Preview Forfar Athletic
Saturday, 25th Apr 2015For the final home match of the 2014-2015 season, Dunfermline Athletic welcome title contenders Forfar Athletic to East End Park on Saturday.
Dick Campbell's side suffered a set back at Peterhead on Saturday but they still sit just one point off the top with second placed Morton away to top of the table Stranraer.
| Milestones
Forfar Athletic (home) |
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| Last
Victory |
11/05/13 |
First Div Play Off |
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| Last
Defeat |
28/09/83 |
1-2 |
Second Division |
| Best
Victory |
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7-2 |
Div Two* |
| Worst Defeat |
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2-4 |
Div Two* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
This will be the 67th league meeting of the teams and Dunfermline have won 38 to Forfar's 18. Ten have been drawn including the last three matches at East End Park. 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 | |
| 7 | 3 |
| League Form last six results | |
| DWLDWL | WWWWL |
| League Points | |
| 48 | 63 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +1 | +18 |
| League Record | |
| P17, W8, D5, L4 | P17, W6, D4, L7 |
Earlier this season on 16th August Forfar inflicted a 2-0 defeat over the Pars in what was just the second match of the league campaign. The return at East End Park in October was a goalless draw after Gozie Ugwu missed an 85th minute penalty and the February fixture at Station Park was a 1-0 win for the Loons secured by a Stephen Husband strike.
League Form
| Form last six home / away | ||||||
| Dunfermline (home) | Forfar Athletic (away) | |||||
| Stranraer | W | 1-0 | Peterhead | W | 2-1 | |
| Morton | L | 0-4 | Stenhousemuir | W | 1-0 | |
| Stirling Albion | D | 1-1 | Brechin City | L | 0-1 | |
| Ayr United | W | 2-1 | Peterhead | L | 0-1 | |
| Brechin City | L | 0-1 | Morton | L |
0-2 |
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| Stenhousemuir | W | 3-2 | Ayr United | D |
1-1 |
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Forfar Athletic's defeat at Balmoor on Saturday followed an impressive run of five successive wins. Dunfermline have had mixed fortunes of late. Their win in the last home match over Stranraer followed a heavy defeat to Morton. Stranraer are the only one of the top four clubs that the Pars have managed to defeat this season.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Brechin City):Ryan Scully; Ross Millen, Gregor Buchanan, Lewis Martin, Alex Whittle; Finn Graham, Shaun Byrne (Josh Falkingham 33), Andy Geggan, (c), Ryan Thomson (David Hopkirk 67); Allan Smith (Faissal El Bakhtaoui 54), Michael Moffat.
SUBS NOT USED: Kyle McAusland, Declan O'Kane, Andy Barrowman, Jamie Wilson (GK)
FORFAR ATHLETIC: (v Peterhead):Rab Douglas; Michael Dunlop, Michael Travis, Darren Dods , Iain Campbell; Omar Kader (Gavin Malin 72), Derek Young (Danny Denholm HT); Martin Fotheringham, Gavin Swankie, Chris Templeman (Stephen Husband 72), Dale Hilson.
SUBS NOT USED: James Dale, Stuart Malcolm, Hay, King
Referee will be Gavin Duncan.
Come on ye Pars!
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