Preview Partick Thistle
Thursday, 16th Aug 2012Saturday 18t
The first home league game of the season against Partick Thistle will be a real test when Jim Jefferies new team come up against the much fancied Firhill club under the guidance of ex Pars favourite, Jackie McNamara. Last Saturday they had a fine home win over Falkirk so this is not likely to be easy for the Fifers.
| Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 40 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 70 | 52 |
| At Firhill | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 60 |
| 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) | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 30 |
| TOTALS | 78 | 33 | 22 | 23 | 116 | 112 |
Dunfermline have an edge on the history in league competition against Partick Thistle with 33 wins to 23 losses in previous league meetings.
Partick Home Milestones
The Pars defeat to Thistle at East End Park in March 2010 was just the second away win for over 27 years. The 10-1 win in 1959 is one of the club`s most famous victories, as it prevented almost certain relegation.
| Milestones Partick (home) | |||
| Last League Victory |
3-1 |
SPL | |
| Last League Defeat |
1-2 |
First Div | |
| Best League Victory |
|
10-1 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
|
1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
Last Twelve League matches
The last twelve league games have seen
| Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
|
Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 26/03/11 | H | 0-0 | [0-0] |
| 29/01/11 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] Erskine, [0-2] Doolan |
| 14/12/10 | H | 0-0 | . |
| 25/09/10 | A | 2-0 | [1-0] Clarke, [2-0] Kirk |
| 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 |
Recent Form
Despite creating enough chances to win the game, Dunfermline lost their opening competitive game at Forfar. Then on Saturday the new look Pars put four past near neighbours, Cowdenbeath. Thistle won their two away cup games; in the Ramsdens Cup at Clyde, and in the Scottish Communities League Cup at Forfar before recording an impressive 3-1 home win in the first league match. Tuesday night`s game against Queens Park saw them score five goals, so Saturday`s fixture could be a very attack minded game.
| Form last three games | ||||||
| Dunfermline | Partick Thistle | |||||
| Cowdenbeath (A) | W | 4-0 | Queens Park (A) | W | 5-4 | |
| Bristol City (H) | L | 0-2 | Falkirk (H) | W | 3-1 | |
| Forfar Athletic (A) | L | 2-3 | Forfar Athletic (A) | W | 2-0 | |
| Berwick Rangers (A) | W | 2-1 | Clyde (A) | W | 1-0 | |
DUNFERMLINE (v Cowdenbeath): Paul Gallacher; Andy Geggan, Andy Dowie, John Potter, Stephen Jordan; Jordan McMillan (c); Josh Falkingham (Craig Dargo 89), Ryan Thomson, Paul Willis, Andy Barrowman (Andy Kirk 78), Alex Whittle (Paul Burns 81)
SUBS NOT USED: Stephen Husband, Michal Hrivnak (GK)
SCORERS: Barrowman (44), Thomson (49, 79), Falkingham (83)
PARTICK THISTLE (v Queens Park): Ryan Scully; Stephen O`Donnell, Aaron Sinclair, Paul Paton, Aaron Muirhead, Conrad Balatoni, James Craigen, Sean Welsh (Chris Erskine 17), Mark McGuigan (Steve Lawless 56), Christie Elliott, Stuart Brannigan
SUBS NOT USED: Scott Fox, Kris Doolan, Hugh Murray
SCORERS: Sinclair (34), Elliot (40), Chris Erskine (65. 90), Brannigan (90).
Thistle made six changes for the Ramsdens Cup tie against Queens Park so Saturday may see the return of some of the players who were successful in the win over Falkirk the previous Saturday.
Referee will be Iain Brines.
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