Dunfermline Athletic

Preview Aberdeen

Wednesday, 25th Jan 2012

In 27 visits the Pars have won just three Premier League games at Pittodrie Those came in 1997 (2-0 and 2-1) and in 2003 (2-1).

Pars Fans at Pittodrie

The controversial Friday night fixture in Aberdeen was the 100th league meeting between the clubs and it is not one that Pars supporters won`t to remember. The 4-0 defeat in September was probably Jim McIntyre`s side`s worst performance of the season.  Revenge not just for that but for also stealing away a first home win in November when the Pars were 3-1 up will be high up the agenda.

At Pittodrie the Dons have won the majority of the encounters against Dunfermline and the Pars three Premier League wins at Pittodrie came in 1997 (2-0 and 2-1) and in 2003 (2-1). 

Premier League v Aberdeen (Away)

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

27

3

4

20

17

50

David Graham v Aberdeen

Dunfermline`s 4-0 defeat last time followed a 3-0 reversal in their previous league trip to Pittodrie in February 2007 and it was August 2003 (2-1) when the Pars last took three points back down the A90 thanks to goals from Brewster and Nicholson. Memories are still fresh of the two more recent Scottish Cup ties at Pittodrie against the Dons. The last was a desperately disappointing Sunday when the home side snatched away the chance of a replay back at East End with a late own goal from Neil McGregor.

Two seasons before that the cup story was somewhat different.  A replay after a 1-1 draw in Fife was followed by a penalty shoot out success 4-2 after it was 0-0 at the end of extra time. That saw the Pars through for a Semi Final pairing with Falkirk.

Milestones Aberdeen (Away)

Last League Victory

23/08/03

2 - 1

SPL

Last League Defeat

30/09/11

0 - 4

SPL

Best League Victory

25/02/61

6 - 3

Div One*

Worst League Defeat

13/09/58
15/09/62
30/09/11

4 - 0

Div One*
Div One*
SPL

*Pre league reconstruction

DUNFERMLINE v ABERDEEN 1-1

Out of the last twelve matches against Aberdeen, Dunfermline have won just two, drawn two and lost eight.

Last Twelve League Matches v Aberdeen

Date

H/A

F-A

Scorers

26/11/11 D 3-3 [0-1] Considine, [1-1] Barrowman, [2-1] Graham, [3-1] Buchanan, [3-2] Keddie og, [3-3] Magennis
30/09/11 A 0-4 [0-1] Vernon, [0-2] Vernon, [0-3] Fyvie, [0-4] Vernon
10/02/07 A 0-3 [0-1] Mackie, [0-2] Nicholson (pen.), Lovell
25/11/06 H 0-3 [0-1] Miller, [0-2] Mackie, [0-3] Mackie
26/08/06 A 0-1 [0-1] Severin
11/03/06 H 1-0 [1-0] Burchill
10/12/05 A 0-0  
17/09/05 H 0-2 [0-1] Crawford, [0-2] Severin
12/02/05 H 2-1 [1-0] Mehmet, [1-1] Diamond, [2-1] Donnelly
13/11/04 A 1-2 [0-1]Tod og, [0-2] Mackie, [1-2] Donnelly
21/08/04 H 0-1 [0-1] Whelan
21/02/04 A 0-2 [0-1] McGuire, [0-2] Booth

Paddy Boyle sets up goal no.3

Aberdeen are undefeated since Christmas and only Celtic, Rangers and Motherwell have left Pittodrie with full points.  Their wins were all by just one goal.  Dunfermline`s away form is certainly better than their home form but league games at Pittodrie have a history of not being kind to the Fifers

Aberdeen  Dunfermline
Current League Position
9 12
League Points
26 17
Goal Difference
-4 -26
Last 6-League Match Form
WLDWDD LLLLWL
Home / Away Record
P12, W4, D5, L3 P12, W4, D1, L7

The Pars produced a really good performance to win at Kilmarnock last Saturday. They showed real fight and then at Motherwell on Tuesday night there was a rude awakening so the team will need to regroup and tackle the Dons as they did at Killie.

   Recent Form - home / away
  Aberdeen (home)  

 

 

 

  Dunfermline (away)
  Hearts D 0-0   Motherwell  L 1-3
  Hibs W 1-0   Kilmarnock W 3-0
  St Mirren D 2-2   Inverness Caley Th D 1-1
  Motherwell L 1-2   Hearts L 0-4
  Rangers L 1-2   Rangers L 1-2
  Dundee United W 3-1   Celtic L 1-2

Aberdeen v Dunfermline

Last Time Out

DUNFERMLINE (v Motherwell): Iain Turner; Andy Dowie, Kevin Rutkiewicz, Alex Keddie, Paddy Boyle; David Graham, Mark Kerr, Gary Mason (c), Joe Cardle (Paul Willis 56); Liam Buchanan (Martin Hardie 75), Andy Barrowman.(Andy Kirk 27).
SUBS NOT USED: Chris Smith (GK), John Potter, Ryan Thomson, Shaun Byrne..

ABERDEEN (v Rangers): Jason Brown, Mark Reynolds, Rory McArdle, Clark Robertson, Fraser Fyvie, K?ri Arnason, Ryan Jack, Chris Clark, Scott Vernon, Rory Fallon, Josh Magennis
SUBS: Darren Mackie, Michael Paton, Mitchel Megginson, Jamie Masson, Ryan Fraser, Jamie Langfield, Mohamed Chalali

Referee for this match will be Craig Thomson.

Paul Gallacher v Aberdeen



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