Preview Dundee

Betfred Cup: Sunday 22nd July 2018, 3.00pm kick off at Dens Park.

Dunfermline and Dundee have only met once in this competition in the last 29 years since the Pars won 1-0 courtesy of a Ross Jack goal on 23rd August 1989. Then in August 2015 the Pars won 3-1 at East End Park with two goals from Faissal El Bakhtaoui and one from Joe Cardle.

Pars v Dundee: The Full Record
TOTAL: P117 | W42 | D29 | L46
League Cup: P8 | W2 | D2 | L4

History shows Dundee have the upper hand over their West Fife opponents.

Milestones Dundee (Away)

Last League Victory | 23/10/04 | 2 - 1 | SPL
Last League Defeat | 17/01/10 | 2-3 | First Division
Best League Victory | 01/04/72 | 5 - 1 | Div One*
Worst League Defeat | 22/03/47 | 0 - 10 | Div B*
*Pre league reconstruction

Last League Cup Meeting
Dunfermline 3 Dundee 1
25th August 2015, East End Park

Dunfermline disposed of their higher league opponents with a great fighting victory, coming back from being put under the cosh to grab two late goals and qualifying for the next round of the cup.

Dunfermline took an eleventh minute lead. A simple ball in from the right by Lewis Martin was swept into the bottom left of the Dundee net by Faissal EL BAKHTAOUI from the edge of the box. 1-0

The second half was only in its third minute when Dundee scored the goal that they had threatened so much towards the end of the previous half. The defence was pulled apart with too many players to take care of and as a consequence Kane HEMMINGS found himself unchallenged just ten yards out to pick his spot. 1-1.

With only four minutes to go and all the pressure on the Pars Joe CARDLE took advantage of a counterattack. The ball was sprayed out from El Bakhtaoui on the left to Paton on the right and his pass to "Super Joe" saw him slot the ball under the former Alloa Athletic goalkeeper despite McGinn sliding in to try and stop him. 2-1 and jubilant scenes in the bottom right in front of the home fans.

Dundee pressed but it was EL BAKHTAOUI who put the tie out of touch with a 94th minute goal.

DUNFERMLINE: Sean Murdoch; Lewis Martin, Callum Fordyce (c), Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot,; Michael Paton, Josh Falkingham, Andy Geggan, Joe Cardle (David Hopkirk 95), Michael Moffat (Ryan Wallace 74), Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: Paul Joseph Crossan, Shaun Byrne, James Thomas, John Potter, David Hutton (GK).
SCORERS: El Bakhtaoui (11, 94), Cardle (86)

DUNDEE: Scott Bain; Paul McGinn, Julen Etxabeguren (Dylan Carreiro 60), James McPake, Kevin Holt; Nick Ross, Greg Stewart, Paul McGowan, Thomas Konrad, Gary Harkins, Kane Hemmings
SUBS NOT USED: Gary Irvine, Daryll Meggatt, Andrew Black, Kostadin Gadzhalov, Jesse Curran, David Mitchell (GK).
SCORERS: Hemmings (48)

Out the last twelve matches between the teams, Dunfermline have won just three but these were the last three and are undefeated in the last six meetings. Dundee have won four with five drawn.

Last Twelve Matches v Dundee
Date. | H/A | F-A | Scorers
25/08/15 H 3-1 [1-0] El Bakhtaoui, [1-1] Hemmings, [2-1] Cardle, [3-1] El Bakhtaoui
22/03/11 A 1-1 [1-0] Burke, [1-1] Hyde
15/01/11 H 0-0
23/10/10 A 2-2 [1-0] Gibson )pen), [2-0] Gibson (pen), [2-1] Griffiths, [2-2] Higgins
11/09/10 H 3-1 [1-0] Gibson (pen.), [2-0] Bell, [2-1] Harkins, [3-1] Clarke
30/03/10 H 2-1 [1-0] Gibson, [2-0] Bell, [2-1] Harkins
17/01/10 A 2-3 [0-1] Griffiths, [1-1] Graham, [1-2] McMenamin, [2-2] Kirk, [2-3] Griffiths
31/10/09 H 1-1 [0-1] Harkins, [1-1] Bayne
12/09/09 A 0-1 [0-1] Harkins (pen.)
31/03/09 H 1-1 [0-1] Malone, [1-1] Woods
03/01/09 A 0-1 [0-1] Paton
08/11/09 H 0-1 [0-1] Antoine-Curier

Last Time Out

DUNFERMLINE (v Peterhead): Lee Robinson: Lee Ashcroft (c) (Aidan Connolly 72), Mark Durnan, Danny Devine: Ryan Williamson, Kallum Higginbotham, Joe Thomson (Lewis McCann 72), James Craigen, Jackson Longridge: Louis Longridge, Myles Hippolyte (Andy Ryan 90).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Stuart Morrison, Callum Smith, Cammy Gill (GK)
SCORERS: Hippolyte (42), Higginbotham (88 pen), Ryan (90+3)

DUNDEE (v Stirling Albion): Jack Hamilton: Cameron Kerr (Jesse Curran 84), Nathan Ralph, Genseric Kusunga, Josh Meekings, Glen Kamara, Elton Ngwatala (Kharl Madianga 70), Paul McGowan, Sofien Moussa (Matthew Henvey 78), Jean Alassane Mendy,
SUBS NOT USED: Steven Caulker, Daniel Jefferies, Cedeyn Scott, Elliot Parish (GK).

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