Preview Airdrie United
Wednesday, 6th Mar 2013Since they became Airdrie United the Diamonds have faced Dunfermline 13 times, winning twice
Dunfermline travel to face Airdrie United on Saturday and although their opponents lie bottom of the table, the Lanarkshire club will fancy their chances against the out of luck Fifers. In all their guises Dunfermline are two up on Airdrie with 36 wins to 34 wins. 29 games have been drawn.
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Pars v Airdrie: The Full League Record | ||||||
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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At |
51 |
22 |
17 |
12 |
86 |
79 |
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At Airdrie |
48 |
14 |
12 |
22 |
74 |
104 |
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Division One (up to 1975) |
42 |
19 |
6 |
17 |
83 |
90 |
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Division Two (up to 1975) |
12 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
24 |
42 |
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Premier League (since 1975) |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
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First Division (since 1975) |
41 |
16 |
19 |
6 |
49 |
43 |
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TOTALS |
99 |
36 |
29 |
34 |
160 |
183 |
Since they became Airdrie United the Diamonds have faced Dunfermline 13 times, winning twice - a 4-3 win in the very first meeting in the Scottish Cup in 2006 and the victory over the Pars last time out at East End Park.
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Matches v Airdrie United | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Competition |
| 12/01/13 | H | 1-3 | Division One |
| 25/08/12 | A | 2-1 | Division One |
| 01/05/10 | A | 1-0 | Division One |
| 09/03/10 | A | 1-1 | Division One |
| 06/03/10 | H | 2-0 | Division One |
| 22/08/09 | H | 2-0 | Division One |
| 04/04/09 | A | 1-1 | Division One |
| 17/02/09 | A | 2-1 | Scottish Cup |
| 17/01/09 | A | 1-1 | Division One |
| 04/11/08 | A | 3-1 | Division One |
| 23/08/08 | H | 0-0 | Division One |
| 18/09/07 | A | 2-0 | Challenge Cup |
| 07/01/06 | H | 3-4 | Scottish Cup |
Airdrie United defeated the Pars 3-1 in the last match between the teams at East End Park in January. Two second half goals made the difference after Ryan Wallace had equalised an early Ryan Donnelly goal. Prior to that Dunfermline had taken all three points from New Broomfield in August when late goals from Andy Dowie and Stephen Husband rescued a result.
League Stats
| Airdrie United | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 10 | 4 |
| League Points | |
| 18 | 39 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -32 | +6 |
| Last 6-Match League Form | |
| LLLDLL | LWLLLLL |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P13, W1, D4, L8 | P13, W7, D1, L5 |
Recent Form
The Pars started the season with just two defeats in their first 13 league games but have now lost ten of their last 14 matches. Airdrie have taken just six points from the last 39 they have contested.
| Recent League Form | ||||||
| Airdrie United | Dunfermline | |||||
| Livingston (A) | L | 1-4 | Partick Thistle (H) | L | 1-4 | |
| Partick Thistle (A) | L | 0-1 | Morton (H) | L | 1-4 | |
| Hamilton Accies (H) | D | 2-2 | Falkirk (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| Morton (H) | L | 1-0 | Cowdenbeath (A) | L | 2-4 | |
| Falkirk (A) | L | 0-1 | Hamilton Accies (A) | W | 2-1 | |
| Dumbarton (H) | L | 1-2 | Hamilton Accies (H) | L | 0-2 | |
Teams last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Partick Thistle): Paul Gallacher; Andy Geggan, Andy Dowie, Callum Morris, Jordan McMillan (c); Chris Kane, Ryan Thomson, Joe Cardle (Allan Smith 61); Craig Dargo (Ross Millen 70), Andy Kirk (Stephen Husband HT), Ryan Wallace.
SUBS NOT USED: John Potter, Michael Hrivnak (GK)
AIRDRIE UNITED (v Livingston): Robbie Thomson; Gavin Griffin (J Kirkpatrick 42), Ricki Lamie, Gregor Buchanan, Chris O`Neil, Jamie Bain, Marc Warren (Sean Lynch 46), Jack Boyle, Liam Watt (Ryan Donnelly 70), Steven Hetherington, Nathan Blockley
SUBS NOT USED: Kenny Arthur, Jordan Moore
Referee for the match will be Crawford Allan
Dunfermline will be without the services of both last Saturday`s full backs - Andy Geggan and Jordan McMillan who will be serving a one match suspension. Airdrie United goalkeeper Robbie Thomson is the son of former Pars keeper Scott Y Thomson.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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