Dunfermline Athletic

Preview Brechin City

Wednesday, 25th Jul 2018

Betfred Cup: Wednesday 25th July 2018, kick off 7.45pm at Glebe Park, Brechin.

Dunfermline and Brechin may not have met in this League Cup competition for sixty years but they do know each other extremely well having met seventeen times in the last five years.

After seventeen consecutive defeats at the end of last season and no wins for the entire league season, a draw and a win in the Betfred Cup must come as a welcome change of fortune for Brechin City.

With six points from the first two group matches Allan Johnston’s new look team seems to be shaping up and they will approach this tie with confidence but with due respect for a side that might be tougher opponents than before.

The Pars have lost only one of their last 13 competitive matches - that play off at Tannadice.

Milestones v Brechin City (away)
Last Victory
22/03/18 3-0 Championship
Last Defeat
18/04/15 0-3 League One
Best Victory
07/03/79 6-1 Division Two
08/08/15 6-1 League One
Worst Defeat
07/11/31 0-3 Division Two
18/04/15 0-3 League One

The August 2015 result matched the best Pars result in Brechin, a 6-1 win in 1979 courtesy of a Mike Leonard hat trick and goals from Jimmy Mullin, Kevin Hegarty, and Walter Borthwick.

Last ten meetings
Dunfermline have won all 10 of the last 10 meetings.

2017/2018
Championship : Dunfermline 4-0 Brechin City : (W): 04/04/18
Championship: Brechin City 0-3 Dunfermline: (W) : 20/03/18
Championship: Dunfermline 2-1 Brechin City : (W) : 23/12/17
Championship: Brechin City 0-3 Dunfermline : (W) : 23/09/17
2016/2017
Challenge Cup: Brechin City 1-5 Dunfermline: (W) : 03/09/16
2015/2016
League One: Dunfermline 3-1 Brechin City : (W) : 26/03/16
League One: Brechin City 1-2 Dunfermline : (W) : 20/02/16
League One: Dunfermline 3-1 Brechin City : (W) : 05/12/15
League One: Brechin City 1-6 Dunfermline : (W) : 08/08/15
2014/2015
League One: Brechin City 0-3 Dunfermline : (W) : 18/04/15

Last Meeting at Glebe Park
Tuesday 20th March 2018
Brechin City 0 Dunfermline 3


Dunfermline went ahead in the 8th minute. Declan McManus was first to a long clearance from Lee Robinson, then quickest to react to his initial touch, sending Nicky CLARK into the box in the inside right channel – his strike partner drilled his shot beyond Graeme Smith into the far corner to open the scoring.

Within a minute the lead was doubled – Euan Spark struggled to deal with an incoming ball and CLARK outmuscled Gary Fusco to create a chance for a shot which he slotted past Smith from 12 yards. 0-2

Early in the second half Tom Beadling found both control and space and chipped the ball to CLARK who this time was in the left channel. In a mirror image of the first goal he dispatched the ball beyond Smith to complete his hat-trick in 54th minute.

BRECHIN CITY: Graeme Smith: Euan Spark (Sean Crighton 24) Euan Smith, Gary Fusco (Paul McLean 74), Willie Dyer: Kelvin Orsi, Liam Watt (Jordan Sinclair 73) Callum Tapping, James Dale, Finn Graham: Dylan Mackin
SUBS NOT USED: Aron Lynas, Callumn Morrison, Sean Crighton, Scott Costello, Paddy O`Neil (GK).

DUNFERMLINE: Lee Robinson: Ryan Williamson, Callum Morris (c), Lee Ashcroft, Lewis Martin: Kallum Higginbotham, James Vincent (Fraser Aird 72), Tom Beadling, James Craigen: Declan McManus (Dan Armstrong 64), Clark (Andy Ryan 64).
SUBS NOT USED: Jean-Yves M`Voto, Nat Wedderburn, Jason Talbot, Cammy Gill (GK)

Betfred Cup Form

DUNFERMLINE
Dundee (A) W 1-0
Peterhead (H) W 3-0

BRECHIN CITY
Dumbarton (A) L 0-1
Peterhead (H) D 0-0*
*Peterhead won 5-4 on penalties

Last time out

DUNFERMLINE (v Dundee)
: Lee Robinson: Lee Ashcroft (c), Mark Durnan, Danny Devine: Ryan Williamson, Kallum Higginbotham, Joe Thomson (Aidan Connolly 86), James Craigen, Jackson Longridge: Louis Longridge, Myles Hippolyte (Andy Ryan 83).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis McCann, Lewis Martin, Matthew Todd, Brandon Luke, Cammy Gill (GK)

BRECHIN CITY (v Stirling Albion): Conor Brennan: Paul McLean, Dougie Hill, Sean Burns, Callum Tapping, Aron Lynas, Euan Smith, Guilliana Morena, Jamie Henry (Jordan Sinclair 70), Dene Shields, Boris Melingui (Kalvin Orsi 55)
SUBS NOT USED: Euan Spark, Jordan Tapping

Other Betfred Cup fixture in this group on Wednesday night sees Peterhead host Dundee at Balmoor.



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