Preview Partick Thistle
Tuesday, 19th Jan 2010The last dozen league games between the teams have seen Dunfermline win six, draw two and lose four. Three of those defeats were in Maryhill.
This Saturday the Pars make the trip west to Firhill to face Partick Thistle. At Dundee last time out they produced a fantastic second half performance but left with nothing. Jim McIntyre`s men seriously need a result to cheer their spirit up.
| Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 50 |
| At Firhill | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 57 |
| Division One (up to 1975) | 45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 77 | 72 |
| Premier Division (since 1975) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 |
| TOTALS | 72 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 109 | 107 |
Matches between the clubs are always hotly contested but the Fifers have the upper hand with 31 wins in the 72 league games. Partick won 2-0 in the first meeting of this season in Glasgow. Dunfermline`s last win in an away fixture there was 3-2 in February.
| Milestones Partick (away) | |||
| Last League Victory |
3-2 |
SFL | |
| Last League Defeat |
0-2 |
First Div | |
| Best League Victory |
|
6-2 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
|
1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
Last Twelve League matches
The last dozen league games between the teams have seen
| Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 14/11/09 | H | 3-1 | [1-0] McDougall, [2-0] Gibson, [2-1] Cairney, [3-1] Gibson |
| 19/09/09 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] Cairney, [0-2] Donnelly |
| 14/03/09 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Harkins |
| 14/02/09 | A | 3-2 | [0-1] Buchanan, [1-1] Bell, [2-1] Kirk, [2-2] Doolan, [3-2] Loy (pen.) |
| 18/10/08 | H | 1-0 | [1-0] Kirk |
| 02/08/08 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] McKeown |
| 05/04/08 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Crawford |
| 16/02/08 | H | 1-1 | [1-0] Crawford, [1-1] McKeown |
| 15/12/07 | A | 1-1 | [1-0] Burchill. [1-1] Buchanan |
| 29/09/07 | H | [1-0] Burchill | |
| 20/03/04 | H | [1-0] Darren Young | |
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A |
[0-1] Thompson, [0-2] Grady (pen), [1-2] Brewster, [1-3] Ross, [1-4] Grady | |
Ian McCall`s men sit third in the league, eleven points behind league leaders Dundee with a game in hand. Last Saturday they missed out on narrowing that gap when they lost in Kirkcaldy. Dunfermline have taken only two points from the last twelve on offer so they trail their opponents by six points.
| Partick Thistle | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 3 | 6 |
| League Form last six results | |
| WLWDWL | WWLDDL |
| League Points | |
| 32 | 26 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +10 | +1 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P10, W6, D2, L2 | P9, W3, D2, L4 |
Recent Form
Dunfermline have lost four away matches all season - their first away league match at Firhill, their two in Dundee and on a real off day at Ayr. The home side have only lost twice in the league at Firhill; Dundee and Raith Rovers claiming full points.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Partick Thistle (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Morton | W | 1-0 | Dundee | L | 2-3 | |
| Queen of the South | D | 2-2 | Ayr United | L | 0-1 | |
| Dundee | L | 0-2 | Queen of the South | W | 2-1 | |
| Inverness CT | W | 2-1 | Raith Rovers | W | 2-1 | |
| Raith Rovers | L | 1-2 | Inverness CT | D | 1-1 | |
| Ayr United | W | 2-0 | Ross County | D | 0-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Dundee): Greg Fleming; Greg Ross, Neil McGregor, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann (c); Willie Gibson (Joe Cardle 75), Steven Bell, Nick Phinn, David Graham; Steven McDougall (Jim McIntyre 83), Andy Kirk.
SUBS NOT USED: Graeme Holmes, Calum Woods, Greg Paterson (GK).
PARTICK THISTLE: (v Raith Rovers): Johnny Tuffey; Paul Paton, Alan Archibald, John Robertson, Greg Shields (Erskine 63), Ryan Conroy, David Rowson, Paul Cairney (Bryan Hodge 75), Mark Corcoran, Simon Donnelly, Liam Buchanan (Kris Doohlan 86).
SUBS NOT USED: Bryn Halliwell, Patrick Boyle.
Ryan Conroy is on loan to Thistle from Celtic, Bryn Halliwell is on loan from Forfar and of course former Par Greg Shields is keeping match fit at Partick until he returns to North Carolina Railhawks.
Referee will be Stephen Finnie.
Come on ye Pars!
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