Joe Chalmers (Reece Cole 69), Liam Polworth, Dom Thomas (Bobby Kamwa 69): Kevin O’Hara (Nikolay Todorov 84).
SUBS NOT USED: Aaron Comrie, Ryan Dow, Rhys Breen, Leon Jones, Deniz Mehmet (GK)
PARTICK THISTLE (v Raith Rovers): Jamie Sneddon: Ciaran McKenna, Olatunji Akinola (Robbie Crawford 45), Kevin Holt, Stephen Hendrie: Ross Docherty, Lewis Mayo, Stuart Bannigan, Brian Graham, Alex Jakubiak (Juan Alegria 72), Scott Tiffoney.
SUBS NOT USED: Kyle Turner, Cammy Smith, Steven Bell, Connor Murray, Ben Stanway, Kyle McAllister, Andrew Firth (GK).
Referee will be Don Robertson.
Other Championship Fixtures
Kilmarnock v Arbroath (Friday)
Hamilton v Raith Rovers
Morton v Inverness Caley Thistle
Queen of the South v Ayr United
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