Preview Falkirk
Wednesday, 2nd Aug 2006Somewhat unusually given last season`s form Dunfermline are unbeaten in their last three SPL away matches and given the Bairns fine win at Tannadice this should be a
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Falkirk have the upper hand in league fixtures between the clubs with 34 wins to the Pars 27. Despite the derby status that can suggest that form and expectations can be drastically wrong, both sides have won more home matches than they have lost but Dunfermline`s record in this away fixture is not great. Their win at the Falkirk Stadium on Hogmanay at least lifted the Pars off the record of losing twice as many as they had won against the Bairns on their home ground.
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PARS v FALKIRK: THE FULL LEAGUE RECORD | ||||||
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W | D | L | For | Against | |
| At East End Park | 39 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 48 |
| At Falkirk | 39 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 62 |
| Division One (up to 1975) | 36 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 65 | 49 |
| Division Two (up to 1975) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Premier League (since 1975) | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| TOTALS | 78 | 27 | 17 | 34 | 97 | 110 |
Unbeaten in the two matches at the Falkirk Stadium, the Fifers will hope that can be extended. Falkirk last registered a home win over Dunfermline in the league on 18th January 1994.
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Last 12 League Matches v Falkirk | |||
| 14/04/06 | A | 0-0 | D |
| 01/04/06 | H | 0-1 | L |
| 31/12/05 | A | 2-1 | W |
| 15/10/05 | H | 0-1 | L |
| 25/03/00 | A | 1-1 | D |
| 15/01/00 | H | 2-2 | D |
| 20/11/99 | A | 3-1 | W |
| 28/08/99 | H | 1-1 | D |
| 18/01/94 | A | 0-2 | L |
| 26/03/94 | H | 1-1 | D |
| 27/10/93 | A | 1-4 | L |
| 09/09/93 | H | 1-0 | W |
| 07/03/89 | A | 0-4 | L |
Having taken so long to find some home form in the SPL Falkirk are now unbeaten in their last four league matches at their new ground. Somewhat unusually given last season`s form Dunfermline are unbeaten in their last three SPL matches on the road and given the Bairns fine win at Tannadice on the opening day of the season this should be a close encounter.
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W Livingston 1-0 |
D Motherwell 1-1 |
D Dunfermline 0-0 |
W Dundee United 1-0 |
L Hearts 1-2 |
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Dunfermline |
W Dundee United 1-0 |
W Motherwell 3-2 |
D Falkirk 0-0 |
L Hearts 0-4 |
L Rangers 0-1 |
Falkirk last time out v Dundee United:- Scott Higgins; Jack Ross, Karl Dodd, Kenny Milne, Darren Barr, Tom Scobie, Russell Latapy, Liam Craig, Victor Manuel Santos Lima, Alan Gow, Pedro Moutinho
Subs not used: Jerome Lambers, Craig Ireland, Ryan McStay, Tiago Jonas Rodrigues, Graeme Churchill, Brian Allison, Dayne Robertson
Referee Craig Thomson will be in charge of this SPL match. Hopefully his record with Dunfermline will continue; in the only four matches in charge of Pars games last season, we won 4-3 at Kilmarnock, drew 3-3 with Rangers on Boxing Day, won 1-0 at both Livingston and Tannadice.
Come on ye Pars!
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