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Dunfermline Athletic visit Gayfield Park on Saturday for the Championship clash with hosts Arbroath.
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๐ Form Guide
Arbroath
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Arbroath will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 0-1 Championship loss in their previous game against Partick Thistle.
Aidan Fitzpatrick (15') scored for Partick Thistle.
Itโs been seldom in recent games that Arbroath have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Arbroath have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 19 goals along the way.
Their previous form shows that Arbroath:
- have not lost a league tie with Dunfermline Athletic in their previous 2 matches.
- have not registered a win against Dunfermline Athletic in their last 3 league games.
Dunfermline Athletic
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Dunfermline Athletic go into this clash following on from a 0-1 Championship win vs Greenock Morton in their last match.
The only scorer from Dunfermline Athletic was Miles Welch-Hayes (55').
For 5 of the prior six clashes involving Dunfermline Athletic, a comparatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell is a meagre 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by The Pars equalling 1. In any event, time will tell if such a trend will continue on in this match.
Heading into this contest, Dunfermline Athletic have not emerged victorious against Arbroath in games played away from home for the previous 6 league matches. They really have not been travelling well at all.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 26/12/2021, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Arbroath winning 2 of those games, Dunfermline Athletic 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
A sum of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for The Red Lichties and 10 netted by The Pars. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.
The last league game featuring these clubs was Championship match day 24 on 17/02/2024 and the score finished Dunfermline Athletic 1-1 Arbroath.
The referee was Craig Napier.
๐ Team News: Arbroath
There arenโt many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Arbroath manager Jim McIntyre to be concerned about from an otherwise complete group. Zak Delaney (unknown injury) is out of contention.
โน๏ธ Team News: Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic boss James McPake has some current player fitness concerns. Andy Tod (Calf problems) and Rhys Breen (Knee problems) will not be playing here.
๐ง Prediction
Our feeling is that Arbroath should have enough to find the back of the net against this Dunfermline Athletic team, but a single goal is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
Our selection here is for a narrow 1-2 win for Dunfermline Athletic at full-time. Should be an interesting one.
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Victor Martins, 14:05 30/03/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Arbroath
Formed: 1878
Stadium: Gayfield Park (6,600)
Captain: Thomas O'Brien
Chairman: Mike Caird
Manager: Jim McIntyre
Competitions: Championship position 10
๐ Star Man: Jay Bird
Usually playing in the Striker position, Jay Bird was born in England. Having made a first senior appearance for Dagenham & Redbridge in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Forward has got 5 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 27 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 59 | DWWLD |
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29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 58 | DLWWD |
3 |
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30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 46 | DDLWW |
4 |
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29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 39 | DWDWL |
5 |
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30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 38 | WLLWW |
6 |
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30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 38 | WLWLW |
7 |
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29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 37 | DLLLL |
8 |
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30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 36 | WDDDW |
9 |
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30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 32 | DWDLD |
10 |
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29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -35 | 23 | LWLLL |
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Greenock Morton |
Ayr United |
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Inverness C.T. |
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Airdrie United |
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Dunfermline Athletic |
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Partick Thistle |
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Queen's Park |
Airdrie United |
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Partick Thistle |
Arbroath |
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Greenock Morton |
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Dundee United |
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Partick Thistle |
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Raith Rovers |
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Inverness C.T. |
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Ayr United |
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Dundee United |
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Dunfermline Athletic |
Greenock Morton |
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Raith Rovers |
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Inverness C.T. |
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Partick Thistle |
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Dundee United |
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Queen's Park |
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Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 54 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 50 |
Time first goal conceded | 55 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.9 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Jay Bird | 6 |
Jermaine Hylton | 6 |
Leighton McIntosh | 5 |
Michael McKenna | 4 |
David Gold | 3 |
Craig Wighton | 5 |
Lewis McCann | 4 |
Matty Todd | 4 |
Malachi Fagan-Walcott | 3 |
Chris Kane | 3 |
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Queen's Park |
Raith Rovers |
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Inverness C.T. |
Ayr United |
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