Preview East Fife
Saturday, 9th Jul 2022Premier Sports Cup (away) v East Fife, Saturday 9th July 2022, kick off 3.00pm at Bayview Stadium.
A Fife derby opens the Premier Sports Cup campaign for the Pars and this is the match that James McPake and his squad have been working towards.
It was goalless draw the last time Dunfermline met East Fife in this competition on 18th July 2017 it was in the Group stage of what was then called the Betfred Cup.
There have been few recent meeting in this cup competition.
The 2011 tie saw Bobby Linn`s fifth minute opener equalised by Liam Buchanan seven minutes later. But Scott Dalziel goal ten minutes into the second half was enough to win the tie.
The meeting in August 1988 went to penalties and the Pars won through to face Motherwell. The only other Pars successes were in season 1958/59 and the record shows East Fife have won six of the ten meetings.
League Cup Ties v East Fife
Date | H/A | F-A | W | D | L
18/07/17 | A | 0-0 | D
23/08/11 | A | 1-2 | L
17/08/88 | A | 1-1 | D
23/08/58 | A | 3-1 | W
09/08/58 | H | 5-2 | W
16/09/53 | H | 2-3 | L
12/09/53 | A | 2-6 | L
29/10/49 | N | 0-3 | L
12/10/46 | A | 0-7 | L
21/09/46 | H | 0-2 | L
Last Meeting at New Bayview
Betfred Cup, Saturday 18th July 2017
East Fife 0 Dunfermline 0
Allan Johnston’s Dunfermline were the opposition as East Fife played their first competitive match on their new AstroTurf surface. When the match ended 0-0 penalties decided who would win the bonus point and the Pars won 9-8 on penalties.
Dean Shiels, Michael Paton, Nicky Clark, Joe Cardle, Scott Lochhead, Callum Morris, Lee Ashcroft, Ryan Williamson and Callum Smith all converted their penalties before Ben Gordon hit the post.
EAST FIFE: Tom Cordery (Ryan Goodfellow HT): Aaron Dunsmore, Craig Watson, Ben Gordon, Mark Docherty: Nathan Flanagan (Ross Mutch 72), Pat Slattery, Paul Willis, Kyle Wilson, Ben Reilly (Darren Young 88), Chris Duggan
SUBS NOT USED: Ryan Inglis.
DUNFERMLINE: Sean Murdoch: Ryan Williamson, Callum Morris (c), Lee Ashcroft, Lewis Martin: Kallum Higginbotham (Scott Lochhead 68), Michael Paton, Nat Wedderburn (Dean Shiels 68), Joe Cardle: Declan McManus (Callum Smith 82), Nicky Clark.
SUBS NOT USED: Jean-Yves M`Voto, Conner Duthie, Aaron Splaine, Cammy Gill (GK)
Last Six Matches
DUNFERMLINE
Kilmarnock (H) L 0-1
Stenhousemuir (A) W 2-0
Forfar Athletic (A) W 6-0
Cove Rangers (A) W 2-0
Queen’s Park (H) L 0-1
Queen’s Park (A) D 0-0
EAST FIFE
Hearts (H) L 0-7
Cowdenbeath (H) W 3-0
Hill of Beath Hawthorn (H) D 1-1
Civil Service Strollers (H) D 1-1
Cove Rangers (H) L 2-3
Peterhead (A) L 0-1
League Record
DUNFERMLINE
Championship League Position: 9th
Championship League Points: 35
Goal Difference: -17
Away League Record: P18 W2 D6 L10 GF14 GA29
Last Six Match Form: DLWWWL
EAST FIFE
League One Position: 10th
League One Points: 23
Goal Difference: -39
Home League Record: P18 W4 D5 L9 GF17 GA26
Last Six Match Form: LLDDWL
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Kilmarnock): Trialist#20, Aaron Comrie (Trialist#16 HT), Kyle Benedictus (c), Rhys Breen (Nikolay Todorov 50), Josh Edwards: Joe Chalmers (Paul Allan HT), Matthew Todd, Chris Hamilton, Kyle Macdonald (Lewis McCann HT): Kevin O’Hara (Andrew Tod 72), Craig Wighton.
SUBS NOT USED: Trialist#15, Miller Fenton, Sam Young, Michael Beagley, Jake Rennie, Deniz Mehmet (GK)
EAST FIFE (v Hearts): Jude Smith (Allan Fleming 66), Stewart Murdoch (Scott Mercer HT), Trialist, Kieran Millar (Taylor 86), Aaron Steele (Allan 88), Trialist (Ryan Schiavone HT), Trialist (Brogan Walls HT), Patrick Slattery, Jack Healy, Kevin Smith (c) (Lewis Anderson 74), Liam Newton (Alan Trouten HT).
SUBS NOT USED: Michael Cunningham, Martin, Adam Mansouri
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