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Falkirk 3-1 East Fife - July 25, 2015 / Challenge Cup 2015/2016

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Challenge Cup 2015/2016 - First round

Falkirk Stadium - Falkirk - Scotland

July 25, 2015

Falkirk

3 - 1

East Fife

Assist by Craig Sibbald (header) Peter Grant

Assist by Blair AlstonRobert McHugh

90+1'

Assist by David SmithJohn Baird

90+3'

14'

Kevin Smith

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2' - Goal Peter Grant2

14' - Goal Kevin Smith

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54' - Substitution Will Vaulksis substituted by Blair Alston54

55' - Substitution Craig Sibbaldis substituted by David Smith55

72' - Substitution Jordan Austinis substituted by Craig Sutherland

78' - Yellow card Kevin Smith

80' - Substitution Ross Brownis substituted by Patrick Slattery

87' - Yellow card Patrick Slattery

91' - Goal Robert McHugh91

93' - Goal John Baird93

94' - Yellow card Paul Watson94

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Falkirk

3 - 1

East Fife

Falkirk East Fife

Team line-ups

Falkirk

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19McHugh91

Robert McHugh

Scotland

B.date16/07/1991

Age24 years

positionSecond striker

9Baird93

John Baird

Scotland

B.date22/08/1985

Age29 years

positionStriker

10Sibbald55

Craig Sibbald

Scotland

B.date18/05/1995

Age20 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Kerr

Mark Kerr

Scotland

B.date02/03/1982

Age33 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

6Vaulks54

Will Vaulks

Wales

B.date13/09/1993

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

7Taiwo

Tom Taiwo

England

B.date27/02/1990

Age25 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Leahy

Luke Leahy

England

B.date20/11/1992

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

44Watson94

Paul Watson

Scotland

B.date20/12/1990

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

14Grant2

Peter Grant

Scotland

B.date11/03/1994

Age21 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

4Muirhead

Aaron Muirhead

Scotland

B.date30/08/1990

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

1Rogers

Danny Rogers

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/03/1994

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Danny Rogers		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Will Vaulks	54	21	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Peter Grant	2	21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	D	Paul Watson	94	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Luke Leahy		22	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Aaron Muirhead		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Tom Taiwo		25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mark Kerr		33	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Craig Sibbald	55	20	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Robert McHugh	91	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	John Baird	93	29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

East Fife

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Austin72

Jordan Austin

Scotland

B.date03/10/1995

Age19 years

positionStriker

10Smith1478

Kevin Smith

Scotland

B.date20/03/1987

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

11Wilkie

Kyle Wilkie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1991

Age24 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

2Mullen

Fraser Mullen

Scotland

B.date08/11/1993

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

8Brown80

Ross Brown

Scotland

B.date10/06/1993

Age22 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

7Murray

Craig Murray

Scotland

B.date16/07/1994

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

16Mercer

Scott Mercer

Scotland

B.date18/06/1995

Age20 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

4Page

Jonathan Page

Scotland

B.date08/02/1990

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

12O'Kane

Declan O'Kane

Scotland

B.date06/03/1995

Age20 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

14MacGregor

Graeme MacGregor

Scotland

B.date14/06/1993

Age22 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

1Goodfellow

Ryan Goodfellow

Scotland

B.date26/05/1993

Age22 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ryan Goodfellow		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jonathan Page		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Fraser Mullen		21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Scott Mercer		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Declan O'Kane		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ross Brown	80	22	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Kyle Wilkie		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Craig Murray		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Graeme MacGregor		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jordan Austin	72	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Kevin Smith	1478	28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Graham Bowman		22
15	D	Liam Dick		19
13	D	Alan Maybury		36
17	M	David Smith	55	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Blair Alston	54	23	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Ryan Blair		19

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Mikey Couser		20
17	D	Jason Kerr		18
15	D	Gary Naysmith		36
3	M	Patrick Slattery	8087	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Craig Sutherland	72	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Danny Rogers

