Preview Airdrieonians
Saturday, 2nd May 2015The last match of Dunfermline Athletic's disappointing season takes them to the Excelsior Stadium to face Airdrieonians.
The Lanarkshire team has already secured fifth place but cannot catch Brechin City above them since there is a four point difference. The Pars are two places below their opponents and a win could take them to sixth dependant upon Peterhead not managing to take one point at title chasing Morton.
Stats
| Airdrieonians | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 5 | 7 |
| League Points | |
| 55 | 48 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +13 | -1 |
| Last 6-Match Form | |
| LWWLWW | WLDWLL |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P17, W9, D4, L4 | P17, W5, D4, L8 |
Recent Form
Airdieonians have gone seven home games without defeat. There last home
defeat was against Peterhead back on 10th January and following their now customary weak start to a season they have lost only three matches since November. With fifteen points from their last six league games they are joint top of the form league with Forfar and Morton.
In contrast the Pars have taken only seven points from the last eighteen available.
| Recent League Form | ||||||
| Airdrieonians Home | Dunfermline Away | |||||
| Ayr United | W | 2-0 | Brechin City | L | 0-3 | |
| Stenhousemuir | W | 2-1 | Peterhead | D | 1-1 | |
| Morton | W | 2-1 | Stenhousemuir | W | 1-0 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | 4-1 | Brechin City | D |
1-1 |
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| Forfar Athletic | W | 3-1 | Stranraer | L |
1-5 |
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| Brechin City | D | 1-1 | Forfar Athletic | L |
0-1 |
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In league meetings Dunfermline lead 39 to 37 on wins; 30 matches have been drawn.
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Pars v Airdrie: The
Full League Record |
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|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
At
East End
|
55 |
24 |
18 |
13 |
93 |
83 |
|
At Airdrie |
51 |
15 |
12 |
24 |
78 |
109 |
|
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 |
|
First
Division (since 1975) |
41 |
16 |
19 |
6 |
49 |
43 |
| League One (since 2013) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
|
TOTALS |
106 |
39 |
30 |
37 |
171 |
192 |
Since Airdrie United came into being Dunfermline have won ten, lost six and drawn six.
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Last 12 Matches v Airdrie United / Airdrieonians |
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Competition |
| 17/01/15 |
H |
2-2 | League One |
| 13/12/14 | A | 1-3 | League One |
| 23/08/14 | H | 3-0 | League One |
| 05/04/14 | A | 0-2 | League One |
| 18/01/14 | H | 0-1 | League One |
| 16/11/13 | A | 3-0 | League One |
| 21/09/13 | H | 2-1 | League One |
| 04/05/13 | H | 1-2 | Division One |
| 09/09/13 | A | 3-3 | Division One |
| 12/01/13 | H | 1-3 | Division One |
| 25/08/12 | A | 2-1 | Division One |
| 01/05/10 | A | 1-0 | Division One |
Matches this season
23rd August 2014: SPFL League One: two changes for Pars, Gregor Buchanan and Chigozie Ugwu start. Ugwu (23) 1-0; Moffat (40) 2-0; Ugwu (81) 3-0
13th December 2014: SPFL League One: Bryan Prunty (3) 1-0; Nathan Blockley (55) 2-0; Marc Fitzpatrick (64) 3-0; Gregor Buchanan (84) 3-1
17th January 2015: SPFL League One: Three changes as in come Kyle McAusland, Alex Whittle and Andy Barrowman. James Lister (10) 0-1; Ross Millen (34 pen.) 1-1; Bryan Gilfillan (56) 1-2; Michael Moffat (75) 2-2
Teams last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Forfar Athletic): Jamie Wilson; Ryan Williamson, Declan O'Kane, Lewis Martin, Alex Whittle; Finn Graham, Shaun Byrne (Ryan Thomson 68), Andy Geggan, Josh Falkingham (c); Faissal El Bakhtaoui, Michael Moffat.
SUBS NOT USED: Gregor Buchanan, Kyle McAusland, Allan Smith, James Thomas, Scott Mercer, Cammy Gill (GK).
AIRDRIEONIANS (v Peterhead): Andrew McNeil; Jamie Bain, Luca Gasparotto, Lindsay, Paddy Boyle; Jordan Morton (Liam Watt 81), Steven Docherty, Marc Fitzpatrick, Scott Fraser, Bryan Prunty, Bob McHugh.
SUBS NOT USED: Chris O'Neil, Nathan Blockley, John Boyle, Scott Stewart, Rohan Ferguson (GK).
Referee for the match will be George Salmond.
C'mon Ye Pars!
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