Preview Falkirk
Sunday, 13th Feb 2011Tuesday
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Admission: from £16 and £10 for concessions |
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 |
Tuesday night`s match is another local derby and as always that means there`s plenty to play for but even more significant is that a win for Jim McIntyre`s team would also take them above the Rovers and top of the league. The Pars are currently five points ahead of the Bairns and the visitors will not want to see that advantage increased despite having one game 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 | |
| 2 | 3 |
| League Points | |
| 37 | 32 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +18 | +14 |
| Last 6-Match League Form | |
| DWLDLW | DWLLWW |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P10, W7, D3, L0 | P8, W4, D0, L4 |
Falkirk have got their away form going in the last three league matches scoring twelve goals; five each against both Queen of the South and Stirling Albion and then winning 2-1 at Starks Park. Prior to that they lost three consecutive matches on the road at Partick, Raith and Dundee and in cup competitions have lost away at Aberdeen and Firhill.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Falkirk (away) | |||||
| Dundee | D | Raith Rovers | W | 2-1 | ||
| Cowdenbeath | W | Partick Thistle | L | 0-1 | ||
| Partick Thistle | D | Stirling Albion | W | 0-5 | ||
| Queen of the South | W | Aberdeen | L | 2-1 | ||
| Raith Rovers | D | 2-2 | Queen of the South | W | 1-5 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | Partick Thistle | L |
1-0 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Cowdenbeath): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); David Graham, Nick Phinn (Martin Hardie,75), Gary Mason (Alex Burke 86), Joe Cardle (Steven McDougall 70); Andy Kirk, Liam Buchanan.
SUBS NOT USED: Neil McGregor, Kyle Allison.
FALKIRK (v Morton); Robert Olejnik, Mark Twaddle, Ross Perry, Keiran Duffy (Mark Stewart 79) Thomas Scobbie; Burton O`Brien, Marc Millar, Pedro Moutinho (Chris Mitchell 84), Carl Finnigan, Jack Compton (Kallum Higginbotham 84)
SUBS NOT USED: Mehdi Khalis, Jamie Barclay (GK)
Referee for this match will be Anthony Law.
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