FootyMAD's Dunfermline Athletic match preview

Last updated : 09 December 2006 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Dunfermline Athletic v Celtic fixture

Celtic face a trip to Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park on Sunday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the The Bhoys have winning an impressive 29 games, and losing 8.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2006, where Celtic annihilated the The Bhoys 1 - 8 in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2006/2007Sat 16 SepCeltic1 - 0Dunfermline A.SPL
2005/2006Sun 19 MarDunfermline A.0 - 3CelticSLGC
2005/2006Sun 19 FebDunfermline A.1 - 8CelticSPL
2005/2006Sat 26 NovCeltic0 - 1Dunfermline A.SPL
2005/2006Sun 28 AugDunfermline A.0 - 4CelticSPL
2004/2005Sat 12 MarCeltic6 - 0Dunfermline A.SPL
2004/2005Sun 06 FebDunfermline A.0 - 3CelticSFAC

Recent respective form guides

Dunfermline Athletic's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Pars have scored 4, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.

Celtic's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The The Bhoys's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 11 against.

Dunfermline A. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 17 games have yielded only 12 points. Celtic are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 17 games giving them a return of 44 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Dunfermline A.61144154
Celtic641111613

FootyMad's prediction ...

Celtic are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Dunfermline A. 8 games since last home draw.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Celtic Not won in previous 2 away matches.