Preview Livingston
Wednesday, 24th Dec 2008There will be a period of applause prior to this match on Tuesday night in appreciation of George Miller, past player and Manager who sadly died on Friday.
Match has been re-arranged for Tuesday 30th December 2008, kick off 7.45pm.
Saturday 27th December marked the beginning of the third diet of fixtures in this league season but with both Dunfermline and Livingston with games in hand against Ross County and Dundee respectively. It was third v fourth when the Pars met Livingston at East End Park at the end of August. This time its second v third as both teams are locked together on 28 points. There have been 27 league matches between these clubs and Dunfermline are ahead 10-8 on wins. The other nine have been drawn.
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Pars v Livingston: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 |
| At Almondvale | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 |
| Premier League (since 1975) | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 |
| TOTALS | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 32 |
Andy Kirk v Livingston on Saturday 30th August
Earlier this season Livingston left Dunfermline with the three points from a 2-1 victory. On 3rd November 2007, Livingston recorded their heaviest ever defeat over Dunfermline with a four goal win. For Livingston it was their first away win of the season. Usually there is not much between the sides.
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Milestones | |||
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Last League Victory# |
3 - 2 |
SPL | |
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Last League Defeat# |
1 - 2 |
Sc Div 1 | |
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Best League Victory* |
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7 - 1 |
Sc Div 2 |
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Worst League Defeat# |
0 - 4 |
Sc Div 1 | |
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# As | |||
Dunfermline have managed just four wins in the last twelve meetings between the teams. Livi have won four times, with the other four games being drawn.
Last Twelve League Matches v Livingston | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 15/11/08 | A | 3-2 | [0-1] McPake, [1-1] Kirk, [2-1] Bayne, [2-2] Elliott, [3-2] Kirk |
| 30/08/08 | H | 1-2 | [0-1] Griffiths, [1-1] Kirk, [1-2] Griffiths |
| 01/03/08 | H | 1-1 | [1-0] Burke, [1-1] Dorrans |
| 02/01/08 | A | 2-0 | [1-0] Hamilton, [2-0] Burchill |
| 03/11/07 | H | 0-4 | [0-1] Craig, [0-2] Craig, [0-3] Tinkler, [0-4] Kennedy |
| 19/08/07 | A | 1-1 | [0-1] Mackay pen. [1-1] O Morrison |
| 22/04/06 | H | 3-2 | [0-1] Brittain, [1-1] Burchill, [1-2] Healy, [2-2] Burchill, [3-2] Burchill |
| 11/02/06 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Burchill |
| 19/11/05 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Dalglish |
| 20/08/05 | A | 1-1 | [1-0] Makel, [1-1] Wilson og |
| 30/04/05 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] O`Brien, [0-2] McPake |
| 02/04/05 | A | 1-1 | [0-1] Kachloul, [1-1] Hunt |
Livingston have won more away games than Dunfermline have won home games this league season. With consecutive wins over Ross County and Queen of the South, Livingston have put behind them their embarrassing Homecoming Scottish Cup exit at the hands of East Stirling. That caused the sacking of Roberto Landi.
Andy Kirk scoring the winner at Almondvale this season
| Dunfermline | Livingston |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 3 |
| League form: Last Six Games | |
| WLWLWD | WDLLWW |
| League Points | |
| 28 | 28 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +8 | +4 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P9, W3, D2, L4 | P9, W4, D1, L4 |
Dunfermline shared eight goals with Clyde in their last home game. Their three home wins this season were against Queen of the South, Ross County and Partick Thistle.
Livingston had a phenomenal start to the season with five wins out of five. Since then and their last trip to Fife, the Livi men have won just four out of 12 games. They have however won their last two matches 2-0 against Queen of the South last week and 4-1 at Dingwall the previous week.
| Recent League Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Livingston Away | |||||
| Clyde | D | 4-4 | Ross County | W | 4-1 | |
| Morton | L | 0-1 | Partick Thistle | L | 1-2 | |
| Dundee | L | 0-1 | Airdrie United | D | 0-0 | |
| St Johnstone | L | 1-2 | Clyde | L | 1-2 | |
| Partick Thistle | W | 1-0 | Queen of the South | L |
1-6 | |
| St Mirren | W | 2-0 | Dundee | W | 3-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE v Clyde: Paul Gallacher; Calum Woods, Scott Thomson, Greg Shields, Austin McCann (Jim McIntyre 74); Rory Loy (Kevin Harper 64), Nick Phinn, Stephen Glass (c), Alex Burke (Graeme Holmes 64); Graham Bayne, Andy Kirk..
SUBS NOT USED: Callum Reidford, Scott Wilson.
LIVINGSTON v Queen of the South: Roddy McKenzie; Dave Mackay, Chris Innes, James McPake, Jason Talbot; Anthony McParland, Murray Davidson, Rocco Quinn, Leigh Griffiths (Gordon Smith 86), Calum Elliott, Joe Hammill.
SUBS NOT USED: Cameron McDonald, Gary Miller, Keaghan Jacobs, Tierri Martini
Referee for this match will be Alan Muir.
Come on ye Pars!
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