Preview Ayr United
Wednesday, 17th Feb 2010The Pars have won ten of the last dozen league meetings. Ayr won at Somerset Park in December but their form since has been poor.
Saturday`s visitors to East End Park are Ayr United. The Somerset Park side have not been too successful since their promotion to the First Division for this season. They have collected only 12 points from 19 matches. Their fixture on Saturday succumbed to the weather but they played Queen of the South on Tuesday night only to lose 3-0..
Dunfermline and Ayr United have met in 79 league games; the Pars have won 33 to Ayr`s 25, 21 have been drawn.
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Milestones v Ayr United (home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
10/10/09 |
First Division | |
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Last League Defeat |
10/10/92 |
1-3 |
First Division |
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Best League Victory |
10/12/94 |
6-0 |
First Division |
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Worst League Defeat |
13/10/73 |
0-4 |
Div One (old) |
The Pars have won ten of the last dozen league meetings. Ayr won at Somerset Park in December but their form since has been poor. Ayr have only won 4 of the last 29 games between the sides in all competitions stretching back to 1983.
Last Twelve League Matches v Ayr United | ||||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 05/12/09 | A | 0-1 | L | First Division |
| 10/10/09 | H | 3-1 | W | First Division |
| 11/04/00 | A | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 22/01/00 | H | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 04/12/99 | A | 3-0 | W | First Division |
| 25/09/99 | H | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 22/04/95 | H | 3-0 | W | First Division |
| 25/02/95 | A | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 10/12/94 | H | 6-0 | W | First Division |
| 15/10/94 | A | 0-0 | D | First Division |
| 26/04/94 | H | 1-0 | W | First Division |
| 12/03/94 | A | 4-0 | W | First Division |
Both Ayr and Dunfermline played their last league games at Dingwall. The Pars felt that they should have done better than the 2-2 draw they left with and Ayr lost just 1-0.
| Dunfermline | Ayr United |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 9 |
| League form: Last Six Games home / away | |
| LDDLWD | DDWLLL |
| League Points | |
| 30 | 12 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +4 | -20 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P10, W4, D3, L3 | P7, W0, D2, L8 |
This season so far Ayr United have only had success at Stirling in the Co-operative Insurance Cup back on 1st August and at Banff in the Scottish Cup with a 1-0 win over Deveronvale. They have picked up only two points on the road, earning those with draws at Inverness and in Kirkcaldy.
| Recent Home / Away Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Ayr United Away | |||||
| Celtic | L | 2-4 | Queen of the South | L | 0-3 | |
| Stenhousemuir | W | 7-1 | Ross County | L | 0-1 | |
| Inverness Caley Thistle | D | 0-0 | Dundee | L | 1-3 | |
| Ross County | D | 3-3 | Deveronvale | W | 1-0 | |
| Partick Thistle | W | 3-1 | Raith Rovers | D | 0-0 | |
| Dundee | D | 1-1 | Airdrie United | L |
0-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Ross County): Greg Fleming; Greg Ross, Neil McGregor, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann (c); Willie Gibson (Graeme Holmes 71), Steven Bell, Nick Phinn, Alex Burke, David Graham, Joe Cardle (Scott Muirhead 84).
SUBS: Jim McIntyre, Gary Mason, Greg Paterson (GK)
AYR UNITED (v QOS): Craig Samson; Kenneth Connelly (Alistair Woodburn 77), Steve Bowey, Andrew Aitken, Martyn Campbell, Willie Easton, Ryan McGowan, Dean Keenan, Mark Roberts (Steven Grindlay (17), Tam McManus (Danny McKay 67), Junior Mendes
SUBS NOT USED: Mitchell, Ryan Borris,
Ayr keeper Craig Samson was red carded at Palmerston Park on Tuesday night. Manager McIntyre, Gary Mason and Scott Muirhead all got useful match practice in Tuesday`s 1-0 Reserve Cup win over Ross County.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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