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Viaplay Cup (home) v Kilmarnock, Saturday 22nd July 2023, kick off 3.00pm at The KDM Group East End Park

Next up in the Viaplay Cup is another home match at home to Premiership, Kilmarnock. These teams last met in the League Cup in October 2020 when the closed doors match at Rugby Park was a 3-0 victory for the Fifers with Fraser Murray bagging a pair. In October 2005 the Pars won an exciting match 4-3 in what was the only other meeting in this competition since season 1980-1981. In the 24 League Cup ties Dunfermline have won 9, Kilmarnock 10 and 5 have been drawn.

`¨Milestones (home) v Kilmarnock`¨`¨
Last League Victory | 09/09/06 | 3-2 | SPL`¨
Last League Defeat | 12/05/12 | 1-2 | SPL`¨
Best League Victory | 06/10/51 | 5-2 | Div 2*`¨
Worst League Defeat | 17/04/99 | 0-6 | SPL`¨
Last Goalless Draw | 26/02/22 | 0-0 | Championship`¨
First Meeting | 03/01/27 | 2-3 | Div 1*`¨
*Pre league reconstruction`¨`¨

Last Time at East End Park
Championship, Saturday 26th February 2022
Dunfermline 0 Kilmarnock 0

It was disappointing to take just one point from this match. Dunfermline had the best chance of the game when Efe Ambrose, on his home debut, hit the crossbar in the second half.

DUNFERMLINE: Jakub Stolarczyk: Matty Todd, Coll Donaldson, Efe Ambrose, Josh Edwards: Dan Pybus, Joe Chalmers: Steven Lawless, Graham Dorrans (c) (Dom Thomas 70), Ryan Dow: Lewis McCann (Kevin O`Hara 58).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Rhys Breen, Paul Allan, Reece Cole, Miller Fenton, Owain Fôn Williams (GK)

KILMARNOCK: Zach Hemming: Jack Sanders (Jason Naismith HT), Chris Stokes (c), Euan Murray, Calum Waters: Stephen McGinn (Dylan Tait 68): Chris Burke (Daniel MacKay 68), Blair Alston (Declan Glass 76), Rory McKenzie, Fraser Murray: Kyle Lafferty (Oli Shaw 87).
SUBS NOT USED: Charlie McArthur, Dean Campbell, Dan Armstrong, Sam Walker (GK)

Last Twelve Matches v Kilmarnock`¨`¨

Date . .H/A F-A . . Scorers
`¨`¨09/04/22 A 0-2 [0-1] Lafferty, [0-2] Shaw
26/02/22 H 0-0`¨
12/02/22 A 1-2 [1-0] Lawless, [1-1] Lafferty, [1-2] Lafferty`¨`¨
16/10/21 H 2-2 [0-1] Hendry, [1-1] Thomas, [1-2] Shaw, [2-2] Comrie`¨`¨
13/10/20 [1-0] E Murray, [2-0] F Murray, [3-0] F Murray
12/05/12 H 1-2 [1-0] Willis, [1-1] Kelly, [1-2] Winchester`¨`¨
07/02/12 H 1-1 [0-1] Fowler, [1-1] Kirk
`¨`¨21/01/12 A 3-0 [1-0] Barrowman, [2-0] Cardle, [3-0] Buchanan`¨`¨
10/09/11 A 2-3 [1-0] J Thomson, [1-1] Heffernan, [1-2] Heffernan, [2-2] R Thomson, [2-3] Kroca`¨`¨17/02/07 H 1-1 [0-1] Naismith, [1-1] Crawford`¨`¨
02/12/06 A 1-5 [0-1] Hay, [1-1] Crawford, [1-2] Di Giacomo, [1-3] Di Giacomo, [1-4] Nish, [1-5] Nish`¨`¨
09/09/06 H 3-2 [0-1] Invincible, [1-1] Young, [1-2] Wales, [2-2] Mason, [3-2] Crawford`¨`¨

League Record

`¨`¨DUNFERMLINE
League One Position: 1st`¨
League Points: 81`¨
Goal Difference: +42`¨
League Record: P36 W23 D12 L1 GF63 GA21`¨
Last Six Competitive Match Form: WWDWWD

KILMARNOCK
Premiership Position: 10th`¨
League Points: 40`¨
Goal Difference: -25`¨
League Record: P38 W11 D7 L20 GF37 GA52`¨
Last Six Competitive Match Form: LWLWWW

Last Six Results

DUNFERMLINE
`¨Annan Athletic (H)
Raith Rovers (A) D 1p-1
Alloa Athletic (A) W 1-0
Hearts (H) D 1-1
St Johnstone (H) D 1-1
Cove Rangers (A) D 1-1

KILMARNOCK
Annan Athletic (H) W 3-0
Linfield (A) L 0-1
Glentoran (A) L 0-1
Ross County (H) W 3-1
Dundee United (A) W 3-0
St Johnstone (H) L 0-1

Last time out

DUNFERMLINE (v Annan Athletic): Deniz Mehmet: Sam Fisher, Kyle Benedictus (c), Rhys Breen: Aaron Comrie (Liam Hoggan 72), Ewan Otoo, Joe Chalmers (Paul Allan 57), Josh Edwards (Miller Fenton 72): Matty Todd (Andrew Tod 28), Craig Wighton, Lewis McCann (Taylor Sutherland 72).
SUBS NOT USED: Max Little (GK)

KILMARNOCK (v Annan Athletic): Will Dennis: Corrie Ndaba, Jack Sanders, Robbie Deas (Stuart Findlay 63), Liam Polworth (Kyle Magennis 63), Daniel Armstrong, Matthew Kennedy (Rory McKenzie 79), David Watson, Brad Lyons, Innes Cameron, Fraser Murray
SUBS NOT USED: Aaron Quigg, Steven Warnock, Bobby Wales, Aaron Brown, Kieran O`Hara, Kerr McInroy.

Referee will be Euan Anderson.

Other Group F fixture

Annan Athletic v Albion Rovers

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