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Ladbrokes Championship: (away) v Morton, Saturday 26th January 2019 kick off 3.00pm at Cappielow

It is sixth v seventh this weekend when Jonatan Johannson’s Morton meet Dunfermline. Both sides will be hurting after away defeats to League One clubs that knocked them out of the Scottish Cup on Saturday and no doubt both camps will be anxious to secure a rejuvenating win.

This will be the 100th league fixture between these sides with Dunfermline 45-30 ahead.

Pars v Morton: The Full League Record
P | W | D | L | F | A
50 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 95 | 57 | At East End
49 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 60 | 60 | At Cappielow
TOTALS
99 | 45 | 24 | 30 | 155 | 117

Honours are evens between the sides at Cappielow the Fifers have won just one of the last seven meetings there.

Milestones v Morton (Away)

Last League Victory
25/03/17 | 1-0 | Championship
Last League Defeat
03/02/18 | 1-2 | Championship
Best League Victory
11/12/99 | 3-0 | Division 1
23/08/88 | 3-0 | Premier League
25/11/67 | 3-0 | Divison 1
Worst League Defeat
14/08/26 | 0-3 | Division 1
19/04/08 0-3 | First Division
Last Goalless Draw
04/12/93 | 0-0 | First Division
First Meeting
14/08/26 | 0-3 | Division One

The last dozen meetings have resulted in four Pars wins, five defeats and three draws.

Last Twelve Matches v Morton

01-12-18: (H) W 3-0 Championship
22-09-18: (A) D 1-1 Championship
17-03-18: (H) D 0-0 Championship
03-02-18: (A) L 1-2 Championship
20-01-18: (H) L 1-2 Scottish Cup
21-11-17: (H) D 1-1 Championship
09-09-17: (A) L 2-3 Championship
29-04-17: (H) W 3-1 Championship
25-03-17: (A) W 1-0 Championship
10-12-16: (H) W 2-1 Championship
17-09-16: (A) L 1-2 Championship
02-03-16: (H) L 0-4 League One

Last meeting at Cappielow
Ladbrokes Championship, Saturday 22nd September 2018
Morton 1 Dunfermline 1

Andy Ryan’s strike midway through the second half looked to have secured a decent away win but an error eight minutes from time allowed Morton yet another late goal against Dunfermline that meant it was one point apiece from this match.

It was a fairly even first half with Ryan Scully’s save denying the Pars a half time lead. The visitors had shown greater urgency and at times linking up passes impressively.

Midway through the second half Aidan Connolly switched the ball on to Faissal El Bakhtaoui and he in turn for Andy Ryan but the striker smashed his shot over the crossbar. The striker had been receiving some good balls and in 68 minutes RYAN found the net, accepting a very neat diagonal ball from Louis Longridge on the right to sweep the ball low into the bottom right of the ‘Ton net. 0-1

A display of acceleration and skill on the left allowed Scott TIFFONEY to cut in and hit a 82nd minute swerving shot on target that went through Lee Robinson’s fingers. 1-1

MORTON: Ryan Scully: Reghan Tumilty, Lee Kilday, Gregor Buchanan, Rory McKeown: Jim McAllister (c), Michael Tidser, Ross Maclean (Charlie Telfer 61), Jack Iredale (Scott Tiffoney HT): Denny Johnstone, Bob McHugh (Gary Oliver 72).
SUBS NOT USED: Kerr Waddell, Ruaridh Langan, Ben Armour, Derek Gaston (GK).

DUNFERMLINE: Lee Robinson: James Craigen, Lee Ashcroft (c), Mark Durnan, Jackson Longridge: Louis Longridge, James Vincent, Malaury Martin, Aidan Connolly: Andy Ryan (Myles Hippolyte 82), Faissal El Bakhtaoui.
SUBS NOT USED: Tom Beadling, Joe Thomson, Stuart Morrison, Lewis McCann, Robbie Muirhead Cammy Gill (GK).

Form Last Six Matches

DUNFERMLINE
Raith Rovers (A) L 0-3
Dundee United (A) L 0-1
Alloa Athletic (H) D 2-2
Falkirk (A) W 4-2
Ayr United (H) D 0-0
Queen of the South (A) D 0-0

MORTON
East Fife (A) L 1-2
Alloa Athletic (A) L 1-2
Ross County (H) W 1-0
Partick Thistle (A) W 2-1
Inverness Caley (H) L 1-2
Falkirk (A) D 0-0

League Form
In their last six league matches since defeating Morton 3-0 at East End Park on 1st December, the Pars have drawn three, won one and lost two. This season away wins in the league have only come at Falkirk, Alloa and Tannadice.

Morton have only won two league games since the first Saturday in November. In their last nine league games they have scored just six times. Dunfermline have scored six in their last three league matches but they have failed to score in four of the last six.

DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 7th
League Points: 24
Goal Difference: -6
Away League Record: P10 W4 D3 L3 GF15 GA16
Last Six League Match Form: LDDWDL

MORTON
League Position: 6th
League Points: 28
Goal Difference: -6
Home League Record: P10 W4 D3 L3 GF15 GA15
Last Six League Match Form: DDLWWL

Last time out

DUNFERMLINE (v Raith Rovers): Lee Robinson: James Craigen, Lee Ashcroft (c), Danny Devine, Jackson Longridge: Tom Beadling: Myles Hippolyte (Mark Durnan 57), Joe Thomson, James Vincent, Kallum Higginbotham (Matthew Todd 90): Faissal El Bakhtaoui (Robbie Muirhead 71).
SUBS NOT USED: Aidan Connolly, Callum Smith, Paul Allan, Cammy Gill (GK)

MORTON (v East Fife): Derek Gaston: Lee Kilday (Gary Oliver 83), Gregor Buchanan, Kerr Waddell, Jack Iredale: Reghan Tumility, Chris Millar, Michael Tidser (Jim McAllister 72), Dylan Dykes (Charlie Telfer 77), Robert Thomson, Bob McHugh.
SUBS NOT USED: Rory McKeown, Reece Lyon, Jack Purdue (83), Ryan Scully (GK).

Other Championship Fixtures
Ayr United v Dundee United (Friday night)
Falkirk v Inverness Caley Thistle
Partick Thistle v Queen of the South
Ross County v Alloa Athletic

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