Preview Forfar Athletic
Wednesday, 9th Apr 2014Dunfermline Athletic`s penultimate home league fixture of the season means that they welcome Forfar Athletic to East End Park on Saturday
Dunfermline Athletic`s penultimate home league fixture of the season means that they welcome Forfar Athletic to East End Park on Saturday. With the Pars already qualified for the end of season play offs memories of matches against Forfar go back to the dramatic 6-1 win after extra time in the First Division Play offs last season. This season there has been a win, a draw and a defeat in the three games against Dick Campbell`s side.
| Milestones Forfar Athletic (home) | |||
| Last Victory |
11/05/13 |
First Div Play Off | |
| Last Defeat |
28/09/83 |
1-2 |
Second Division |
| Best Victory |
|
7-2 |
Div Two* |
| Worst Defeat |
|
2-4 |
Div Two* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
This will be the 63rd league meeting of the teams and Dunfermline have won 38 to Forfar`s 16. Eight have been drawn including the last game at East End Park in December. Forfar have won only three times in Dunfermline; in seasons 1922-23, 1950-51 and 1983-84 - all in the Scottish Second Division.
| Dunfermline | Forfar Athletic |
| Current League Position | |
| 2 | 6 |
| League Form last six results | |
| LDLLWL | WDWWLL |
| League Points | |
| 57 | 42 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +13 | -7 |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P16, W9, D2, L5 | P15, W6, D2, L7 |
League Form
| League Form this season Home / Away | ||||||
| Dunfermline |
|
Forfar Athletic | ||||
| Brechin City | W | 2-1 | Airdrieonians |
L |
1-5 | |
| East Fife |
L |
Stranraer | W | 4-0 | ||
| Stenhousemuir |
D |
0-0 | Ayr United | W | 3-2 | |
| Arbroath | W | 3-0 | Arbroath | W | 3-2 | |
| Ayr United | W | 3-0 | East Fife | L | 1-2 | |
| Airdrieonians | L | 0-1 | Brechin City | W | 5-1 | |
Forfar Athletic have won four of their last six away games but they have lost their last two games against teams trying to avoid the relegation play off spot - against Airdrieonians away and East Fife at home. Their form before that was good with away wins over Stranraer (4-0) and Ayr United (3-2). Dunfermline have won just one of their last six games.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Airdrieonians): Ryan Scully; Ross Millen, Callum Morris, Jonathan Page, Danny Grainger; Josh Falkingham (Alex Whittle 71), Stephen Husband, Andy Geggan (c), Ross Forbes, Faissal El Bakhtaoui (Allan Smith 71), Lawrence Shankland.
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Goodfellow (GK), Shaun Byrne, Lewis Martin, Lewis Spence, Finn Graham.
FORFAR ATHLETIC: (v East Fife): Darren Hill, Stuart Malcolm, Gary Fusco, Mark Baxter, Neil McCabe (Gavin Malin 36), Omar Kader (Gavin Swankie 76), James Dale , Mark Fotheringham, Dale Hilson, Chris Duggan , Chris Templeman (Ross Campbell 83)
SUBS NOT USED: Gavin Thomson, Ross Salmon, Paul McLelland, Keith Gibson
Referee will be Greg Aitken.
Come on ye Pars!
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