Preview Partick Thistle
Wednesday, 26th Jan 2011Dunfermline were the last away team to win at Firhill and Dunfermline haven`t won away from home since.
This Saturday the Pars travel Glasgow at Firhill to face Partick Thistle. Last time they were Ian McCall`s guests the Pars faced a side that was bottom of the league having taken only three points from their six matches. It was Dundee they defeated by 1-0 in the second league game of the season but fortunes have changed for the Jags. They now sit fifth with 19 points from 17 games.
| Dunfermline v Thistle: The Full League Record | ||||||
| P | W | D | L | For | Agst | |
| At East End Park | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 70 | 52 |
| At Firhill | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 58 |
| Division One (up to 1975) | 45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 77 | 72 |
| Premier Division (since 1975) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| First Division (since 1975) | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 28 |
| TOTALS | 76 | 33 | 21 | 22 | 116 | 110 |
Matches between the clubs are always hotly contested but the Fifers have the upper hand with 33 wins in the 76 league games. Dunfermline`s last win in an away fixture there was a 2-0 win in September, courtesy of goals from Pat Clarke and Andy Kirk. That came on the back of a fine 4-1 win there in January when a memorable hat-trick from second half sub Joe Cardle made the day.
| Milestones Partick (away) | |||
| Last League Victory |
2-0 |
First Div | |
| Last League Defeat |
0-2 |
First Div | |
| Best League Victory |
|
6-2 |
Div One* |
| Worst League Defeat |
|
1-7 |
Div One* |
| *Pre league reconstruction | |||
The last dozen league games between the teams have seen
| Last Twelve League Matches v Partick Thistle | |||
|
Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 14/12/10 | H | 0-0 | |
| 25/09/10 | A | 2-0 | [1-0] Clarke, [2-0} Kirk. |
| 23/03/10 | H | 1-2 | [0-1] Buchanan, [1-1] McDougall, [1-2] Donnelly |
| 23/01/10 | A | 4-1 | [1-0] Cardle, 2-0] Cardle, [3-0] Cardle, 4-0] Woods, [4-1] Buchanan |
| 14/11/09 | H | 3-1 | [1-0] McDougall, [2-0] Gibson, [2-1] Cairney, [3-1] Gibson |
| 19/09/09 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] Cairney, [0-2] Donnelly |
| 14/03/09 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Harkins |
| 14/02/09 | A | 3-2 | [0-1] Buchanan, [1-1] Bell, [2-1] Kirk, [2-2] Doolan, [3-2] Loy (pen.) |
| 18/10/08 | H | 1-0 | [1-0] Kirk |
| 02/08/08 | A | 0-1 | [0-1] McKeown |
| 05/04/08 | A | 1-0 | [1-0] Crawford |
| 16/02/08 | H | 1-1 | [1-0] Crawford, [1-1] McKeown |
Dunfermline were the last away team to win at Firhill, since then seven visiting teams have can and gone without a win. Dunfermline have only won two of their last six and it is six games back since they won away from home, at Firhill!
| Partick Thistle | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 5 | 2 |
| League Form last six results | |
| LDDDDW | DWDWLD |
| League Points | |
| 19 | 34 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -8 | +16 |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P9, W4, D3, L2 | P8, W3, D1, L4 |
Recent Form
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Partick Thistle (home) |
|
Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Falkirk | W | 1-0 | Raith Rovers | L | 1-2 | |
| Stirling Albion | W | 6-1 | Montrose | D | 2-2 | |
| Raith Rovers | D | 0-0 | Morton | L | 1-2 | |
| Ross County | D | 1-1 | Dundee | D | 2-2 | |
| Morton | D | 0-0 | Queen of the South | L | 0-2 | |
| Cowdenbeath |
W |
1-0 | Partick Thistle | W | 2-0 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Montrose): Chris Smith, Calum Woods, Neil McGregor, Alex Keddie, Austin McCann (c); Wullie Gibson (Paul Willis 63), Gary Mason (Nick Phinn 56), Ryan Thomson, Steven McDougall, Andy Kirk (Pat Clark 63), David Graham.
SUBS NOT USED: Andy Dowie, Kyle Allison
PARTICK THISTLE: (v Falkirk): Scott Fox; Alan Archibald, Patrick Boyle, Willie Kinniburgh, Paul Cairney (John Robertson 87), David Rowson, Bryan Hodge, Paul Paton, Chris Erskine (Shaun Fraser 89), Kris Doohlan (Iain Flannigan 79). Liam Buchanan.
SUBS NOT USED: Bryn Halliwell, Jamie Campbell
Liam Buchanan has since left Thistle for the Pars and could make his debut against his old team mates.
Referee will be Alan Muir.
Come on ye Pars!
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