Preview Partick Thistle
Wednesday, 22nd Sep 2010Matches between Partick and Dunfermline are always hotly contested but the Fifers have the upper hand with 32 wins in the 74 league games.
This Saturday the Pars are back in Glasgow at Firhill to face Partick Thistle. It`s top against bottom and thankfully its the Pars who top the table. As much as they want to remain there they will be very aware that they are now the target for every team in the First Division.
| Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 70 | 52 |
| At Firhill | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 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) | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 28 |
| TOTALS | 74 | 32 | 20 | 22 | 114 | 110 |
Matches between the clubs are always hotly contested but the Fifers have the upper hand with 32 wins in the 74 league games. Dunfermline`s last win in an away fixture there was a 4-1 win in January, courtesy of a memorable hat-trick from second half sub Joe Cardle.
| Milestones Partick (away) | |||
| Last League Victory |
4-1 |
First Div | |
| Last League Defeat |
0-2 |
First Div | |
| Best League Victory |
|
6-2 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
|
1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
Last Twelve League matches
The last dozen league games between the teams have seen
| Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
|
Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 23/03/10 | H | 1-2 | _0-1] Buchanan, [1-1] McDougall, [1-2] Donnelly |
| 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] Burchill | |
Ian McCall`s men are bottom of the league having taken only three points from their six matches. It was Dundee they defeated by 1-0 in the second league game of the season but have lost four on the trot since to teams that they would have fancied taking points from.
Dunfermline in contrast have carved out victories against opponents who have made life difficult for them.
| Partick Thistle | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 10 | 1 |
| League Form last six results | |
| LWLLLL | WWLWWW |
| League Points | |
| 3 | 15 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -8 | +8 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P6, W1, D0, L5 | P6, W5, D0, L1 |
Recent Form
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Partick Thistle (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Stirling Albion | L | 1-2 | Rangers | L | 2-7 | |
| Ayr United | W | 2-1 | Stirling Albion | W | 2-3 | |
| Falkirk | L | 0-1 | Raith Rovers | L | 0-2 | |
| Dundee | W | 1-0 | Falkirk | W | 1-0 | |
| Berwick Rangers | W | 2-1 | Raith Rovers | W | 2-1 | |
| Clyde | W | 2-1 | ||||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Rangers): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Andy Dowie, Chris Higgins, Austin McCann (c); Willie Gibson, Steven Bell, Alex Burke, Nick Phinn (Steven McDougall 69) Joe Cardle (Paul Willis 72); Andy Kirk (Pat Clarke 72)
SUBS NOT USED: Alex Keddie, Kyle Allison (GK)
PARTICK THISTLE: (v QOS): Bryn Halliwell; Alan Archibald (Paul Cairney 16), Jackie McNamara, Patrick Boyle, Willie Kinniburgh, David Rowson, Iain Flannigan, Bryan Hodge, Paul Paton, Liam Buchanan, Kris Doohlan
SUBS NOT USED: Simon Donnelly, Martin Grehan, Conrad Balatoni, Craig Hinchcliffe (GK).
Referee will be Bobby Madden.
Come on ye Pars!
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