Preview Falkirk
Saturday, 17th Sep 2022cinch League One (home) v Falkirk, Saturday 17th September 2022, 3.00pm kick off at the KDM Group East End Park
Saturday will see Dunfermline host John McGlynn’s Falkirk. This is the meeting that everyone looked for when the fixtures were released and it will be the first league match between the sides since April 2019. That season and for the previous two, the rival clubs had played out 12 league matches with five wins each and two drawn. There was a League Cup meeting in October 2020 that the Pars won 2-0 and although that was broadcast live on Premier Sports there were no fans present because of Covid restrictions.
Supporters of both sides will welcome the opportunity to meet again albeit none would have wished it to be in League One.
Milestones Falkirk (Home)
Last Victory | 09/10/20 | 2-0 | League Cup
Last Defeat | 10/11/18 |0-1 | Championship
Best Victory | 13/04/66 | 6-1 | Division 1
Worst Defeat | 02/01/52 | 0-6 | Division 2
First Meeting | 04/09/26 | 0-1 | Scottish First Division
Last Goalless Draw | 17/11/87 | Scottish Premier League
Dunfermline v Falkirk: The Full League Record
TOTALS | P102 | W35 | D22 | L45 | F123 | A139
Last Meeting at East End Park
Friday 9th October 2020, Betfred Cup
Dunfermline 2 Falkirk 0
Two headed goals from captain Euan Murray gave the Pars a 2-0 win over their rivals.
The deadlock was broken when Thomas won a 58th minute free kick on the left, his delivery from 28 yards out picked out Euan MURRAY six yards out to power his header downwards and into the Falkirk net. 1-0
A second goal came just seven minutes later. Mercer did really well to concede just a corner as he tracked Thomas into the left side of the Bairns box but when Thomas delivered the setpiece E MURRAY was at the far post to send his header past Mercer on the post.
DUNFERMLINE: Owain Fôn Williams: Aaron Comrie, Paul Watson, Euan Murray (c), Josh Edwards: Ryan Dow (Lewis McCann 84), Steven Whittaker (Iain Wilson 76), Fraser Murray (Kyle Turner 67), Dom Thomas: Declan McManus, Kevin O’Hara.
SUBS NOT USED: Paul Allan, Miller Fenton, Cammy Gill (GK), Ben Swinton (GK)
FALKIRK: Robbie Mutch: Scott Mercer, Ben Hall, Mark Durnan, Paul Dixon: Callum Morrison, Gary Miller (c), Morgaro Gomis, Robbie Leitch (Josh Todd 61), Aidan Keena (Akeel Francis 70), Anton Dowds (Conor Sammon 84).
SUBS NOT USED: Blair Sneddon, Lee Miller, Matthew Connolly (GK).
Last 12 Matches v Falkirk
Dunfermline have won six of the last twelve meetings, Falkirk five and one has been drawn.
09/10/00 | (H) | 2-0 | W | League Cup
13/04/19 | (H) | 0-1 | L | Championship
29/12/18 | (A) | 4-2 | W | Championship
10/11/18 | (H) | 0-2 | L | Championship
06/04/18 | (A) | 2-0 | W | Championship
07/04/18 | (A) | 2-1 | W | Championship
02/01/18 | (H) | 2-0 | W | Championship
04/11/17 | (A) | 1-1 | D | Championship
05/10/17 | (A) | 0-2 | L | Irn Bru Cup
19/08/17 | (H) | 3-1 | W | Championship
22/04/17 | H) | 1-2 | L | Championship
04/02/17 | (A) | 0-2 | L | Championship
Recent Form
After taking just one point from their first two league games Falkirk won three matches in a row but suffered defeat away to Kelty Hearts in their last match. They have achieved five shut outs in their 11 matches this season.
With four wins and two draws Dunfermline are undefeated in the league this season. They are top of the league and have conceded only once in their six league matches.
Last six matches
DUNFERMLINE
Queen of the South (A) W 2-0
Airdrieonians (H) D 1-1
Kelty Hearts (A) D 0-0
Montrose (H) W 1-0
FC Edinburgh (A) W 3-0
Alloa Athletic (H) W 1-0
FALKIRK
Kelty Hearts (A) L 0-2
Dundee (A) L 0-3
Queen of the South (H) W 3-1
FC Edinburgh (A) W 3-0
Peterhead (H) W 3-1
Airdrieonians (A) L 0-4
League Record
DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 1st
League Points: 14
Goal Difference: +7
League Record: P6 W4 D2 L0 GF8 GA1
Last Six Match Form: WWWDDW
FALKIRK
League Position: 5th
League Points: 10
Goal Difference: +1
League Record: P6 W3 D1 L2 GF9 GA8
Last Six Match Form: LWWWLL
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Queen of the South): Deniz Mehmet: Aaron Comrie, Kyle Benedictus (c), Rhys Breen, Josh Edwards: Joe Chalmers: Kyle Macdonald (Sam Fisher 83), Matthew Todd, Chris Mochrie (Chris Hamilton 73): Kevin O’Hara (Lewis McCann 58), Nikolay Todorov
SUBS NOT USED: Andrew Tod, Taylor Sutherland, Max Little (GK)
FALKIRK (v Kelty Hearts): Nicky Hogarth: Leon McCann (Gary Oliver 73), Coll Donaldson, Liam Henderson, Sean Mackie, Aidan Nesbitt, Stephen McGinn, Finn Yeats (Steven Hetherington 56), Calumn Morrison, Juan Alegría (Rumarn Burrell 45), Craig McGuffie (Lawal Oluwasegan 45).
SUBS NOT USED: Sebastian Ross, Blair Sneddon, Pearse Carroll, Paddy Martin (GK).
Referee will be Chris Graham, his first time in charge of a match at East End Park.
Above: Aaron Comrie and Anton Dowds
Other League One Fixtures
Airdrieonians v Clyde
Alloa Athletic v Montrose
Peterhead v Kelty Hearts
Queen of the South v FC Edinburgh
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