Preview Airdrie United
Thursday, 4th Mar 2010The Diamonds will be fighting hard to prevent relegation for the third successive season and this the first of two back to back league games between the clubs.
Dunfermline welcome Kenny Black`s Airdrie United side back to East End Park on Saturday. The Diamonds will be fighting hard to prevent relegation for the third successive season and this the first of two back to back league games between the clubs.
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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 Airdrie |
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 |
At the beginning of the season the Pars defeated Airdrie 2-0. Exactly a year before on 23rd August the sides played out a 0-0 draw at East End Park but in November 2008 Dunfermline recorded a fine 3-1 win at the Excelsior. With a 1-1 draw the Pars failed to beat Airdrie in the January fixture at home and the return in Lanarkshire in April had a similar score line. There was a happier outcome in February`s Homecoming Scottish Cup tie with Graham Bayne`s 73rd minute strike earning his team a 2-1 win at Airdrie.
The only other previous meetings have been the 4-3 defeat at East End Park in the 2005-2006 Scottish Cup in and the 2-0 Challenge Cup win in Lanarkshire last season.
| Dunfermline | Airdrie United |
| Current League Position | |
| 6 | 10 |
| League Results | |
| DLWDLW | LDLWLLL |
| League Points | |
| 30 | 11 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +3 | -21 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P11, W4, D3, L4 | P12, W1, D2, L9 |
Airdrie have taken more points from their last three away league games than Dunfermline have taken from their last three home league games.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Airdrie United (away) | |||||
| Raith Rovers | P-P | |||||
| Ayr United | L | 0-1 | Partick Thistle | W | 2-0 | |
| Celtic | L | 2-4 | Dundee | W | 1-0 | |
| Stenhousemuir | W | 7-1 | Ross County | L | 3-5 | |
| Inverness Caley Thistle | D | 0-0 | Raith Rovers | D |
1-1 | |
| Ross County | D | 3-3 | Inverness CT | L | 0-2 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Morton) : Greg Fleming; Greg Ross, Neil McGregor (Chris Higgins HT), Calum Woods, Austin McCann (c); Steven Bell, Gary Mason, Nick Phinn (Willie Gibson 59); David Graham, Joe Cardle (Ross Campbell 69); Andy Kirk.
SUBS NOT USED: Alex Burke, Greg Paterson (GK)
AIRDRIE UNITED (Partick Thistle)): Stephen Robertson; Tom Parratt, Paul Lovering, Marc Smyth, Simon Storey, Ricky Waddell, Ryan McCann (Scott Gemmill HT), Kevin McDonald (Alan Trouten HT), Scott McLauchlin, Frankie Lagana (Paul Keegan (76), Diarmund O`Carroll
SUBS NOT USED: David Nixon, Lee Hollis (GK)
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