Dunfermline Athletic vs Arbroath – Match Preview
cinch Scottish Championship – Game 19 – Season 2021/2022
Sunday 26th December 2021, East End Park, Dunfermline, 3.00pm kick off
Arbroath travel to Fife tomorrow to take on Dunfermline Athletic as the second half of the cinch Scottish Championship gets underway.
There has been one major change at East End Park since our last match with John Hughes being appointed Manager on November 12th after Peter Grant was sacked on the 31st October.
Dunfermline defeated Inverness a day after John was appointed before thumping Ayr United 3-0 at home and have also drawn against Queen of the South but suffered defeat away to Hamilton Academical. Last weekend Craig Wighton scored to pull the Pars level in the 20th minute away to Kilmarnock but the match was abandoned at 1-1 in the 63rd minute.
Dunfermline are without influential midfielder Dom Thomas who is recovering after an operation but Craig Wighton has been give much more of a role under John Hughes and everyone at Arbroath knows how lethal Craig can be in front of goal.
Arbroath will be hoping that they can welcome some of the players and Management team back after missing last week. As the whole country is dealing with the Omicron variant and of course tomorrow’s game will be played behind closed doors.
It will be another extremely tough match but we hope you can get right behind the team from home.
C’mon the Lichties!
Dunfermline Athletic (including loans)
Manager – John Hughes
First Team Coach – Greg Shields
First Team Coach – Steven Whittaker
Goalkeepers
1 – Owain Fon Williams
29 – Deniz Mehmet
Defenders
2 – Aaron Comrie
3 – Josh Edwards
4 – Lewis Martin
5 – Ross Graham (On loan from Dundee United)
6 – Kyle MacDonald
12 – Rhys Breen
13 – Vytas Gašpuitis
19 – Miller Fenton
22 – Leon Jones
33 – Mark Connolly (On loan from Dundee United)
Midfielders
8 – Kai Kennedy (On loan from Rangers)
11 – Ryan Dow
12 – Scott Cusick
15 – Iain Wilson
16 – Dan Pybus
17 – Graham Dorrans
18 – Paul Allan
23 – Dom Thomas
26 – Matty Todd
28 – Reece Cole
Strikers
7 – Kevin O’Hara
9 – Craig Wighton
10 – Nikolay Todorov
14 – Lewis McCann
Dunfermline Athletic Departures
44 – Paul Watson
30 – Fraser Currid – On loan at Bo’ness Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic vs Arbroath – Head to Head
Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 3 Arbroath – Saturday 28th August 2021
cinch Scottish Championship – Game 4 – Season 2020/2021
Goals – McKenna 12, 67, Gold 44
Arbroath 4 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 30th October 2021
cinch Scottish Championship – Game 12 – Season 2020/2021
Goals – O’Brien 15, Nouble 37, Linn 77, McKenna 85 pen – O’Hara 8, 12
Dunfermline Athletic – Scottish Championship Results 2021/2022
Game 1 – Greenock Morton 2 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 31st July 2021
Game 2 – Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 3 Partick Thistle – Saturday 7th August 2021
Game 3 – Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic – Wednesday 29th September 2021
Game 4 – Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 3 Arbroath – Saturday 28th August 2021
Game 5 – Hamilton 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 11th September 2021
Game 6 – Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle – Saturday 18th September 2021
Game 7 – Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 0 Hamilton Accies – Saturday 25th September 2021
Game 8 – Queen of the South 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 2nd October 2021
Game 9 – Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 2 Kilmarnock – Saturday 16th October 2021
Game 10 – Partick Thistle 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 23rd October 2021
Game 11 – Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Raith Rovers – Tuesday 26th October 2021
Game 12 – Arbroath 4 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 30th October 2021
Game 13 – Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 3 Greenock Morton – Saturday 6th November 2021
Game 14 – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 13th November 2021
Game 15 – Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0 Ayr United – Saturday 20th November 2021
Game 16 – Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 4th December 2021
Game 17 – Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 3 Queen of the South – Saturday 11th December 2021
Game 18 – Kilmarnock vs Dunfermline Athletic – Saturday 18th December 2021 – Abandoned
Suspensions;
Neither team has any players suspended.
Officials;
Referee – Alan Muir
Assistant Referee 1 – Jonathan Bell
Assistant Referee 2 – Gordon McCabe
Pay Per View
How to watch;
Arbroath Supporters can purchase a live stream for tomorrow’s visit to East End Park for £12 via www.parstv.co.uk
The stream starts at 2pm with the live show starting at 2.45pm
You MUST purchase stream before 2.45pm.
You can sign up at www.parstv.co.uk
If you have any problems please email support@parstv.co.uk
We hope you can tune in to cheer on the Lichties from home.
C’mon the Lichties!
