Preview Aberdeen
Wednesday, 25th Jan 2012In 27 visits the Pars have won just three Premier League games at Pittodrie Those came in 1997 (2-0 and 2-1) and in 2003 (2-1).
The controversial Friday night fixture in Aberdeen was the 100th league meeting between the clubs and it is not one that Pars supporters won`t to remember. The 4-0 defeat in September was probably Jim McIntyre`s side`s worst performance of the season. Revenge not just for that but for also stealing away a first home win in November when the Pars were 3-1 up will be high up the agenda.
At Pittodrie the Dons have won the majority of the encounters against Dunfermline and the Pars three Premier League wins at Pittodrie came in 1997 (2-0 and 2-1) and in 2003 (2-1).
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Premier League v Aberdeen (Away) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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27 |
3 |
4 |
20 |
17 |
50 |
Dunfermline`s 4-0 defeat last time followed a 3-0 reversal in their previous league trip to Pittodrie in February 2007 and it was August 2003 (2-1) when the Pars last took three points back down the A90 thanks to goals from Brewster and Nicholson. Memories are still fresh of the two more recent Scottish Cup ties at Pittodrie against the Dons. The last was a desperately disappointing Sunday when the home side snatched away the chance of a replay back at East End with a late own goal from Neil McGregor.
Two seasons before that the cup story was somewhat different. A replay after a 1-1 draw in Fife was followed by a penalty shoot out success 4-2 after it was 0-0 at the end of extra time. That saw the Pars through for a Semi Final pairing with Falkirk.
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Milestones Aberdeen (Away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
23/08/03 |
2 - 1 |
SPL |
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Last League Defeat |
30/09/11 |
0 - 4 |
SPL |
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Best League Victory |
25/02/61 |
6 - 3 |
Div One* |
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Worst League Defeat |
13/09/58 |
4 - 0 |
Div One* |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Out of the last twelve matches against Aberdeen, Dunfermline have won just two, drawn two and lost eight.
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Last Twelve League Matches v Aberdeen | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 26/11/11 | D | 3-3 | [0-1] Considine, [1-1] Barrowman, [2-1] Graham, [3-1] Buchanan, [3-2] Keddie og, [3-3] Magennis |
| 30/09/11 | A | 0-4 | [0-1] Vernon, [0-2] Vernon, [0-3] Fyvie, [0-4] Vernon |
| 10/02/07 | A | 0-3 | [0-1] Mackie, [0-2] Nicholson (pen.), Lovell |
| 25/11/06 | H | 0-3 | [0-1] Miller, [0-2] Mackie, [0-3] Mackie |
| 26/08/06 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] Severin |
| 11/03/06 | H | 1-0 | [1-0] Burchill |
| 10/12/05 | A | 0-0 | |
| 17/09/05 | H | 0-2 | [0-1] Crawford, [0-2] Severin |
| 12/02/05 | H | 2-1 | [1-0] Mehmet, [1-1] Diamond, [2-1] Donnelly |
| 13/11/04 | A | 1-2 | [0-1]Tod og, [0-2] Mackie, [1-2] Donnelly |
| 21/08/04 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Whelan |
| 21/02/04 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] McGuire, [0-2] Booth |
Aberdeen are undefeated since Christmas and only Celtic, Rangers and Motherwell have left Pittodrie with full points. Their wins were all by just one goal. Dunfermline`s away form is certainly better than their home form but league games at Pittodrie have a history of not being kind to the Fifers
| Aberdeen | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 9 | 12 |
| League Points | |
| 26 | 17 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -4 | -26 |
| Last 6-League Match Form | |
| WLDWDD | LLLLWL |
| Home / Away Record | |
| P12, W4, D5, L3 | P12, W4, D1, L7 |
The Pars produced a really good performance to win at Kilmarnock last Saturday. They showed real fight and then at Motherwell on Tuesday night there was a rude awakening so the team will need to regroup and tackle the Dons as they did at Killie.
| Recent Form - home / away | ||||||
| Aberdeen (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Hearts | D | 0-0 | Motherwell | L | 1-3 | |
| Hibs | W | 1-0 | Kilmarnock | W | 3-0 | |
| St Mirren | D | 2-2 | Inverness Caley Th | D | 1-1 | |
| Motherwell | L | 1-2 | Hearts | L | 0-4 | |
| Rangers | L | 1-2 | Rangers | L | 1-2 | |
| Dundee United | W | 3-1 | Celtic | L | 1-2 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Motherwell): Iain Turner; Andy Dowie, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Alex Keddie, Paddy Boyle; David Graham, Mark Kerr, Gary Mason (c), Joe Cardle (Paul Willis 56); Liam Buchanan (Martin Hardie 75), Andy Barrowman.(Andy Kirk 27).
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Smith (GK), John Potter, Ryan Thomson, Shaun Byrne..
ABERDEEN (v Rangers): Jason Brown, Mark Reynolds, Rory McArdle, Clark Robertson, Fraser Fyvie, K?ri Arnason, Ryan Jack, Chris Clark, Scott Vernon, Rory Fallon, Josh Magennis
SUBS: Darren Mackie, Michael Paton, Mitchel Megginson, Jamie Masson, Ryan Fraser, Jamie Langfield, Mohamed Chalali
Referee for this match will be Craig Thomson.
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