Preview Ayr United
Wednesday, 19th Feb 2014This will be the fifth of what will be six and possibly eight games between the teams this season.
Saturday`s visitors to East End Park are Ayr United and this will be the fifth of what will be six and possibly eight games between the teams this season. The Somerset Park side are fellow contenders for a play off place since they sit in fourth place 11 points behind the Pars. Ayr`s last win was four years ago on 20th February 2010 when a Tam McManus goal ended a run of ten trips to Dunfermline without a win.
This will be 84th league meeting; the Pars have won 36 to Ayr`s 26, 21 have been drawn.
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Milestones v Ayr United (home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
28/09/13 |
League One | |
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Last League Defeat |
20/02/10 |
0-1 |
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 thirteen of the last sixteen league meetings. Ayr United have only won 5 of the last 36 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 |
| 14/12/13 | A | 4-2 | W | League One |
| 28/09/13 | H | 5-1 | W | League One |
| 10/04/10 | A | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 20/02/10 | H | 0-1 | L | First Division |
| 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 |
Ayr United`s last visit to East End Park was in December for a Scottish Cup replay that they lost 1-0 to a Ryan Thomson goal. The last league match in Fife between the sides saw the Pars win 5-1.
| Dunfermline | Ayr United |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 4 |
| Form: Last Six Games | |
| WLLWLW | LWLDWL |
| League Points | |
| 47 | 36 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +13 | -3 |
| League Record Home / Away | |
| P11, W6, D1, L4 | P12, W5, D4, L3 |
Dunfermline have won only one of their last four home matches.
| Recent Home / Away League Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline Home | Ayr United Away | |||||
| Airdrieonians | L | 0-1 | Arbroath | W | 3-2 | |
| Stranraer | W | 3-2 | Stenhousemuir | D | 1-1 | |
| Rangers | L | 0-4 | Stranraer | L | 0-4 | |
| Forfar Athletic | D | Forfar Athletic | W | 1-0 | ||
| Brechin City | W | 2-1 | Rangers | L |
0-3 | |
| Stenhousemuir |
W |
Brechin City | D | 1-1 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Forfar Athletic): Ryan Scully; Callum Morris, Jonathan Page, Lewis Martin; Ryan Williamson, Josh Falkingham, Andy Geggan (c)(Stephen Husband 47), Ross Forbes, Danny Grainger; Ryan Wallace (Lawrence Shankland 75), Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: Ross Millen, Alex Whittle, Jordan Moore, Shaun Byrne, Ryan Goodfellow (GK)
AYR UNITED (v Rangers): David Hutton, Adam Hunter, Alan Lithgow, Scott McLaughlin, Gordon Pope, Robbie Crawford (Mark Shankland, 63), Brian Gilmour, Craig Malcolm, Michael Donald, Kevin Kyle (Michael McGowan 75), Alan Forrest
SUBS NOT USED: Martin Campbell, Jackson Longridge, Michael Wardrobe, Anthony Marenghi, Shaun Newman
Referee will be George Salmond.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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