Jamie MacDonald

OUT

Paul Watson

David McCracken

OUT

Robert McHugh

Rory Loy

OUT

Aaron Muirhead

Kieran Duffie

OUT

Mark Kerr

Blair Alston

OUT

John Baird

David Smith

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jordan Austin

Derek Riordan

OUT

Kyle Wilkie

Allan Walker

OUT

Ryan Goodfellow

Allan Fleming

OUT

Scott Mercer

Liam Smith

OUT

Declan O'Kane

Julen Etxabeguren

OUT

Craig Murray

Scott Smith

OUT

Graeme MacGregor

Nathan Austin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Houston

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Houston vs East Fife

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 25, 2015

Houston vs Naysmith

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on July 25, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Naysmith

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Naysmith vs Falkirk

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 25, 2015

Naysmith vs Houston

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 25, 2015

Referee

Euan Anderson

19 victories	6 draws	7 losses	Falkirk32 matches	General total	East Fife9 matches	1 victory	2 draws	6 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Falkirk1 match	Season total	East Fife1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 09, 2024					Latest figure on August 14, 2021

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Key figures

Falkirk keeps its 4 consecutive wins vs East Fife running (since 30/11/1996). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 18/01/1986 (2 matches)

It's the first time Kevin Smith scores 1 goal in Scottish Challenge Cup

Tom Taiwo played his game number 250 in his professional career

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFalkirk 2-0 Livingston21/02/2015

DFalkirk 1-1 Glasgow Rangers27/02/2015

LFalkirk 0-3 Heart of Midlothian21/03/2015

VFalkirk 1-0 Cowdenbeath31/03/2015

VFalkirk 1-0 Raith Rovers04/04/2015

LFalkirk 0-3 Hibernian02/05/2015

Overall

LLivingston 2-1 Falkirk08/04/2015

LQueen of the South 1-0 Falkirk12/04/2015

VHibernian 0-1 Falkirk18/04/2015

DGlasgow Rangers 2-2 Falkirk25/04/2015

LFalkirk 0-3 Hibernian02/05/2015

LInverness 2-1 Falkirk30/05/2015

Current form

Away

LQueen's Park Glasgow 1-0 East Fife07/03/2015

LEast Stirlingshire 2-0 East Fife14/03/2015

LClyde 1-0 East Fife04/04/2015

LAnnan Athletic 2-1 East Fife18/04/2015

VBerwick Rangers 0-3 East Fife25/04/2015

LStenhousemuir 3-1 East Fife09/05/2015

Overall

VEast Fife 1-0 Albion Rovers11/04/2015

LAnnan Athletic 2-1 East Fife18/04/2015

VBerwick Rangers 0-3 East Fife25/04/2015

VEast Fife 3-1 Elgin City02/05/2015

DEast Fife 1-1 Stenhousemuir06/05/2015

LStenhousemuir 3-1 East Fife09/05/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	9	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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Goals

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Betting aid

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Bookings

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Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

12 v

9 d

8 l

62 gf

39 ga

Away

29 matches

8 v

7 d

14 l

36 gf

50 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

60 matches

20 v

17 d

23 l

99 gf

93 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

14 v

7 d

8 l

50 gf

36 ga

Away

29 matches

8 v

9 d

12 l

39 gf

62 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

60 matches

23 v

17 d

20 l

93 gf

99 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	March 21, 1936
Home	8 - 0	March 21, 1936

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 28, 1956
Away	5 - 2	April 18, 1979

Latest head to head

January 07, 2012 - Scottish FA Cup 2011/2012

Falkirk

2 - 0

East Fife

March 22, 1997 - First Division 1996/1997

Falkirk

3 - 1

East Fife

January 18, 1997 - First Division 1996/1997

East Fife

0 - 2

Falkirk

November 30, 1996 - First Division 1996/1997

Falkirk

2 - 1

East Fife

October 05, 1996 - First Division 1996/1997

East Fife

3 - 1

Falkirk

Best historical scorers against East Fife

	Farid El Alagui	1 goal	2012 - 2012
	Darren Dods	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/01/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Falkirk

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/01/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs East Fife

Kieran Duffie	1 match	2012 - 2012
Darren Dods	1 match	2012 - 2012
Stewart Murdoch	1 match	2012 - 2012
Blair Alston	1 match	2012 - 2012
Farid El Alagui	1 match	2012 - 2012
Dale Fulton	1 match	2012 - 2012