Preview Airdrie United
Wednesday, 23rd Dec 2009Airdrie United have won only one of the last eight fixtures against Dunfermline.
For the first time this season Dunfermline travel to face Airdrie United. Well they will if the pitch is playable! After all this week's snow the New Broomfield pitch will be inspected at 11.00am on Christmas Eve. In all their guises Airdrie and Dunfermline are tied on 33 wins each. 28 games have been drawn.
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Pars v Airdrie: The Full League Record | ||||||
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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At |
49 |
21 |
17 |
11 |
83 |
76 |
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At Broomfield |
45 |
12 |
11 |
22 |
70 |
102 |
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Division One (up to 1975) |
42 |
19 |
6 |
17 |
83 |
90 |
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Division Two (up to 1975) |
12 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
24 |
42 |
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Premier League (since 1975) |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
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First Division (since 1975) |
36 |
13 |
18 |
5 |
42 |
38 |
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TOTALS |
94 |
33 |
28 |
33 |
153 |
178 |
Since they became Airdrie United the Diamonds have won only once - a 4-3 win in the very first meeting in the Scottish Cup on 2006. Dunfermline won 2-0 in the first meeting earlier this season.
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Matches v Airdrie United | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Competition |
| 22/08/09 | H | 2-0 | Division One |
| 04/04/09 | A | 1-1 | Division One |
| 17/02/09 | A | 2-1 | Scottish Cup |
| 17/01/09 | A | 1-1 | Division One |
| 04/11/08 | A | 3-1 | Division One |
| 23/08/08 | H | 0-0 | Division One |
| 18/09/07 | A | 2-0 | Challenge Cup |
| 07/01/06 | H | 3-4 | Scottish Cup |
Airdrie are seven points behind the Pars but they have taken nine points from the last six matches while the Pars have managed only four.
| Airdrie United | DDunfermlinene |
| Current League Position | |
| 10 | 6 |
| Last Six League Results | |
| LLLLDL | DWWWLD |
| League Points | |
| 8 | 26 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -19 | +2 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P8, W1, D3, L4 | P8, W3, D2, L3 |
Airdrie United have won only once at home in the league this season, a 2-0 win over Ayr United but they registered a fine 4-0 cup win over Queen of the South at the end of November.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Airdrie United (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Partick Thistle | L | 2-5 | Ayr United | L | 0-1 | |
| Morton | L | 2-4 | Queen of the South | W | 2-1 | |
| Ayr United | W | 2-0 | Raith Rovers | L | 2-1 | |
| Ross County | L | 0-1 | Inverness CT | D | 1-1 | |
| Raith Rovers | L | 1-2 | Ross County | D | 0-0 | |
| Inverness Caley | D | 1-1 | Partick Thistle | L | 0-2 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Inverness Caley Thistle): Greg Paterson; Greg Ross, Neil McGregor, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann; Willie Gibson (Calum Woods 89), Steven Bell (Nick Phinn 75), Alex Burke (c), David Graham; Steven McDougall (Joe Cardle 60), Andy Kirk.
SUBS NOT USED: Graeme Holmes, Greg Fleming (GK).
AIRDRIE UNITED (v Ross County): Stephen Robertson; Bobby Donnelly, Paul Lovering (Scott Gemmill 57), Simon Storey, Ricky Waddell, Alan Trouten, Kevin McDonald, Darren Smith, John Baird, Frankie O'Carroll, Diarmuid Lagana (Paul Keegan 75).
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan McCann, Tom Parratt, Lee Hollis
Referee for the match will be Brian Winter.
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