Preview Falkirk
Tuesday, 15th May 2007Saturday`s admission prices have been reduced to £12 for Adults, and £5 for Concessions &am
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Admission: £12 and £5 for concessions and U16s |
Dunfermline`s fate was sealed last Saturday at Inverness although that was just the consequence of too few points collected, not just last Saturday, but throughout the season. The Falkirk support would have enjoyed sending the Pars into the First Division, at least now they won`t have the pleasure of inflicting the pain.
The fact that Saturday`s game is a local derby will mean that there will be something at stake even though it is only what`s loosely termed bragging rights. Results against the Auld Enemy have contributed to the Pars demise this season; three defeats and not even one goal scored against the Bairns. It was the 0-3 home defeat to Falkirk on 4th November that sent Dunfermline to the foot of the SPL table, a position they were not to improve on for the rest of the season.
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Last 12 League Matches v Falkirk | |||
| 13/01/07 | A | 0-1 | L |
| 04/11/06 | H | 0-3 | L |
| 05/08/06 | A | 0-1 | L |
| 14/04/06 | A | 0-0 | D |
| 01/04/06 | H | 1-1 | D |
| 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 |
Only one Dunfermline win in the last dozen league meetings and five of the games have been drawn.
| Dunfermline v Falkirk: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 40 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 51 |
| At Brockville | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 60 |
| At Falkirk Stadium | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 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) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| TOTALS | 80 | 27 | 18 | 35 | 98 | 114 |
The Pars have the upper hand in league meetings at East End, but only just.
A win for Dunfermline would take them to 35 points which ironically would be their best total in the last three seasons. 35 would be two more than last season when they finished 11th and level on points with Falkirk and Dundee United and one more than 2004-05 when Dunfermline finished one point above relegated Dundee with 34 points.
Falkirk are assured a seventh place finish and have little to play for.
| Dunfermline | Falkirk |
| Current League Position | |
| 12 | 7 |
| Last 6-SPL Match Form | |
| LWWWWL | WDLDWW |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P18, W6, D4, L8 | P17, W4, D3, L10 |
| Leading Scorers | |
| S Simmons (5) S Crawford (5)) |
R Latapy (6) |
Falkirk haven`t won an away game since they knocked Berwick Rangers out of the Scottish Cup on 6th January, the game that cup tied Tam McManus for watching from the bench. Dunfermline in complete contrast, are unbeaten at home since losing to Rangers on 21st January. Home games since then have brought five wins and two draws, ten goals and only two against.
| Recent Form |
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Dunfermline |
W |
W |
W |
D |
W |
| Falkirk Away |
D |
D |
L |
L |
L |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Inverness): Dorus de Vries; Greg Shields (c), Souleymane Bamba, Phil McGuire, Scott Muirhead; Jim O`Brien (Mark Burchill 81), Stephen Glass (Owen Morrison 81), Gary Mason, Adam Hammill (Jamie McCunnie 66), Tam McManus, Jim McIntyre.
SUBS: Roddy McKenzie (GK), Darren Young, Jim Hamilton, Calum Woods.
FALKIRK last time out (v Dundee United); Kasper Schmeichel; Jack Ross, Darren Barr, Kenny Milne, Thomas Scobbie; Russell Latapy (John Stewart 79), Steven Thomson (Ryan McStay 77), Vitor Lima, Liam Craig, Andy Gow, Carl Finnigan (Pedro Moutinho 46)
Subs not used: Jerome Lambers, Kevin Twaddle, Stephen O`Donnell, Cedric Uras.
Referee for this match will be Eddie Smith. The whistler was in charge when Dunfermline lost at Aberdeen, Celtic Park and at Falkirk earlier this season but this is his first ever visit to East End Park.
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