Preview Arbroath

cinch Championship (away) v Arbroath, Saturday 23rd December 2023, kick off 3.00pm at Gayfield Park

Dunfermline face a tricky away fixture on the last Saturday before Christmas. After a run of eight defeats the Red Lichties new manager, Jim McIntyre, conjured up a victory at Inverness, one of the most feared places to go in the league. The Fifers will want to get back to winning ways and should be confident after putting three past their hosts in a home win just last month.

Milestones Arbroath (away)



Last Victory | 09/12/22 | 5-1 | SPFL Trust Trophy

Last Defeat | 05/03/22 | 0-1 | Championship

Best Victory | 14/09/57 | 5-0 | Division Two

Best Victory | 09/08/52 | 5-0 | League Cup

Worst Defeat | 03/10/25 | 0-5 | Division Two

Worst Defeat | 23/01/54 | 0-5 | Division B

Last Goalless Draw | 04/03/20 | 0-0 | Championship

First Meeting | 04/02/22 | 0-0| Division Two

Last time at Gayfield Park
Friday 9th December 2022, SPFL Trust Trophy
Arbroath 1 Dunfermline 5

Dunfermline went ahead in sixth minute after Todorov set up Todd to his left to cut the ball back across the penalty box. Todorov left it for MACDONALD to his right to score his first goal of the season. 0-1

Wighton launched a great ball up the park and TODD carried the ball from just inside his own half to beat Gill with a left footed shot at the left upright. 0-2

Three minutes later in 22 minutes, Kyle BENEDICTUS powered a shot on target from a Chalmers corner and despite Fosu’s efforts on the goalline it was 0-3. A Hamilton shot got blocked but when Macdonald came in from the right he chipped the ball for TODD to head into the bottom left. 0-4

Chalmers picked out Todd from his own half and his pass in 68 minutes WIGHTON ran on to convert in style to the top right. 0-5. A 74th Linn free kick was headed behind and from the corner on the left O’BRIEN hammered the ball home from the right. 1-5

ARBROATH: Cammy Gill: Marcel Oakley, Ricki Little, Thomas O’Brien (c), Colin Hamilton: Daniel Fosu (Bobby Linn HT), David Gold, Florent Hoti, Deri Corfe (Keaghan Jacobs HT (Dale Hilson 60), Kieran Shanks, Kareem Isiaka (Michael McKenna HT)
SUBS NOT USED: Scott Stewart, Derek Gaston (GK)

DUNFERMLINE: Deniz Mehmet: Sam Fisher, Kyle Benedictus (c), Rhys Breen: Kyle Macdonald, Chris Hamilton, Joe Chalmers, Josh Edwards: Matthew Todd: Craig Wighton (Andrew Tod 89), Nikolay Todorov (Taylor Sutherland 89).
SUBS NOT USED: Aaron Comrie, Jake Rennie, Sam Young, Michael Beagley, Max Little (GK)

Twelve Most Recent Meetings

The Fifers have won five of the last twelve fixtures, Arbroath six. One game has been drawn.



28/11/23 | Dunfermline 3 Arbroath 0 | Championship
09/12/22 | Arbroath 1 Dunfermline 5 | SPFL Trust Trophy

05/03/22 | Arbroath 1 Dunfermline 0 | Championship

26/12/21 | Dunfermline 0 Arbroath 3 | Championship

30/10/21 | Arbroath 4 Dunfermline 2 | Championship 

28/08/21 | Dunfermline 0 Arbroath 3 | Championship

24/04/21 | Dunfermline 4 Arbroath 3 | Championship

06/02/21 | Arbroath 2 Dunfermline 0 | Championship

26/12/20 | Dunfermline 1 Arbroath 0 | Championship

28/11/20 | Arbroath 1 Dunfermline 3 | Betfred Cup

04/03/20 | Arbroath 0-0 Dunfermline | Championship

29/10/19 | Dunfermline 2-0 Arbroath | Championship


Recent Form

Arbroath’s win at the Caledonian Stadium last Saturday halted a run of eight defeats in a row. Earlier in the season they won three in a row at home but the third of those back in September was their last win at Gayfield.

The Pars have won just two of their last six matches and of course one of those was over Arbroath. The last four Fifers defeats were all against teams above them in the league and they did win their last game on the road at Airdrie just two weeks ago.

League Record



DUNFERMLINE

League Position: 4th

League Points: 21

Goal Difference: +2

Away League Record: P7 W3 D3 L2 GF8 GA8

Last Six Match Form: LDLWWL



ARBROATH

League Position: 9th

League Points: 15

Goal Difference: -10

Home League Record: P8 W2 D0 L6 GF11 GA16

Last Six Match Form: LLLLLW

Last six matches



DUNFERMLINE

Partick Thistle (H) L 1-2
Airdrieonians (A) W 2-1
Arbroath (H) W 3-0
Raith Rovers (H) L 0-3
Inverness Caley Thistle (H) D 1-1
Dundee United (H) L 1-2

ARBROATH
Inverness Caley Thistle (A) W 2-1
Raith Rovers (H) L 1-2
Morton (H) L 1-2
Dunfermline (A) L 0-3
Spartans (A) L 1-2
New Saints (A) L 1-4

Last Time Out

DUNFERMLINE (v Partick Thistle): Deniz Mehmet: Sam Fisher (Aaron Comrie 41), Chris Hamilton (c), Ewan Otoo: Michael O’Halloran, Paul Allan, Joe Chalmers (Owen Moffat 55), Josh Edwards: Matty Todd, Alex Jakubiak, Lewis McCann.
SUBS NOT USED: Rhys Breen, Miller Fenton, Liam Hoggan, Ewan McLeod, Jake Sutherland, Harry Sharp (GK), Max Little (GK)

ARBROATH (v Inverness Caledonian Thistle): Derek Gaston: Jess Norey, Aaron Steele, Colin Hamilton, Scott Stewart: Darren Lyon (Keaghan Jacobs 60), Jermaine Hylton, David Gold (Mark Stowe 71), Craig Slater, Leighton McIntosh, Jay Bird (Kenan Dünnwald-Turan 75).
SUBS NOT USED: Ally Adams (GK)

Other Championship Fixtures

Queen’s Park v Dundee United (Friday)
Raith Rovers v Ayr United (Friday)
Airdrieonians v Morton
Partick Thistle v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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