Preview Alloa Athletic
Saturday, 23rd Jul 2022Premier Sports Cup (home) Saturday 23rd July 2022, 3.00pm kick off at East End Park
Saturday’s home match is against Alloa Athletic in the final round of matches in Group C of the Premier Sports Cup. If Dunfermline are to reach the second round of this competition for the sixth season in a row they really need to win this match. Now trailing the group leaders Ross County with six points to County’s eight a win looks necessary if there can be any hope of qualifying as one of the three best runners up.
In the League Cup Dunfermline and Alloa Athletic have met 15 times, the Pars have won nine, three were drawn and three lost.
Milestones v Alloa Athletic (home)
Last home win | 20/02/21 | 2-1 | Championship
Last home defeat | 28/12/19 | 1-3 | Championship
Best home win: | 30/01/58 | 8-1 | Second Division
Worst home defeat: | 11/09/1886 | 4-8 | Scottish Cup
Last home goalless draw | 15/09/18 | 0-0 | Championship
First home league meeting: | 10/09/21 | 0-1 | Division Two
Last Time at East End Park
Saturday 20th February 2021, Championship
Dunfermline 2 Alloa Athletic 1
Kyle Macdonald post Alloa Athletic
Sat, 20th Feb 2021
Craig Wighton making his Dunfermline Athletic debut scored both goals in the narrow win. He got off the mark in 14 minutes when Fraser Murray cut in from the left and drilled a shot at goal that WIGHTON flicked past Neil Parry for 1-0.
One minute before half time Williamson launched a shot that Fon Williams beat out but CAWLEY, 15 yards out, was able to get on the loose ball and fire it through two of his own men in front of him. With the help of a deflection the ball ended up in the net. 1-1
Fourteen minutes into the second half Dunfermline regained the lead. A Murray corner was defended out and Josh Edwards went in bravely to get a pass back out to Murray on the left. This time his cross was met by WIGHTON at the near post to glance his second past Parry. 2-1
It was a match that Stevie Crawford would describe as "won ugly" but the first home win over Alloa since May 2013.
DUNFERMLINE: Owain Fôn Williams: Aaron Comrie (Kyle Macdonald 24), Paul Watson, Euan Murray (c), Josh Edwards: Scott Banks (Steven Whittaker 66), Lewis Mayo, Iain Wilson, Fraser Murray: Craig Wighton, Declan McManus (Kevin O’Hara 82).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis McCann, Dom Thomas, Kerr McInroy, Cammy Gill (GK)
ALLOA ATHLETIC: Neil Parry: Jon Robertson (Robert Thomson 90+1), Scott Taggart, Andy Graham (c), Liam Dick: Kevin Cawley, Steven Hetherington, Stefan Scougall, Lucas Williamson (Adam Brown 90+1), Alan Trouten, Innes Cameron.
SUBS NOT USED: Innes Murray, Liam Buchanan, Lee Connelly, Nicky Jamieson, Jordan Wright (GK).
Last 12 meetings against Alloa Athletic
Four Alloa wins, four Dunfermline wins with four drawn in the last twelve meetings.
30/04/21 | Alloa Athletic 1 Dunfermline 0 | Championship
20/02/21 | Dunfermline 2 Alloa Athletic 1 | Championship
24/10/20 | Alloa Athletic 1 Dunfermline 4 | Championship
28/12/19 | Dunfermline 1 Alloa Athletic 3 | Championship
09/11/19 | Alloa Athletic 2 Dunfermline 1 | Championship
28/09/19 | Dunfermline 1 Alloa Athletic 1 | Championship
07/09/19 | Dunfermline 1 Alloa Athletic 2 | Tunnock’s CW Cup
09/03/19 | Alloa Athletic 0 Dunfermline 1 | Championship
05/01/19 | Dunfermline 2 Alloa Athletic 2 | Championship
03/11/18 | Alloa Athletic 0 Dunfermline 1 | Championship
13/10/18 | Dunfermline 2 Alloa Athletic 2 | Irn Bru Cup
15/09/18 | Dunfermline 0 Alloa Athletic 0 | Championship
Last Six Matches
DUNFERMLINE
Ross County (A) L 0-1
Buckie Thistle (H) W 5-0
East Fife (A) W 2-0
Kilmarnock (H) L 0-1
Stenhousemuir (A) W 2-0
Forfar Athletic (A) W 6-0
ALLOA ATHLETIC
Ross County (H) L 0-2
Buckie Thistle (A) W 4-1
East Fife (H) D 1-1
Raith Rovers (A) L 0-4
Queen’s Park H) D 0-0
Forfar Athletic (H) W 2-0
League Record
DUNFERMLINE
Championship League Position: 9th
Championship League Points: 35
Goal Difference: -17
Home League Record: P18 W5 D8 L5 GF22 GA24
Last Six Match Form: DLWWWL
ALLOA ATHLETIC
League One Position: 5th
League One Points: 45
Goal Difference: -8
Away League Record: P18 W6 D5 L7 GF23 GA27
Last Six Match Form: WDLDWL
Last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Ross County): Deniz Mehmet: Aaron Comrie, Kyle Benedictus (c), (Kyle Macdonald 86), Rhys Breen, Josh Edwards: Chris Hamilton (Joe Chalmers 78): Matthew Todd, Paul Allan, Kevin O’Hara (Nikolay Todorov 66), Lewis McCann, Craig Wighton.
SUBS NOT USED: Miller Fenton, Jake Rennie, Michael Beagley, Sam Young, Andrew Tod, Callum Archibald (GK).
ALLOA ATHLETIC (v Ross County): Jay Hogarth: Scott Taggart, George Stanger, Andy Graham, Daniel Church, Murray Miller, Adam King, Paul McLaren (Kevin Cawley 51), Ross MacIver (Cameron O`Donnell 76), Bradley Rodden (Seff Khyyam 76), Conor Sammon (Stefan Scougall 64)
SUBS NOT USED: Steven Buchanan, Keir Burt, Jamie Comrie.
Other Group C match
Ross County v East Fife
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