Preview Partick Thistle
Tuesday, 6th Nov 2012Scotland`s Match of the Day will be the top of the table clash at Firhill
This Saturday the Pars travel to Glasgow to face Partick Thistle. The Maryhill side are responsible for inflicting the Pars only league defeat of the season back and the second meeting will give Jim Jefferies and his side some indication of how they might have improved since that August afternoon.
The fixture will certainly be the First Division`s match of the day and Jefferies is promising that his team will be going out to retrieve the three points that the Jags took off them in the second fixture of the league campaign.
| Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 41 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 70 | 53 |
| 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) | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 31 |
| TOTALS | 79 | 33 | 22 | 24 | 116 | 113 |
Matches between the clubs are always hotly contested but the Fifers have the upper hand with 33 wins in the 79 league games. Dunfermline`s last win in an away fixture there was a 2-0 win in September 2010, courtesy of goals from Pat Clarke and Andy Kirk. That came on the back of a fine 4-1 win there in January that year when a memorable hat-trick from second half sub Joe Cardle made the day.
| Milestones Partick (away) | |||
| Last League Victory |
2-0 |
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 |
| 18/08/12 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Lawless |
| 26/03/11 | H | 0-0 | |
| 29/01/11 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] [0-2] |
| 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 |
Dunfermline sit equal on points with Partick Thistle and above them by virtue of a better goal difference. Both sides have identical wins, draws and defeats. Both sides have conceded seven goals but Partick only two at home and the Pars have scored 25 goals, one more than their opponents.
| Partick Thistle | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 1 |
| League Form last six results | |
| WWDLWD | WWWDDW |
| League Points | |
| 23 | 23 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +17 | +18 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P10, W7, D2, L1 | P10, W7, D2, L1 |
League Form
| League Form this season | ||||||
| Partick Thistle |
|
Dunfermline | ||||
| Falkirk (A) | D | 0-0 | Cowdenbeath (H) | W | ||
| Airdrie United (H) | W | 7-0 | Morton (H) | D | 2-2 | |
| Morton (A) | L | 1-3 | Falkirk (A) | D | 2-2 | |
| Raith Rovers (A) | D | 1-1 | Hamilton (A) | W | 3-0 | |
| Cowdenbeath (H) | W | 2-1 | Livingston (H) | W | 4-0 | |
| Livingston (A) |
W |
2-1 | Dumbarton (A) | W | 2-0 | |
Thistle`s home form has been their strength this season. They have won all six of their league games there with only Cowdenbeath and Falkirk managing a goal and others such as Airdrie United and Hamilton leaving after a good hiding.
Dunfermline on the other hand are undefeated in the league away from home but this will be a tough task. The team and their supporters can take heart however from the great fight back at Falkirk in their last away fixture.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Cowdenbeath): Paul Gallacher, Andy Geggan, Andy Dowie, Callum Morris, Jordan McMillan, Stephen Husband, Ryan Thomson, Josh Falkingham, Joe Cardle (Ross Drummond 85), Andy Barrowman (Andy Kirk 66), Ryan Wallace (Craig Dargo 79).
SUBS NOT USED: John Potter, Michal Hrivnak (GK)
PARTICK THISTLE: (v Cove Rangers): Scott Fox, Stephen O`Donnell, Aaron Sinclair, Paul Paton, Aaron Muirhead, Conrad Balatoni, Steve Lawless, Kris Doolan, Steven Craig, Ross Forbes, Chris Erskine.
SUBS: Ryan Scully, Christie Elliott, Paul Slane, Alan Archibald, David Rowson.
Referee will be Calum Murray
Last Time the Teams Met
DUNFERMLINE: Paul Gallacher; Andy Geggan, Andy Dowie, John Potter, Stephen Jordan; Ryan Thomson, Jordan McMillan (c) (Stephen Husband 37), Josh Falkingham (Andy Kirk 58), Paul Willis (Alex Whittle 77), Andy Barrowman, Joe Cardle.
SUBS NOT USED:, Chris Kane, Michal Hrivnak (GK)
YELLOW CARD: Potter (41), Barrowman (53)
PARTICK THISTLE: Scott Fox, Stephen O`Donnell, Aaron Muirhead, Alan Archibald, Stuart Bannigan: Paul Paton, Hugh Murray, Sean Welsh, Steve Lawless, Chris Erskine (James Craigen 89), Kris Doolan (Christie Elliot 77)...
SUBS NOT USED: Conrad Balatoni, Aaron Sinclair, Ryan Scully (GK),
SCORER: Lawless (24)
Come on ye Pars!
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