Preview Airdrieonians
Saturday, 17th Jan 2015Just when the team needs a win its the Pars jinx team Airdrieonians who appear at East End Park this Saturday.
A record of just two wins in the last five matches at East End Park against Airdrieonians and just three wins in the last nine meetings certainly reveals a weakness when it comes to games against the Diamonds.
The Pars won handsomely in August 2014 but then lost 3-1 in the return at the Excelsior in December. In 2014 Dunfermline won only one and Airdrieonians three of the four games played. One of the most disappointing defeats was the reversal on 4th May 2013 when the already relegated visitors 2-1 victory sent the Pars into the play offs and subsequent relegation from the First Division.
In all their guises the Lanarkshire club have always been fairly close to Dunfermline, there have been 107 league games with Airdrie having 38 wins to
the Pars 39.
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Pars v Airdrie:
The Full League Record |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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At
|
55 |
24 |
17 |
14 |
92 |
83 |
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At Airdrie |
52 |
15 |
13 |
25 |
81 |
112 |
| League One | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
|
Division
One (up to 1975) |
42 |
19 |
6 |
17 |
83 |
90 |
|
Division
Two (up to 1975) |
12 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
24 |
42 |
|
Premier
League (since 1975) |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
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First
Division (since 1975) |
43 |
16 |
20 |
7 |
53 |
48 |
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TOTALS |
107 |
39 |
30 |
38 |
173 |
195 |
In the 3-0 win at home in August the Pars were two up at half time thanks to goals from Gozie Ugwu and Michael Moffat before Gozie added a third nine minutes from full time. The 3-1 defeat at Airdrie in December came through goals from Bryan Prunty (3), Nathan Blockley (55), and Marc Fitzpatrick 3-0 with Gregor Buchanan scoring a late goal against the club he left in the summer to come to East End Park.
Of
the last dozen meetings Dunfermline have won five, Airdrie five and two games
have been drawn but the Pars have only won three of the last nine and have just
two wins in the last five home matches against Airdrie.
| Last twelve meetings | ||||
| 2014/2015 | ||||
| First Division | Airdrieonians | 3-1 | Dunfermline | 13/12/14 |
| First Division | Dunfermline | 3-0 | Airdrieonians | 23/08/14 |
| 2013/2014 | ||||
| First Division | Airdrie United | 2-0 | Dunfermline | 05/04/14 |
| First Division | Dunfermline | 0-1 | Airdrie United | 18/01/14 |
| First Division | Airdrie United | 0-3 | Dunfermline | 16/11/13 |
| First Division | Dunfermline | 2-1 | Airdrie United | 21/09/13 |
| 2012/2013 | ||||
| First Division | Dunfermline | 1-2 | Airdrie United | 04/05/13 |
| First Division | Airdrie United | 3-3 | Dunfermline | 09/03/13 |
| First Division | Dunfermline | 1-3 | Airdrie United | 12/01/13 |
| First Division | Airdrie United | 1-2 | Dunfermline | 25/08/12 |
| 2009/2010 | ||||
| First Division | Airdrie United | 0-1 | Dunfermline | 01/05/10 |
| First Division | Airdrie United | 1-1 | Dunfermline | 09/03/10 |
Dunfermline have only lost six league goals at home this season, a record that
only Hearts in Scotland can match. The draw at Stirling last Saturday was not
enough to prevent them dropping out of the play off places and they are now ten
points off the top.
| Dunfermline | Airdrieonians |
| Current League Position | |
| 5 | 7 |
| League Points | |
| 29 | 24 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +10 | +1 |
| Recent League form | |
| WWLLDD | DWDWWL |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P10, W5, D3, L2 | P10, W2, D4, L4 |
Airdrieonians defeat at home last weekend to Peterhead was their first defeat
in the last six games. They lost their first three away games in the
league against Stenhousemuir, Dunfermline and Morton but since 13th September
they have lost only one of the next seven away league games and that was at
league leaders, Stranraer.
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Airdrieonians (away) | |||||
| Peterhead | D | 1-1 | Morton | W | 1-0 | |
| Stranraer | L | 0-1 | Forfar Athletic | D | 1-1 | |
| Stranraer | L | 1-3 | Brechin City | D | 1-1 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | 4-0 | Stranraer | L | 0-1 | |
| Morton | L | 1-2 | Morton | D |
0-0 |
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| Forfar Athletic | D | 0-0 | Stirling Albion | D |
2-2 |
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Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Stirling Albion): Ryan Scully; Ross Millen, Gregor Buchanan, Lewis Martin, Jim Paterson; Josh Falkingham (c), Shaun Byrne, Lewis Spence (Ryan Thomson 80), Ross Forbes (Andy Stirling 64); Michael Moffat (Faissal El Bakhtaoui 74), Allan Smith.
SUBS NOT USED: Finn Graham, Scott Mercer, Declan O'Kane, Cammy Gill (GK)
AIRDRIEONIANS (v Peterhead: Andrew McNeil; Chris O'Neil, Docherty, Ben Richards-Everton, Paddy Boyle; Jamie Bain (Keigan Parker 70), Nathan Blockley, Marc Fitzpatrick, Bryan Prunty, Jim Lister, Gary Fraser
SUBS NOT USED: Liam Watt, John Boyle, Scott Stewart, Rohan Ferguson (GK), Scott Gray, Robert Wilson
Referee will be Don Robertson.
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