Preview Ayr United
Saturday, 28th Nov 2015The William Hill Scottish Cup sends the Pars to Somerset Park on Saturday to play the side immediately above them in League One.
The sides have already met this season on 12th September and Ayr United inflicted the on the Pars their first and only home defeat of the season. Ayr United arrived at East End Park that Saturday having failed to win in the ten matches played against Dunfermline over the last two seasons but left with all three points. Goals from Alan Forest midway through the first half and Jordan Preston early in the second half ensured a 2-0 win for Ian McCall's team.
The sides have been drawn against each other seven times and its 4-3 on progress with two ties being drawn. The last meeting was in 2013-2104 season. Like this time Ayr were drawn at home but Andy Geggan's 14th minute goal was equalised by Ayr's Michael Donald 14 minutes into the second half. In the replay a Ryan Thomson goal on the hour was enough to see the Pars progress to the next round. Playing for Ayr that December night were current Pars players David Hutton and Michael Moffat.
Ayr United had won the previous two cup ties, winning 2-1 in Dunfermline in January 1993 and winning 3-0 in the penultimate meeting in Ayr. That was in 2002 when Jimmy Calderwood's much fancied side were dumped out of the Cup with Gus MacPherson scoring a spectacular own goal.
Cup Record
The Ayrshire club have only made two of the their last eight Scottish Cup exits in front of their own fans.
| Season |
AYR UNITED |
DUNFERMLINE |
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| 2014-15 | A | Alloa Athletic | 0-4 | H | Stranraer | 1-3 | Round 4 | |
| 2013-14 | A | Dunfermline | 0-1 | A | Rangers | 0-4 | Round 5 | |
| 2012-13 | A | Forfar | 1-2 | H | Hamilton | 0-2 | Round 5 | |
| 2011-12 | H | Hibs | 0-2 | H | Inverness CT | 1-3 | Round 4 | |
| 2010-11 | H | St Mirren | 1-2 | A | Aberdeen | 0-1 | Round 5 | |
| 2009-10 | A | Dundee | 1-2 | H | Celtic | 2-4 | Round 5 | |
| 2008-09 | A | Kilmarnock | 1-3 | N | Falkirk | 1-3 | Semi Final | |
| 2007-08 | A | Partick | 1-2 | A | Partick Thistle | 1-2 | Round 4 | |
| 2006-07 | H | St Johnstone | 4-5 | N | Celtic | 0-1 | Final | |
| 2005-06 | H | Inverness CT | 0-2 | H | Airdrie United | 3-4 | Round 3 | |
| 2004-05 | H | St Mirren | 0-2 | H | Celtic | 0-3 | Round 4 | |
| 2003-04 | H | Falkirk | 1-2 | N | Celtic | 1-3 | Final | |
League Places
Ayr United are three points ahead the Fifers in League One.
| Ayr United | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 1 | 2 |
| Recent Results | |
| DWWDWW | WWDDWD |
| League Points | |
| 34 | 31 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +17 | +31 |
| League Record | |
| P15, W10, D4, L1 | P15, W9, D4, L2 |
Dunfermline are unbeaten in their last nine league matches and Ayr are unbeaten in the league since losing their opening match 3-0 at Albion Rovers.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Ayr United (home) |
|
Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Airdrieonians | W | 3-0 | Albion Rovers | D | 1-1 | |
| Albion Rovers | W | 1-0 | Airdrieonians | W | 2-0 | |
| Stranraer | W | 3-1 | Cowdenbeath | D | 0-0 | |
| Cowdenbeath | W | 5-0 | Stranraer | W |
3-0 |
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| Peterhead | D | 1-1 | St Mirren | L |
0-4 |
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| Stenhousemuir | W | 5-2 | Dundee United | D | 1-1* | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Albion Rovers): Sean Murdoch; Lewis Martin, Marc McAusland, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot; Ryan Wallace (Michael Paton 61), Shaun Byrne, Andy Geggan (Josh Falkingham 91), Joe Cardle (David Hopkirk 61), Michael Moffat, Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Spence, Shaun Rooney, Mickaël Antoine-Curier, David Hutton (GK).
AYR UNITED (v Airdrieonians): Greg Fleming; Nicky Devlin, Gerry McLauchlan (Robbie Crawford 65), Peter Murphy, Paddy Boyle; Michael Donald, Ross Docherty (Brian Gilmour 75), Jamie Adams, Adam Forrest, Alan Trouten, Jordan Preston (Ross Caldwell 73)
SUBS NOT USED: Willie Muir, Craig McCracken, Shaun Newman (GK)
Referee will be Kevin Glancy
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