Preview Airdrieonians
Wednesday, 13th Nov 2013Airdrie United were defeated 2-1 by the Pars in the last match between the teams at East End Park in September.
Dunfermline travel to face Airdrie United on Saturday and yet again they face a side that is bottom of the table but bearing in mind their experiences against similarly placed Forfar Athletic and East Fife this will be no easy fixture. The Lanarkshire club lost 2-0 at Ibrox last time out but apparently did very well against the league leaders.
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Pars v Airdrie: The Full League Record | ||||||
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
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At East End |
52 |
23 |
17 |
12 |
88 |
80 |
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At Airdrie |
48 |
14 |
12 |
22 |
74 |
104 |
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Division One (up to 1975) |
42 |
19 |
6 |
17 |
83 |
90 |
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Division Two (up to 1975) |
12 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
24 |
42 |
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Premier League (since 1975) |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
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First Division (since 1975) |
41 |
16 |
19 |
6 |
49 |
43 |
| League One (since 2013) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
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TOTALS |
100 |
37 |
29 |
34 |
162 |
184 |
In all their guises Dunfermline are three up on Airdrie with 37 wins to 34 wins. 29 games have been drawn. Since they became Airdrie United the Diamonds have faced Dunfermline 14 times, winning three times - a 4-3 win in the very first meeting in the Scottish Cup in 2006 and the two over the Pars last season at East End Park.
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Matches v Airdrie United | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Competition |
| 21/09/13 | H | 2-1 | League One |
| 04/05/13 | H | 1-2 | Division One |
| 09/09/13 | A | 3-3 | Division One |
| 12/01/13 | H | 1-3 | Division One |
| 25/08/12 | A | 2-1 | Division One |
| 01/05/10 | A | 1-0 | Division One |
| 09/03/10 | A | 1-1 | Division One |
| 06/03/10 | H | 2-0 | Division One |
| 22/08/09 | H | 2-0 | Division One |
| 04/04/09 | A | 1-1 | Division One |
| 17/02/09 | A | 2-1 | Scottish Cup |
| 17/01/09 | A | 1-1 | Division One |
| 04/11/08 | A | 3-1 | Division One |
| 23/08/08 | H | 0-0 | Division One |
| 18/09/07 | A | 2-0 | Challenge Cup |
| 07/01/06 | H | 3-4 | Scottish Cup |
Airdrie United were defeated 2-1 by the Pars in the last match between the teams at East End Park in September. Stephen Husband put the Pars ahead in eleventh minute of the second half but Liam Coogans equalised a minute later and it took an 85th minute goal from Andy Geggan for the home side to clinch the victory.
Stats
| Airdrie United | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 10 | 2 |
| League Points | |
| 8 | 22 |
| Goal Difference | |
| -12 | +3 |
| Last 6-Match Form | |
| WLLLLL | LLWWLW |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P6, W2, D0, L4 | P7, W3, D1, L2 |
Recent Form
The Pars have won three and lost three of their last games and away from home won three of their last six. Airdrie have lost their last five matches and after winning their first two home games of the season against Hamilton and Stenhousemuir have only won two since.
| Recent League Form | ||||||
| Airdrie United Home | Dunfermline Away | |||||
| Ayr United | L | 0-1 | Rangers | L | 1-3 | |
| Forfar Athletic | L | 0-2 | Elgin City | W | 5-3 | |
| Brechin City | W | 3-1 | Stranraer | W | 2-1 | |
| Stranraer | W | 3-2 | Forfar Athletic | L | 0-4 | |
| Livingston | L | 0-2 | Brechin City | D | 1-1 | |
| Rangers | L | 0-6 | Falkirk | L | 1-2 | |
Teams last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Stenhousemuir): Ryan Scully, Ross Millen, Alex Whittle, Kerr Young, Callum Morris, Stephen Husband (Craig Dargo 69), Shaun Byrne, Josh Falkingham, Ryan Wallace, Allan Smith, Robert Thomson (Ryan Ferguson 58).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Ryan Williamson, Chris Kane, Luke Johnston, Ryan Goodfellow (GK).
AIRDRIE UNITED (v Rangers): Andrew Duncan; Gregor Buchanan, Grant Drummond, Darren McCormack, Paddy Boyle; Martin Hardie, David Sinclair (Liam Watt 84), Jamie Bain (Trialist 84), Nathan Blockley, Liam Coogans, Jim Lister.
SUBS NOT USED: Mick O`Byrne, Lewis Coult, Jonathan Grier, Jamie Barclay, Willie McLaren.
Martin Hardie and Paddy Boyle are former Pars and well known to our fans.
Referee for the match will be Andrew Dallas, his first match in charge of a Pars game. In his two games in charge of Airdrieonians games this season he has sent two players off in each.
C`mon Ye Pars!
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