Preview Hibernian
Tuesday, 10th Apr 2007Hibs stand between Pars and third Cup Final in three years.
How They Reached the Semi Final
| DUNFERMLINE | HIBERNIAN | |||
| Round 3 | Rangers (H) | 3-2 | Aberdeen (A) | 2-2 |
| Aberdeen (H) | 4-1 | |||
| Round 4 | Hearts (H) | 1-0 | Gretna (H) | |
| Round 5 | Partick Thistle (H) | 2-0 | Queen of the South (A) | |
Dunfermline Athletic have only reached the last four in the Scottish Cup on six previous occasions. Sundays meeting with Hibs at Hampden will be the Pars tenth Semi Final match. Three of these have been replays and this is only the third to be played at Hampden.
Previous Scottish Cup Semi Finals
| DATE | OPPOSITION | SCORE | VENUE | |
| 01/04/61 | St Mirren | 0-0 | D | Tynecastle |
| 05/04/61 | St Mirren | 1-0 | W | Tynecastle |
| 28/03/64 | Rangers | 0-1 | L | Hampden |
| 27/03/65 | Hibernian | 2-0 | W | Tynecastle |
| 26/03/66 | Celtic | 0-2 | L | Ibrox |
| 30/03/68 | St Johnstone | 1-1 | D | Tynecastle |
| 03/04/68 | St Johnstone | 2-1 aet | W | Tynecastle |
| 10/04/04 | Inverness Caley Thistle | 1-1 | D | Hampden |
| 20/04/04 | Inverness Caley Thistle | 3-2 | W | Pittodrie |
Scottish Cup Record against Hibs
| P | W | D | L | F | A |
| 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 37 |
The Pars have come through the ten previous pairings with Hibs only twice but they did win the last time they were drawn against each other in 2003. Dunfermline also won their only previous semi final tie against Hibs in 1965.
| Hibernian | 0-2 | Dunfermline | 06-03-2003 |
| Dunfermline | 1-1 | Hibernian | 22-02-2003 |
| Hibernian | 4-1 | Dunfermline | 29-01-2000 |
| Hibernian | 2-0 | Dunfermline | 31-01-1987 |
| Hibernian | 2-0 | Dunfermline | 26-01-1986 |
| Dunfermline | 1-2 | Hibernian | 28-01-1981 |
| Hibernian | 1-1 | Dunfermline | 24-01-1981 |
| Hibernian | 2-0 | Dunfermline | 12-02-1979 |
| Dunfermline | 1-1 | Hibernian | 28-01-1979 |
| Hibernian | 3-2 | Dunfermline | 24-01-1976 |
| Dunfermline | 2-0 | Hibernian | 27-03-1965 |
| Dunfermline | 0-4 | Hibernian | 03-03-1928 |
| Hibernian | 11-1 | Dunfermline | 26-10-1889 |
| Dunfermline | 4-4 | Hibernian | 19-10-1889 |
Recent Form
| Dunfermline | W Hibernian 1-0 |
L Motherwell 0-2 |
W Inverness CT 3-1 |
D St Mirren 0-0 |
L Celtic 1-2 |
| Hibernian | L Dunfermline 0-1 |
D St Mirren 1-1 |
L Hearts 0-1 |
W Kilmarnock 5-1 |
W Falkirk 2-0 |
Last Time Out
The sides met each other only last Saturday in the SPL when Dunfermline won 1-0
DUNFERMLINE : Dorus de Vries; Greg Shields (c), Phil McGuire, Souleymane Bamba, Scott Morrison; Jim O`Brien, Jamie McCunnie, Gary Mason, Scott Muirhead (Adam Hammill 56); Jim McIntyre (Mark Burchill 78), Tam McManus (Greg Ross 85).
SUBS: Roddy McKenzie (GK), Scott Thomson, Bobby Ryan, Freddie Daquin
SCORER: McGuire (83)
YELLOW CARD: O`Brien (95)
HIBERNIAN: Andrew McNeil; Steven Whittaker Chris Hogg, Rob Jones (c), David Murphy; Scott Brown, Abdessalam Benjelloun, Gulllaume Beuzelin, Lewis Stevenson (Dean Shiels 85), Steven Fletcher (Merouane Zemmama 71), Ross Chisholm (Ivan Sproule HT).
SUBS: Simon Brown, Ross Campbell, Shelton Martis, Kevin McCann
YELLOW CARD: Whittaker (83), Murphy (95)
Match Officials
Referee - Craig Thomson
Assistant Referee 1 - Gordon Middleton
Assistant Referee 2 - John Gilmour
Fourth Official - Mike Tumilty
In case of draw
If either semi final is level after 90 minutes, it will go to a replay, and provisionally Hibs v Dunfermline is scheduled for Tuesday 24 April, with St Johnstone v Celtic the following night, both at 7.45 pm.
Travel Information for Sunday
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