Preview Forfar Athletic
Saturday, 24th Oct 2015Ladbrokes League One: Saturday 24th October 2015, kick off 3.00pm at East End Park
Dunfermline Athletic welcome Dick Campbell's Forfar Athletic to East End Park on Saturday and this will be the third meeting between the teams this season. The first in the Petrofac Training Cup was a 3-0 win for the Fifers in Forfar and when they returned on the first Saturday in September it was a 4-0 victory for Allan Johnston's team.
In the first game a Michael Moffat penalty put the Pars ahead in 32 minutes, Faissal El Bakhtaoui added a second just before half time and Moffat sealed the 3-0 win with an 82nd minute strike. The 4-0 league win will be remembered for a Joe Cardle hattrick before Andy Geggan got a late fourth.
| Milestones
Forfar Athletic (home) |
|||
| Last
Victory |
11/05/13 |
1-2 |
First Div Play Off |
| Last
Defeat |
25/04/15 |
1-3 |
League One |
| Best
Victory |
|
7-2 |
Div Two* |
| Worst Defeat |
|
2-4 |
Div Two* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
This will be the 69th league meeting of the teams and Dunfermline have won 40 to Forfar's 18. Ten have been drawn including three of the last four matches at East End Park. Forfar have won only four times in Dunfermline; in seasons 1922-23, 1950-51 and 1983-84 - all in the Scottish Second Division. Then there was the 3-1 win in April 2015 against a very down beaten Pars side.
| Dunfermline | Forfar Athletic |
| Current League Position | |
| 1 | 5 |
| League Form last six results | |
| WLWDWW | WWWWD |
| League Points | |
| 22 | 15 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +25 | +4 |
| League Record | |
| P11, W7, D1, L2 | P11, W4, D3, L3 |
League Form
| Form league home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Forfar Athletic (away) | |||||
| Albion Rovers | W | 3-0 | Peterhead | D | 2-2 | |
| Airdrieonians | L | 0-4 | Cowdenbeath | L | 1-2 | |
| Ayr United | D | 1-1 | Brechin City | W | 2-0 | |
| Stranraer | W | 2-1 | Ayr United | D | 2-2 | |
| Cowdenbeath | W | 7-1 | Airdrieonians | W |
1-0 |
|
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Stranraer): Sean Murdoch; Lewis Martin, Marc McAusland, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot; Michael Paton (Rhys McCabe 81), Andy Geggan, Shaun Byrne, Joe Cardle (Mickael Antoine-Curier 67), Michael Moffat, David Hopkirk (Ryan Wallace 75)
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Spence, Shaun Rooney, Faissal El Bakhtaoui, David Hutton (GK).
FORFAR ATHLETIC: (v Ayr United): Rab Douglas; Mark Baxter, Michael Travis (Kerr Hay 8), Kevin Nicoll, Iain Campbell; Andrew Black, Thomas O'Brien, Bryan Hodge, Danny Denholm (Martyn Fotheringham 69), Chris Templeman (Craig Smith 69), Gavin Swankie,
SUBS NOT USED: Michael Kennedy, Cameron Clark, Scott Gallagher, (GK).
Referee will be Stephen Finnie.
Come on ye Pars!
Views : 7,210
Related Stories
- Dunfermline 3 Albion Rovers 0
- Cammy McClair - Interview
- Hospitality for all
- Bar staff required for Matchdays & Functions
