Preview Hamilton
Wednesday, 12th Dec 2012Saturday 15th December 2012
Saturday`s fixture will be only the club`s the third home game against Hamilton since April 1996. Fortunes have fluctuated between the two camps but overall the Fifers have had a slight advantage in the 65 previous league matches.
| PARS v HAMILTON: THE FULL LEAGUE RECORD | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| At East End Park | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 45 |
| At Douglas Park / New Douglas Park | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 54 | 70 |
| Division One (up to 1975) | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 30 |
| Division Two (up to 1975) | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 32 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 53 |
| TOTALS | 65 | 29 | 11 | 25 | 119 | 115 |
As a consequence of the humiliating 5-0 drubbing in October 2007 and a 1-1 draw in March 2008, the last league home win over Hamilton was in 1995.
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Milestones Hamilton Academicals (Home) | |||
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Last League Victory |
02-12-95 |
4-0 |
Div 1 |
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Last League Defeat |
20-10-07 |
0-5 |
Div 1 |
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Best League Victory |
11-11-72 |
7-2 |
Div 2* |
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Worst League Defeat |
0-5 |
Div 1 | |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Over the past twelve matches between Dunfermline and Hamilton, the Pars have won five, lost five with two games ending all square.
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Last Twelve League Matches v Hamilton |
| Date | H/A |
F-A |
| 29-09-2012 | A | 3-0 |
| 11-03-2008 | H | 1-1 |
| 09-02-2008 | A | 0-3 |
| 20-10-2007 | H | 0-5 |
| 04-08-2007 | A | 1-2 |
| 06-04-1996 | H | 1-3 |
| 20-01-1996 | A | 0-0 |
| 02-12-1995 | H | 4-0 |
| 07-10-1995 | A | 3-1 |
| 22-03-1995 | A | 3-1 |
| 21-01-1995 | H | 2-1 |
| 12-11-1994 | A | 1-3 |
Since the clubs met in September Hamilton Accies have won three and lost three while Dunfermline have won three, drawn two and lost two of their league fixtures. The Lanarkshire club are six places behind Dunfermline who still sit second after missing the opportunity to go above Partick Thistle on Saturday. Seventeen points separate the clubs.
| Dunfermline | Hamilton |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 8 |
| Form last six league games | |
| DWLWWL | WLLWWL |
| League Points | |
| 29 | 12 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +19 | -7 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P6, W4, D1, L1 | P7, W2, D1, L4 |
Hamilton`s last league game was on Saturday 24th November at Falkirk. Although they lost that, November was impressive for them with a home win over league leaders Partick Thistle and a draw at Morton. Dunfermline slipped up at Livingston last time out and had a drastic 5-1 thumping at Partick but in between had good wins at Raith, at home to Dumbarton and of course a successful cup win over Partick.
| Recent Form | ||||||
| Dunfermline |
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Hamilton Accies | ||||
| Livingston (A) | L | 1-2 | Falkirk (A) | L | 1-2 | |
| Partick Thistle (A) | W | 1-0 | Partick Thistle (H) | W | 1-0 | |
| Dumbarton (H) | W | 4-0 | Morton (A) | W | 1-0 | |
| Raith Rovers (A) | W | 3-1 | Raith Rovers (H) | L | 0-1 | |
| Partick Thistle (A) | L | 1-5 | Livingston (H) | L |
1-2 | |
| Cowdenbeath (H) | W | Airdrie United (A) | W | 4-0 | ||
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Livingston): Michal Hrivnak, Jordan McMillan (c), Andy Dowie (Alex Whittle 82), Callum Morris, Stephen Jordan; Josh Falkingham, Stephen Husband, Andy Geggan, Joe Cardle (Ryan Thomson 22); Craig Dargo (Ryan Wallace 69), Andy Barrowman.
SUBS NOT USED: Andy Kirk, Ryan Goodfellow (GK)
HAMILTON ACCIES (v Falkirk): Kevin Cuthbert; Martin Canning, Jonathan Page, Ziggy Gordon, Connor McGlinchey (Andy Ryan 77), Ryan Hinnie (Gary Fraser 78), Alex Neil, Grant Gillespie, Ali Crawford, Michael Devlin, Steve May.
SUBS: Scott Christie (GK), Gary Fisher, Louis Longridge
Referee will be Craig Thomson.
TICKET INFORMATION
Come on ye Pars!
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