Preview Ayr United
Saturday, 12th Sep 2015"Previous records count for nothing" in Dunfermline's next match at home against Ian McCall's Ayr United.
The Ayrshire side have had an 11 day break since their last match due to the Air Show that was being held at Prestwick last weekend. The Pars win at Forfar last Saturday took them back to the top of League One and games cannot come quickly enough for Allan Johnston and his players.
The Pars manager watched Ayr play last week against Stenhousemuir and his assistant Sandy Clark watched them recently against Rangers. Their conclusion was that Ayr are a top team, well organised with a lot of quality in their team so this 90th league meeting should be a good contest.
The record book reveals that in the league the Pars have won 41 to Ayr's 26, 22 have been drawn. Ayr's recent record against Dunfermline is not good but Allan Johnston dismisses that saying "previous records count for nothing"
The Pars have lost only two of the last 26 league meetings. Ayr United have only won 5 of the last 46 games between the sides in all competitions stretching back to 1983.
Last Sixteen League Matches v Ayr United |
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
W D L |
League |
| 07/03/15 | H | 2-1 | W | League One |
| 31/01/15 | A | 2-0 | W | League One |
| 06/12/14 | H | 4-2 | W | League One |
| 10/10/14 | A | 1-0 | W | League One |
| 19/04/14 | A | 1-1 | D | League One |
| 22/02/14 | H | 3-0 | W | League One |
| 14/12/13 | A | 4-2 | W | League One |
| 28/09/13 | H | 5-1 | W | League One |
| 10/04/10 | A | 2-1 | W | First Division |
| 20/02/10 | H | 0-1 | L | First Division |
| 05/12/09 | A | 0-1 | L | First Division |
| 10/10/09 | H | 3-1 | W | First Division |
| 11/04/00 | A | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 22/01/00 | H | 2-0 | W | First Division |
| 04/12/99 | A | 3-0 | W | First Division |
| 25/09/99 | H | 2-1 | W | First Division |
In the six matches between the teams in season 2013-14 Dunfermline won four and two were drawn. Last season against Ayr United, Dunfermline won all four matches.
| Dunfermline | Ayr United |
| Current League Position | |
| 1 | 3 |
| Form: League Games | |
| WWLWW | LWWDW |
| League Points | |
| 12 | 10 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +16 | +2 |
| League Record | |
| P5, W4, D0, L1 | P5, W3, D1, L1 |
Ayr United were shock losers at Albion Rovers in their opening league game of the season but they have consistently picked up points in every match since. Since the set back in Coatbridge their only defeats have been cup ties against higher league opponents.
| Form in last six matches - | ||||||
| Dunfermline |
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Ayr United | ||||
| Forfar Athletic (A) | W | 4-0 | Stenhousemuir (H) | W | 5-2 | |
| Stranraer (H) | W | 3-1 | Forfar Athletic (H) | D | 2-2 | |
| Dundee (H) | W | 3-1 | Ross County (A) | L | 0-2 | |
| Peterhead (A) | L | 1-2 | Stranraer (A) | W | 2-1 | |
| Forfar Athletic (A) | W | 3-0 | Rangers (H) | L | 0-2 | |
| Cowdenbeath (H) | W | 7-1 | Brechin City (H) | W | 2-1 | |
In their last match Jordan Preston scored his first goals of the season as Ayr breezed to a win over Stenhousemuir in League One. The player on loan from Blackburn pounced on a defensive error to slot home after three minutes, but Stenny drew level 13 minutes later when Euan Murray headed in Alan Cook's cross. Craig Moore converted Nicky Devlin's pass to put Ayr ahead then Jamie Barclay put through his own net. Preston's second and Ross Caldwell's late strike made it five before Liam McCroary's headed consolation goal for the Warriors.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Forfar Athletic): Sean Murdoch; Lewis Martin, Callum Fordyce (c), Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot,; Michael Paton (Ryan Wallace 72), Josh Falkingham (Shaun Byrne 78), Andy Geggan, Joe Cardle (David Hopkirk 74); Michael Moffat, Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: James Thomas, Shaun Rooney, John Potter, David Hutton (GK).
AYR UNITED (v Stenhousemuir): Greg Fleming; Nicky Devlin, Gerry McLauchlan, Peter Murphy, Paddy Boyle; Brian Gilmour (Michael Donald 67), Jamie Adams (Robbie Crawford 68), Steven Docherty, Alan Forrest; Jordan Preston, Craig Moore (Ross Caldwell 76).
SUBS NOT USED: Andrew Muir, Ryan Nisbet, Shaun Newman (GK)
Referee will be Kevin Graham
C'mon Ye Pars!
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