Preview Falkirk
Wednesday, 22nd Dec 2010Pars last league win over Bairns at home was eight league visits back but of course Dunfermline did beat Falkirk 2-0 in the League Cup in October 2002 courtesy of a Stevie Crawford double.
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Falkirk return to East End Park for the first time since the final match of the 2006-07 season. It is the first league meeting here in the First Division since the 2-2 draw in January 2000 but the Pars have not won full league points at home against Falkirk since Derek Laing`s winner on 9th October 1993. That was eight league visits back but of course Dunfermline did beat Falkirk 2-0 in the League Cup in October 2002 courtesy of a Stevie Crawford double. The Pars have the upper hand in league meetings at East End, but only just.
| Dunfermline v Falkirk: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 41 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 57 | 54 |
| At Brockville | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 60 |
| At Falkirk Stadium | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Division One (up to 1975) | 36 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 65 | 49 |
| Division Two (up to 1975) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Premier League (since 1975) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 32 |
| Second Division (since 1975) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| TOTALS | 82 | 28 | 18 | 36 | 99 | 117 |
The Boxing Day game is a local derby and that always means there`s plenty to play for but with Jim McIntyre`s team top of the league and eight points ahead of the Bairns, the visitors will not want to see that advantage increased despite having two games in hand. There have been only three Dunfermline wins in the last dozen league meetings and five of the games have been defeats.
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Last 12 League Matches v Falkirk | |||
| 07/08/10 | A | 1-0 | W |
| 19/05/07 | H | 0-3 | L |
| 13/01/07 | A | 0-1 | L |
| 04/11/06 | H | 0-3 | L |
| 05/08/06 | A | 0-1 | L |
| 14/04/06 | A | 0-0 | D |
| 01/04/06 | H | 1-1 | D |
| 31/12/05 | A | 2-1 | W |
| 15/10/05 | H | 0-1 | L |
| 25/03/00 | A | 1-1 | D |
| 15/01/00 | H | 2-2 | D |
| 20/11/99 | A | 3-1 | W |
The Pars 1-0 win at the Falkirk Stadium on the opening day of the season came from a Pat Clarke goal and the Pars whose home form is good with no defeats this season will be looking to keep that going.
| Dunfermline | Falkirk |
| Current League Position | |
| 1 | 4 |
| Last 6-SFL Match Form | |
| DWLDWD | WLWDLW |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P8, W6, D2, L0 | P6, W3, D0, L3 |
| Leading Scorers | |
| A Kirk (13) | Mark Stewart (8) |
Falkirk have got their away form going in the last two matches scoring ten goals; five each against Queen of the South and Stirling Albion but prior to that they lost three consecutive matches on the road at Partick, Raith and Dundee.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Falkirk (away) | |||||
| Partick Thistle | D | Stirling Albion | W | 5-0 | ||
| Queen of the South | W | Aberdeen | L | 1-2 | ||
| Raith Rovers | D | 2-2 | Queen of the South | W | 5-1 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | Partick Thistle | L |
0-1 | ||
| Ross County | W | 3-2 | Raith Rovers | L | 1-2 | |
| Cowdenbeath | W | 2-1 | Dundee | L | 0-2 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Partick Thistle): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Andy Dowie, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); David Graham, Nick Phinn, Gary Mason, Joe Cardle (Paul Willis 59); Andy Kirk (Pat Clarke 59), Steven McDougall.
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Higgins, Neil McGregor, Kyle Allison (GK)
FALKIRK (v Stirling); Robert Olejnik, Mark Twaddle, Brian McLean (Jason Marr 31), Chris Mitchell, Thomas Scobbie; Burton O`Brien, Keiran Duffy, Ryan Flynn (Kallum Higginbotham 51), Mark Millar (Kenny Deuchar 67), Carl Finnigan, Mark Stewart
SUBS NOT USED: Mehdi Khalis, Jamie Barclay (GK)
Referee for this match will be Anthony Law.
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