Preview Alloa Athletic
Saturday, 5th Jan 2019Ladbrokes Championship: (home) Saturday 5th January 2019, kick off 3.00pm at East End Park
The first match of 2019 brings Alloa Athletic back to East End Park for the third time this season. The previous two resulted in two draws but the Pars won when the sides met at the Indodrill Stadium in November, Jackson Longridge scoring the only goal of the game in 69th minute.
Alloa came back from a goal down against Dundee United last time with goals from Andy Graham and Dario Zanatta securing consecutive home wins for Jim Goodwin`s part-time side.
It is seventh placed Dunfermline v eighth placed Alloa who sit four points behind their hosts in the Championship.
The teams have met 85 times in all competitions and Dunfermline have the advantage with 34 wins to Alloa’s 28. 23 matches have been drawn.
Milestones v Alloa Athletic (home)
Last home win | 19/05/13 | 1-0 | First Division Play off
Last home defeat | 18/09/76 | Second Division
Best home win: | 30/01/58 | 8-1 | Second Division
Worst home defeat: | 11/09/1886 | 4-8 | Scottish Cup
Last home goalless draw | 15/09/18 | 0-0 | Championship
First home league meeting: | 10/09/21 | 0-1 | Division Two
Last 12 meetings against Alloa Athletic
One Alloa win, seven Dunfermline wins with four drawn in a period stretching back over 35 years.
03/11/18 | Alloa Athletic 0 Dunfermline 1 | Championship
13/10/18 | Dunfermline 2 Alloa Athletic 2 | Irn Bru Challenge Cup
15/09/18 | Dunfermline 0 Alloa Athletic 0 | Championship
21/01/17 | Alloa Athletic 2 Dunfermline 3 | Scottish Cup
19/05/13 | Dunfermline 1 Alloa Athletic 0 | Div One Play off
15/05/13 | Alloa Athletic 3 Dunfermline 0 | Div One Play off
26/08/08 | Dunfermlne 1 Alloa Athletic 0 | League Cup
26/09/01 | Dunfermline 3 Alloa Athletic 0 | League Cup
20/08/91 | Dunfermline 4 Alloa Athletic 1 | League Cup
05/05/85 | Alloa Athletic 0 Dunfermline 0 | Second Division
26/02/85 | Alloa Athletic 1 Dunfermline 3 | Second Division
27/10/84 | Dunfermline 2 Alloa Athletic 2 | Second Division
Last time at East End Park
Dunfermline 2 Alloa Athletic 2
Irn Bru Challenge Cup, 13th October 2018
The visitors were to go ahead in the eighth minute when Allan TROUTEN’s shot seemed to deflect off Lee Ashcroft giving Lee Robinson no chance of keeping it out. 0-1
The Pars shooting eventually paid off with an equaliser 20 minutes later, Louis LONGRIDGE firing a good attempt to beat keeper Neil Parry from from 25 yards. 1-1
Two minutes into the second half a L Longridge strike came back off the left upright and in the scramble to net the rebound Alloa conceded a penalty. Louis LONGRIDGE made no mistake from the spot kick to put the Pars 2-1 up
Dario Zanatta made the deadly cross from the left that created the opening for TROUTEN to sweep the ball home from close in. 2-2. The visitors won 5-4 on penalties and the Pars exited the cup.
DUNFERMLINE: Lee Robinson: James Craigen, Lee Ashcroft (c), Danny Devine, Jackson Longridge: Louis Longridge, James Vincent, Malaury Martin (Tom Beadling 66), Aidan Connolly: Andy Ryan (Myles Hippolyte 68), Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: Joe Thomson, Stuart Morrison, Lewis McCann, Robbie Muirhead, Cammy Gill (GK)
ALLOA ATHLETIC: Neil Parry: Scott Taggart, Andy Graham (c), Reis Peggie, Liam Dick: Kevin Cawley, Jon Robertson, Alan Trouten, Iain Flannigan: Connor Shields (Adam Brown 66), Dario Zanatta.
SUBS NOT USED: Greig Spence, Ahmed Aloulou, Zdrako Karadachki, Chris Henry (GK)
Form Last Six Matches
DUNFERMLINE
Falkirk (A) W 4-2
Ayr United (H) D 0-0
Queen of the South (A) D 0-0
Partick Thistle (A) L 0-2
Morton (H) W 3-0
Ross County (A) L 1-2
ALLOA ATHLETIC
Dundee United (H) W 2-1
Queen of the South (H) W 2-0
Partick Thistle (A) D 2-2
Falkirk (A) D 2-2
Ross County (H) L 0-1
Dundee United (A) L 2-4
League Form
The Pars have taken four points from their last two home league games and everyone hopes that the 4-2 win at Falkirk on Saturday is the start of that most sought after run.
Alloa Athletic’s only away win in this Championship season was at Morton in November. They have taken full points from their last two league matches and are unbeaten in their last four.
DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 7th
League Points: 23
Goal Difference: -5
Home League Record: P9 W2 D2 L5 GF5 GA10
Last Six League Match Form: LWLDDW
ALOA ATHLETIC
League Position: 8th
League Points: 19
Goal Difference: -8
Away League Record: P9 W1 D5 L3 GF13 GA17
Last Six League Match Form: LLDDWW
Last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Falkirk):Lee Robinson: James Craigen, Lee Ashcroft (c), Danny Devine, Jackson Longridge: Tom Beadling (Robbie Muirhead 79), Joe Thomson, James Vincent: Myles Hippolyte (Malaury Martin 87), Aidan Keena (Faissal El Bakhtaoui 72), Kallum Higginbotham.
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Williamson, Lewis McCann, Mark Durnan, Cammy Gill (GK)
ALLOA ATHLETIC (v Dundee United): Neil Parry: Scott Taggart, Liam Dick, Sam Roscoe, Andy Graham, Steven Hetherington, Jon Robertson, Jake Hastie, Kevin Cawley (Connor Shields 66), Alan Trouten (A Brown 77), Dario Zanatta.
SUBS NOT USED: Liam Burt, Greig Spence, Ahmed Aloulou, Zdrako Karadachki, Chris Henry (GK)
Other Championship fixtures
Morton v Ross County
Ayr United v Falkirk
Dundee United v Partick Thistle
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Queen of the South
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