Preview Hibernian
Wednesday, 27th Dec 2006Dunfermline have still to win on the road this season and have scored only three away goals in capturing their t
The trip to Easter Road is the next opportunity for Stephen Kenny`s side to begin their much desired comeback. Eight points behind St Mirren, the Fifers are in danger of falling too far behind the rest of the pack even though there are still 17 SPL matches remaining.
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Premier League v Hibernian (Away) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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21 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
20 |
47 |
The Premier League record at Easter Road holds only three Pars wins to the Hibees 13, with the three wins all came in a row between 2002 and 2003.
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Milestones Hibernian (Away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
3 -1 |
SPL | |
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Last League Defeat |
1-3 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory |
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4-1 |
SPL |
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Worst League Defeat |
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1-7 |
Div One* |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
This will be the 97th league meetings between the clubs. The Edinburgh have 43 victories to the Pars 20 and the Hibees have won five of the last six league fixtures between the clubs.
Last Twelve League Matches v Hibernian | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 23/10/06 | H | 0-4 | [0-1] Sproule, [0-2] Killen, [0-3] Benjoullen, [0-4] Killen |
| 21/01/06 | A | 1-3 | [0-1] Riordan, [1-1] Donnelly, [1-2] Riordan, [1-3] Fletcher |
| 26/10/05 | H | 1-2 | [0-1] O`Connor, [0-2] O`Connor, [1-2] Mason |
| 30/07/05 | A | 1-1 | [1-0] Shields, [1-1] O`Connor |
| 19/03/05 | H | 1-4 | [1-0] Nicholson, [1-1] Riordan, [1-2] Fletcher, [1-3] Fletcher, [1-4] Riordan |
| 18/12/04 | A | 1-2 | [0-1] Glass, [1-1] Tod, [1-2] Riordan |
| 02/10/04 | H | 1-1 |
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| 13/04/04 | H | 1-1 | [0-1] Riordan, [1-1] Dempsey |
| 21/12/03 | A | 2-1 | [1-0] Brewster, [2-0] Brewster, [2-1] Riordan |
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H |
0-0 |
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A |
3-1 |
[1-0] Mason, [2-0] Crawford, [3-0] Crawford, [3-1] O`Connor | |
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H |
1-1 |
[0-1] McManus, [1-1] Crawford | |
This is Hibs 11th home match of this SPL season. Falkirk are the only team to leave with all three points and that was back in September. Dunfermline have still to win on the road and have scored only three away goals in capturing their three away points.
| Hibs | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 5 | 12 |
| Last 6-Match Form | |
| DWLLWL | LLLDDL |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P10, W5, D4, L1 | P10, W0, D3, L7 |
| Leading Scorers | |
| C Killen (9) | S Crawford (4) |
Dunfermline are rank outsiders for this match but their fortunes must change sometime and it would be nice to add to the three away wins so far recorded in 2006 - remember Tannadice, Fir Park and Almondvale?
| Recent SPL Form | |||||
| Hibs Home |
W |
W |
D |
W |
D |
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Dunfermline |
D |
L |
L Rangers 0-3 |
D |
L |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Motherwell): Dorus de Vries; Greg Shields (c), Phil McGuire, Scott Wilson, Darren Young; Freddie Daquin (Owen Morrison 45), Souleymane Bamba (Greg Ross 69), Gary Mason, Scott Muirhead; Jim Hamilton, Mark Burchill
SUBS NOT USED: Roddy McKenzie (GK), Scott Morrison, Andy Tod, Calum Woods, Iain Williamson
YELLOW CARD: Burchill (25), Wilson (76), McGuire (77)
RED CARD: Hamilton (80)
HIBS ( v Hearts):- Zibigniew Malkowski; Steven Whittaker, Shelton Martis, Rob Jones, David Murphy, Guillaume Beuzelin, Scott Brown, Michael Stewart, Dean Shiels; Abdessalam Benjouleen, Chris Killen
SUBS Andrew McNeill, Jamie McCluskey, Chris Hogg, Stephen Glass, Lewis Stevenson, McCann, Ross Campbell
RED CARD: Shiels (62)
Referee on Saturday will be Iain Brines. This will be his 12th SPL match of the season. He has an average yellow card count of four per match and a red every 3.4 matches. He has officiated only one Dunfermline match this term; the 3-0 home defeat at the hands of Falkirk when Hamilton, Mason, McGuire and Young were all shown yellows. Hibs have had his company three times this season with a draw at Inverness, defeat at Ibrox and a resounding 6-1 win at Fir Park.
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