Preview Dumbarton
Thursday, 3rd Jan 2013Prior to this season, the sides had not met on league business since April 1996 and the Pars have won the last ten league meetings.
Dunfermline return to Dumbarton on Saturday but need to be aware that the Sons under the new management of Ian Murray are a different outfit from the one they met there in September. Every Pars fan celebrated their result on Wednesday beating league leaders Morton 3-0 at Cappielow but now its the Pars turn to face this re-invented team. Jim Jefferies will be hoping that the Pars poor December form has been put to bed with the win over Raith Rovers on 2nd January.
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Pars v Dumbarton: The Full League Record | ||||
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W |
D |
L |
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TOTAL |
80 |
42 |
16 |
22 |
Dunfermline have a good record against their opponents winning more games than draws and defeats added together. The Pars defeated Dumbarton 2-0 in September and then won 4-0 at East End Park in November.
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Milestones Dumbarton (Away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
2-0 |
First Division | |
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Last League Defeat |
18/04/81 |
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Best League Victory |
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5-1 |
Sc Div 1 |
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Worst League Defeat |
12/03/38 |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Prior to this season, the sides had not met on league business since April 1996 and the Pars have won the last ten league meetings. The last defeat at the hands of Dumbarton was in season 1986/87 and the Fifers last defeat at Dumbarton was on 16th April 1981.
| Last 12 Matches v Dumbarton |
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
R | Competition |
| 24/11/12 | H | 4-0 | W | Division One |
| 15/09/012 | A | 2-0 | W | Division One |
| 01/08/09 | A | 5-0 | W | League Cup |
| 20/04/96 | H | 4-1 | W | Division One |
| 09/03/96 | A | 3-0 | W | Division One |
| 21/10/95 | H | 3-1 | W | Division One |
| 02/09/95 | A | 4-0 | W | Division One |
| 12/04/94 | A | 2-0 | W | Scottish Cup |
| 12/02/94 | H | 3-2 | W | Division One |
| 13/11/93 | A | 5-1 | W | Division One |
| 02/10/93 | H | 2-0 | W | Division One |
| 08/05/93 | A | 0-0 | D | Division One |
Ian Murray has transformed Dumbarton`s results
Dumbarton`s good recent results means that they have closed the gap on Airdrie United in eleventh to just three points with three games in hand.
| Current League Form | |
| Dumbarton | Dunfermline |
| League Points | |
| 11 | 33 |
| League Position | |
| 10 | 3 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -25 | +17 |
| Form Last 6 League Matches | |
| LWLLWW | WLDLLW |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P6, W0, D1, L5 | P9, W5, D1, L3 |
Dumbarton have registered impressive back to back wins over Falkirk and Morton, two teams that the Pars met recently as well but with not so good results. Both those wins were away from home and after losing their first three away league games, conceding 11 and scoring none they have now lost only one of their last four away games. Can they recreate that form at home? Their home record is played six, drawn one and lost five. In cup competitions they have defeated both Albion Rovers and East Stirlingshire at the Bet Butler Stadium.
| Recent League Form | ||||||
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Dunfermline | ||||
| Morton (A) | W | 3-0 | Raith Rovers (H) | W | 1-0 | |
| Falkirk (A) | W | 4-3 | Morton (A) | L | ||
| Dunfermline (A) | L | 0-4 | Falkirk (H) | L | ||
| Morton (H) | L | 1-5 | Hamilton (H) | D | 1-1 | |
| Cowdenbeath (H) | W | 1-0 | Livingston (A) | L | 1-2 | |
| Airdrie United (H) | L | 3-4 | Dumbarton (H) | W | 4-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Raith Rovers): Paul Gallacher; Andy Geggan, Andy Dowie, Callum Morris, Stephen Jordan (c), Josh Falkingham, Shaun Byrne (Stephen Husband 80), Ryan Thomson, Joe Cardle (Craig Dargo 86), Ryan Wallace, Andy Kirk (Andy Barrowman 69).
SUBS NOT USED: John Potter, Michal Hrivnak (GK).
DUMBARTON (v Morton): Jamie Ewings, Alan Lithgow, Andy Graham, R Forsyth, Nicky Devlin, Garry Fleming (Bryan Prunty 75), Chris Turner, Scott Agnew, James Lister (Marc McCusker 83), Mark Gilhaney (Mark Lamont 88), Steven McDougall.
SUBS NOT USED: Martin McNiff, Stephen Grindlay
Referee will be Iain Brines.
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