Preview East Fife
Wednesday, 29th Jan 2014There have been 50 league games between the clubs, East Fife have won 22, Dunfermline 16 and 12 have been drawn.
The opening league match of the Pars League One season was also their first league meeting against East Fife for over a quarter of a century. Dunfermline won the match 1-0 courtesy of a Ryan Wallace penalty scored after just two minutes. The Methil club kept up their good record over the Pars by coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 at East End Park in October.
There have been 50 league games between the clubs, East Fife have won 22, Dunfermline 16 and 12 have been drawn.
Last Twelve Matches v East Fife |
|
Date |
Competition |
H/A |
W D L |
F-A |
| 19/10/13 | League One | H | L | 1-2 |
| 10/08/13 | League One | A | W | 1-0 |
| 23/08/11 | League Cup | A | L | 1-2 |
| 18/01/05 | Scottish Cup | H | W | 3-1 |
| 08/01/05 | Scottish Cup | A | D | 0-0 |
| 17/08/88 | League Cup | A | D | 1-1 |
| 28/03/87 | Division One | A | D | 1-1 |
| 01/01/87 | Division One | H | D | 1-1 |
| 08/11/86 | Division One | H | L | 1-2 |
| 30/08/86 | Division One | A | L | 2-4 |
| 21/04/84 | Division Two | A | L | 0-1 |
| 31/12/83 | Division Two | H | L | 1-3 |
Even in the cup ties played in the last decade East Fife have proved to be stubborn opponents. In the most recent meeting at Bayview in the 2011-12 Scottish Communities League Cup, the Second Division team dumped SPL Dunfermline out 2-1. Pars goalscorer in August 2011 was Liam Buchanan who will line up against the Pars this Saturday. Other possible opponents could be former Pars Greg Paterson, Kevin Rutkiewicz and Paul Willis. Dunfermline will field Ryan Wallace who was signed from East Fife at the start of the 2012-13 season.
| East Fife | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 8 | 2 |
| Recent League Results | |
| WLLWLW | WLWWLL |
| League Points | |
| 23 | 41 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -20 | +9 |
| League Home / Away Record | |
| P11, W5, D0, L6 | P11, W7, D1, L3 |
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| East Fife |
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Dunfermline | ||||
| Forfar Athletic | W | 2-1 | Brechin City | L | 2-3 | |
| Arbroath | W | 1-0 | Stenhousemuir | W | 2-1 | |
| Brechin City |
L |
1-3 | Arbroath | W | 3-0 | |
| Stenhousemuir | W | 1-0 | Ayr United | W | 4-2 | |
| Stranraer | L | 1-2 | Ayr United | D | 1-1 | |
| Rangers | L | 0-4 | Airdrieonians | W | 3-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Brechin City): Ryan Scully; Ryan Williamson, Kerr Young, Lewis Martin, Alex Whittle; Shaun Byrne (Lewis Spence 71), Stephen Husband (Ryan Thomson 86), Josh Falkingham (c), Andy Geggan; Ryan Wallace, Lawrence Shankland (Jordan Moore 77).
SUBS NOT USED: Ross Drummond, Ross Millen, Jonathan Page, Ryan Goodfellow (GK)
EAST FIFE (v Forfar Athletic): Greg Paterson, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Gary Naysmith, Joe Mbu, Scott Durie , Stephen O`Neill, Ryan Stewart (Paul Willis, 83), Marc McKenzie , Gary Fisher (Jonathan Stewart, 87), Kevin Smith, Liam Buchanan
SUBS NOT USED: Ross Lennie, Craig Johnstone, Lewis Barr, Bradley Grieve, Connor Shaw
Referee will be David Somers
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