Preview Morton
Friday, 18th Mar 2022cinch Championship (home) v Morton, Friday 18th March 2022, kick off 7.45pm at East End Park
The next match against Morton has been brought forward from Saturday to Friday night for live broadcast on the BBC Scotland channel but the club has reduced every seat to £5 in the hope of having a bumper crown to cheer on John Hughes’ team in this important match.
It is just the second home game since 22nd January and with five of the remaining eight league matches being at East End Park, the Pars will be hoping to make the best of home advantage.
Milestones v Morton (Home)
Last Victory: 13/03/21 | 1-0 | Championship
Last League Defeat: 06/11/21 | 1-3 | Championship
Best Victory: 29/01/66 | 6-0 | Division One*
Worst Defeat: 28/03/15 | 0-4 | League One
Last Goalless Draw: 17/03/18 | 0-0 | Championship
First League Meeting: 25/12/26: | 1-1 | Division One*
*Pre league reconstruction
Last time at East End Park
Dunfermline 1-3 Morton
Sat, 6th Nov 2021
Morton enjoyed the early possession and took a 13th minute lead when Gary OLIVER drove the ball into the left side of the Pars goal. 0-1
The Pars got the equaliser just ten minutes before half time. Kennedy made a cross field run and managed to slip the ball left as he was challenged. O’Hara’s return was blocked but he was given a second chance and this time his cross was met by the inrunning Matty TODD who headed home from close range. The 20 year olds’ first Dunfermline goal made it 1-1.
Morton won a corner on the hour and when Jaakko Oksanen delivered from the right Oisin McEntee’s header back across goal was touched on by Alan Lithgow for Gozie UGWU to poke home. 1-2
In 86th minute Morton sub Lewis McGrattan was able to power a shot on target that Connolly kept out with a hand. A yellow card for the on loan defender and a penalty for the ‘Ton. OLIVER stepped up and drove the ball into the bottom right. 1-3
DUNFERMLINE: Owain Fôn Williams (c): Aaron Comrie, Mark Connolly, Rhys Breen, Josh Edwards: Matthew Todd (Kyle Macdonald 78), Paul Allan: Kai Kennedy, Ryan Dow, Dom Thomas (Craig Wighton 66): Kevin O’Hara (Nikolay Todorov 78)
SUBS NOT USED: Vytas Gašpuitis, Lewis McCann, Dan Pybus, Deniz Mehmet (GK)
MORTON: Jack Hamilton: Oisin McEntee, Alan Lithgow (c), Brian McLean (Michael Ledger 39), Mark Russell: Robbie Muirhead (Lewis McGrattan 59), Reece Lyon, Jaakko Oksanen, Gary Oliver: Jimmy Knowles (Gavin Reilly 84), Gozie Ugwu.
SUBS NOT USED: Tom Allan, Cameron Blues, Lewis Strapp, Kyle Jacobs.
Last Twelve Matches v Morton
Five of the last twelve matches between the sides have been drawn, three of them with no goals. Five of the twelve were lost and two were Dunfermline wins.
08-01-22 (A) L 0-5 Championship
06-11-21 (H) L 1-3 Championship
31-07-21 (A) D 2-2 Championship
23-03-21 (A) D 0-0 Scottish Cup
13-03-21 (H) W 1-0 Championship
15-01-21 (A) D 0-0 Championship
12-12-20 (H) L 1-2 Championship
11-01-20 (A) L 2-3 Championship
07-12-19 (H) W 3-1 Championship
05-10-19 (A) D 1-1 Championship
05-04-19 (H) L 0-1 Championship
26-01-19 (A) D 0-0 Championship
Recent Form
Since Dougie Imrie came in the Greenock side have only lost two of the twelve games under the 38 year old manager, both away from home against Hamilton and Queen of the South. They have won four of their last seven matches.
Dunfermline have won only once in their last six games and have only twice in fourteen. After meeting Hamilton, Inverness and Kilmarnock, the Pars are unbeaten at home in 2022 and would hope to continue that.
Last six matches
DUNFERMLINE
Hamilton Academical (A) D 2-2
Arbroath (A) L 0-1
Kilmarnock (H) D 0-0
Kilmarnock (A) L 1-2
Ayr United (A) D 1-1
Queen of the South (A) W 2-0
MORTON
Partick Thistle (H) W 2-1
Queen of the South (A) L 0-3
Arbroath (H) D 0-0
Partick Thistle (A) W 1-0
Hamilton Academical (A) L 0-1
Queen of the South (H) W 2-1
League Record
DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 10th
League Points: 25
Goal Difference: -17
Home League Record: P13 W2 D7 L4 GF12 GA19
Last Six Match Form: WDLDLD
MORTON
League Position: 6th
League Points: 34
Goal Difference: -7
Away League Record: P15 W5 D3 L7 GF11 GA16
Last Six Match Form: WLWDLW
Last time out
DUNFERMLINE (v Hamilton Academical): Jakub Stolarczyk: Aaron Comrie, Coll Donaldson, Efe Ambrose, Josh Edwards: Liam Polworth, Dan Pybus (Lewis McCann 84), Joe Chalmers, Ryan Dow (Dom Thomas 84): Steven Lawless (c), Kevin O’Hara
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Nikolay Todorov, Rhys Breen, Paul Allan, Matthew Todd, Reece Cole, Neil Alexander (GK)
MORTON (v Partick Thistle): Jack Hamilton: Oisin McEntee, Alan Lithgow (c), Michael Ledger (Robbie Muirhead 62): Jamie Brandon, Kyle Jacobs (Lewis McGrattan 74), Iain Wilson, Reece Lyon (Mark Russell 74), Lewis Strapp: Gozie Ugwu, Gavin Reilly.
SUBS NOT USED: Alex Easdale, Darren Hynes, Alex King, Lewis McGregor, Josh Bysouth (GK).
Only four of the Dunfermline team that started last Saturday played Morton in the November match but Morton are a changed side as well with just five of their side from the that match starting against Partick on Saturday.
Other Championship Fixtures
Arbroath v Ayr United
Kilmarnock v Queen of the South
Partick Thistle v Hamilton Academical
Raith Rovers v Inverness Caley Thistle
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