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Wednesday, 28th Dec 2011The New Year fixture against Celtic is the 100th meeting of the clubs in the l
The New Year fixture against Celtic is the 100th meeting of the clubs in the league and Celtic have a 73-14 lead on wins. Dunfermline would love to kick off 2012 with a home win and this is the last chance to avoid beating the 1991-92 season record first home win of the season on 11th January 1992 against Falkirk. It is a tough task since there have been just two Dunfermline wins out of twenty five Premier League home games against Celtic. The two victories took place in 1987 and 1989.
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Premier League v Celtic (Home) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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25 |
2 |
6 |
17 |
18 |
58 |
The first meeting of the teams at Celtic Park in November saw Celtic win 2-1. The Pars last home league win against Celtic, now over twenty two years ago was secured by Istvan Kozma and Ross Jack who scored the important goals in front of what 19,580 supporters.
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Milestones Celtic (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
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2-0 |
Prem League |
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Last League Defeat |
1-2 |
SPL | |
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Best League Victory |
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5-1 |
Div 1* |
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Worst League Defeat |
1-8 |
SPL | |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Although Dunfermline went behind early on in the first meeting this season, they withstood incessant Celtic pressure to restrict the Celts to a two goal lead at half time. Then after a Sung-Yong Ki penalty miss in 56 minutes, the visitors gave their opponents a fright with a Barrowman goal and a strong finish. Dunfermline have won only two of the last 20 league games between the sides.
Last Twelve League Matches v Celtic | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 23/11/11 | A | 1-2 | [0-1] Hooper, [0-2] Hooper, [1-2] Barrowman |
| 03/03/07 | A | 1-2 | [0-1] Miller, [0-2] Vennegoor of Hesselink, [1-2] Hammill |
| 10/12/06 | H | 1-2 | [0-1] McGeady, [0-2] Zurawski, [1-2] Simmons |
| 16/09/06 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] McManus |
| 19/02/06 | H | 1-8 | [0-1] Petrov, [1-1] Tod, [1-2] Hartson, [1-3] Zurawski, [1-4] Zurawski , [1-5] Zurawski, [1-6] Maloney,[1-7] Lennon. [1-8] )Zurawski |
| 26/11/05 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Ross |
| 28/08/05 | H | 0-4 | [0-1] Zurawski, [0-2] Hartson, [0-3] Nakamura, [0-4] Zurawski |
| 12/03/05 | A | 0-6 | [0-1] Hartson, [0-2] McGeady, [0-3] Hartson, [0-4] Petrov [0-5] Petrov, [0-6] Beattie |
| 12/12/04 | H | 0-2 | [0-1] Sutton, [0-2] Petrov |
| 25/09/04 | A | 0-3 | [0-1] Varga, [0-2] Camara, [0-3] Camara |
| 02/05/04 | A | 2-1 | [1-0] Nicholson, [1-1] Larsson [2-1] Dempsey |
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H |
1-4 |
[1-0] Hunt, [1-1] Larsson, [1-2] Larsson, [1-3] Varga, [1-4] Thompson | |
Its top v bottom, the two teams are divided by the other ten SPL clubs.
| Current League Position | |
| Dunfermline | Celtic |
| League Position | |
| 12 | 1 |
| League Points | |
| 14 | 50 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -20 | +26 |
| Last 6-Match Form | |
| LDLLLX | WWWWX |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P9, W0, D4, L5 | P10, W7, D1, L2 |
Celtic have gone 12 games since their last defeat at Tynecastle at the beginning of October, winning the last nine in a row. The Pars home form is something that no one wants reminded about.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Celtic (away) | |||||
| St Johnstone | L | St Johnstone | W | 2-0 | ||
| Aberdeen | D | Dundee United | W | 1-0 | ||
| Dundee United | L | Inverness Caley Th | W | 2-0 | ||
| Hearts | L | Motherwell | W | 2-1 | ||
| Rangers | L | Hearts | L |
0-2 | ||
| Hibernian | D | Rangers | L | 2-4 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (last time out at St Johnstone): Chris Smith, Jason Thomson, Andy Dowie, Alex Keddie, Paddy Boyle; Paul Willis (Andy Kirk,62), Paul Burns,, Martin Hardie (c) (Ryan Thomson 67), David Graham, Joe Cardle, Andy Barrowman (Liam Buchanan 73)..
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Goodfellow (GK), John Potter, Gary Mason, Shaun Byrne
CELTIC (last time out v Rangers): Fraser Forster, Adam Matthews, Thomas Rogne, Charlie Mulgrew, Joe Ledley; Scott Brown, Biram Kayal (Sung-Yong Ki 77), Victor Wanyama; James Forrest, Gary Hooper (Anthony Stokes 87), Georgios Samaras.
SUBS NOT USED: Mohamed Bangura, Du-Ri Cha, Patrick McCourt, Lukasz Zaluska, Kelvin Wilson
Referee will be Iain Brines who was in charge when Rangers visited East End Park earlier this season.
Come on ye Pars!
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