Preview Partick Thistle
Sunday, 21st Mar 2010The last twelve league games have seen Dunfermline win seven, draw two and lose three. The Pars last victory was a stunning 4-1 at Firhill in January when Joe Cardle came off the bench to hit a hat-trick.
Dunfermline welcome Partick Thistle, and their Manager Ian McCall, to East End Park on Tuesday night. Match kicks off at 7.45pm.
| 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 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 58 |
| 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) | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 |
| TOTALS | 73 | 32 | 20 | 21 | 113 | 108 |
Dunfermline have an edge on the history in league competition against Partick Thistle with 32 wins to 21 losses in previous meetings.
Partick Home Milestones
The league defeat at East End Park in March last year was the first by Thistle for over 26 years. The 10-1 win in 1959 is one of the club`s most famous victories, as it prevented almost certain relegation.
| Milestones Partick (home) | |||
| Last League Victory |
3-1 |
SPL | |
| Last League Defeat |
0-1 |
First Div | |
| Best League Victory |
|
10-1 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
|
1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
Last Twelve League matches
The last twelve league games have seen
| Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
|
Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 23/01/10 | A | 4-1 | [1-0] Cardle, [2-0] Cardle, [3-0], Cardle, [4-0] Woods, [4-1] Buchanan |
| 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 | [1-0] Burchill |
| 20/03/04 | H | [1-0] Darren Young | |
Recent Form
| Dunfermline | Partick Thistle |
| Current League Position | |
| 3 | 6 |
| Last Six Matches League Form | |
| WDWWWW | WLWLLL |
| League Points | |
| 46 | 38 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +10 | +5 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P14, W7, D3, L4 | P15, W3, D3, L9 |
Dunfermline have now gone six league games undefeated while Thistle have only won three out of fifteen on the road this season at Inverness, Morton and Airdrie. Since their last visit to East End Park in November, they have only won at Airdrie and lost their last six successive away league games.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Raith Rovers (away) | |||||
| Raith Rovers | W | Morton | L | 0-1 | ||
| Queen of the South | W | Ayr United | L | 0-1 | ||
| Airdrie United | W | 2-0 | Queen of the South | L | 0-1 | |
| Ayr United | L | 0-1 | Dundee | L |
0-1 | |
| Celtic | L | 2-4 | Inverness Caley Thistle | L | 1-2 | |
| Stenhousemuir | W | 7-1 | Raith Rovers | L | 0-1 | |
Teams last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Raith Rovers): Greg Fleming; Calum Woods, Chris Higgins, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann (c); Alex Burke (Joe Cardle 34): Willie Gibson, Graeme Holmes (Nick Phinn 20), Gary Mason, David Graham; Steven McDougall (Ross Campbell 81),
SUBS NOT USED: Neil McGregor, Greg Paterson (GK).
PARTICK THISTLE (v Morton): Jonny Tuffey; Alan Archibald, Ian Maxwell, John Robertson, Simon Donnelly (Martin Grehan 71), David Rowson, Mark Corcoran (Chris Erskine 74), Paul Paton, Paul Cairney; Liam Buchanan, Steven McKeown (Steve Lovell 78).
SUBS NOT USED: Bryn Halliwell, Ryan Conroy
Referee will be Crawford Allan
Come on ye Pars!
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