Preview Falkirk
Sunday, 25th Aug 2013Tuesay 27t
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Admission: from £12 and £6 for concessions |
Tuesday night`s Scottish Communities League Cup tie at the Falkirk Stadium will be the 99th meeting between the clubs in league and cup but strangely only the fourth ever in the League Cup. Even better news is that Dunfermline Athletic are unbeaten against the Bairns in this competition.
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League Cup Matches v Falkirk | |||
| 22/10/2002 | H | 2-0 | W |
| 03/09/1966 | A | 2-1 | W |
| 20/08/1966 | H | 2-2 | D |
Falkirk have a better record with 43 wins to to the Pars 33 in those 98 previous meetings. The most recent cup meeting was at Hampden in the Scottish Cup Semi Final of 2009 when Falkirk advanced to the final as a consequence of a 2-0 victory. The teams also met at East End Park in pre season when they played out a 2-2 draw.
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Milestones Falkirk (Away) | |||
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Last Victory |
12/03/11 |
First Div | |
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Last Defeat |
13/01/07 |
SPL | |
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Best Victory |
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4-0 |
First Division* |
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Worst League Defeat |
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4-6 |
First Division* |
| Worst Cup Defeat |
07/03/36 |
0-5 |
Scottish Cup |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
Since 2005 there have been only four Dunfermline wins in the sixteen league meetings and eight of the games have been defeats.
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League Matches v Falkirk since 2005 | |||
| 27/03/13 | H | 0-2 | L |
| 16/02/13 | A | 0-1 | L |
| 26/12/12 | H | 0-1 | L |
| 06/10/12 | A | 2-2 | D |
| 07/05/11 | H | 3-0 | W |
| 12/03/11 | A | 2-1 | W |
| 15/02/11 | H | 1-1 | D |
| 07/08/10 | A | 1-0 | W |
| 19/05/07 | H | 0-3 | L |
| 13/01/07 | A | 0-1 | L |
| 04/11/06 | H | 0-3 | L |
| 05/08/06 | A | 0-1 | L |
| 14/04/06 | A | 0-0 | D |
| 01/04/06 | H | 1-1 | D |
| 31/12/05 | A | 2-1 | W |
| 15/10/05 | H | 0-1 | L |
Falkirk lie in second position in the Championship (First Division) having won two and drawn one. The Pars are in the division below and they are in fourth position having won two and lost one.
| Form last six matches | ||||||
| Falkirk | Dunfermline | |||||
| Livingston (A) | W | 3-0 | Stenhousemuir (A) | W | 5-4 | |
| Ayr United (A) | W | 2-1 | Raith Rovers (H) | L | 0-2 | |
| Morton (H) | W | 3-1 | Arbroath (H) | L | ||
| Dumbarton (A) | D | 1-1 | East Fife (A) | W | ||
| Clyde (H) | W | 3-0 | East Stirlingshire (A) | W | 2-0 | |
| Clyde (A) | W | 2-1 | Cowdenbeath (A) | W | 3-1 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Stenhousemuir): Ryan Scully; Ross Millen, Kerr Young, Callum Morris, Alex Whittle; Shaun Byrne (Stephen Husband 61), Andy Geggan, Josh Falkingham (c), Ryan Thomson (Allan Smith 79); Craig Dargo (Ryan Wallace 61), Jordan Moore.
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Ferguson, Luke Johnston, Fayssal El Bakhtaoui, Ryan Goodfellow (GK)
FALKIRK (v Livingston): Michal McGovern, Kyle Turnbull, Will Vaulks, Kieran Duffy, Stephen Kingsley, Conor McGrandles, Olumide Durojaiye, Blair Alston, Jay Fulton (Craig Sibbald, 64), Philip Roberts (Scott Shepherd, 68), Rory Loy (Luke Leahy, 85).
SUBS NOT USED: Liam Dick, Graham Bowman (GK)
Referee for this match will be Steven McLean.
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