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Dunfermline 2-1 Brechin City - December 23, 2017 / Championship 2017/2018

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Championship 2017/2018 - Round 18

East End Park - Dunfermline - Scotland

December 23, 2017

4 595

2 - 1

Brechin City

Assist by Nicky Clark (right foot) Declan McManus

22'

Assist by Joe Cardle (right foot) Michael Paton

49'

59'

Connor McLennan (right foot) Assist by James Dale

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22' - Goal Declan McManus22

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46' - Substitution Paul McLeanis substituted by James Dale

49' - Goal Michael Paton49

55' - Substitution Kalvin Orsiis substituted by Connor McLennan

59' - Goal Connor McLennan

62' - Yellow card Sean Crighton

77' - Substitution Jordan Sinclairis substituted by Finn Graham

78' - Substitution Dean Shielsis substituted by Fraser Aird photo Kallum Higginbotham

78' - Substitution Joe Cardleis substituted by Kallum Higginbotham78

79' - Substitution Declan McManusis substituted by Andy Ryan79

93' - Yellow card Finn Graham

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Dunfermline

2 - 1

Brechin City

Dunfermline Brechin City

Team line-ups

Dunfermline

1 Murdoch

Sean Murdoch

Scotland

B.date31/07/1986

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

5 Morris

Callum Morris

Northern Ireland

B.date03/02/1990

Age27 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

6 Ashcroft

Lee Ashcroft

Scotland

B.date29/08/1993

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

14 Talbot

Jason Talbot

England

B.date30/09/1985

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

2 Williamson

Ryan Williamson

Scotland

B.date14/03/1996

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

8 Wedderburn

Nathaniel Wedderburn

England

B.date30/06/1991

Age26 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

27 Shiels78

Dean Shiels

Northern Ireland

B.date01/02/1985

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

11 Cardle78

Joe Cardle

England

B.date07/02/1987

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15 Paton49

Michael Paton

Scotland

B.date25/03/1989

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

9 McManus2279

Declan McManus

Scotland

B.date03/08/1994

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

10 Clark

Nicky Clark

Scotland

B.date03/06/1991

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sean Murdoch		31	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Callum Morris		27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Lee Ashcroft		24	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Jason Talbot		32	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Ryan Williamson		21	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Nathaniel Wedderburn		26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Dean Shiels	78	32	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Joe Cardle	78	30	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Michael Paton	49	28	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Declan McManus	2279	23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Nicky Clark		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Brechin City

1 G. Smith

Graeme Smith

Scotland

B.date08/06/1983

Age34 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

20 Crighton62

Sean Crighton

Scotland

B.date26/03/1990

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

2 McLean46

Paul McLean

Scotland

B.date02/02/1990

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

21 Sinclair77

Jordan Sinclair

Scotland

B.date11/07/1996

Age21 years

positionMidfield

4 Fusco

Gary Fusco

Scotland

B.date01/06/1982

Age35 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

14 Lynas

Aron Lynas

Scotland

B.date19/04/1996

Age21 years

positionMidfield

11 Watt

Liam Watt

Scotland

B.date21/01/1994

Age23 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

15 Spark

Euan Spark

Scotland

B.date29/11/1996

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

29 Euan Smith

Euan Smith

Scotland

B.date29/01/1994

Age23 years

H1m88

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

18 Orsi55

Kalvin Orsi

Scotland

B.date15/04/1997

Age20 years

H1m80

positionForward

10 Layne

Isaac Layne

England

B.date16/05/1995

Age22 years

H1m80

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Graeme Smith		34	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Sean Crighton	62	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Paul McLean	46	27	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Jordan Sinclair	77	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Gary Fusco		35	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Aron Lynas		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Liam Watt		23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Euan Spark		21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Euan Smith		23	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Kalvin Orsi	55	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Isaac Layne		22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	G	Cameron Gill		19
3	D	Lewis Martin		21
4	D	Jean-Yves M'voto		29
17	D	Fraser Aird	78	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Kallum Higginbotham	78	28	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Andy Ryan	79	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Callum Smith		18

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	G	Patrick O'Neil		25
12	D	Chris O'Neil		22
8	M	Finn Graham	7793	21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ally Love		26
17	F	Connor McLennan	5955	18	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	F	James Dale	46	24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Andy Jackson		29

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Paton

Kallum Higginbotham

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aron Lynas

William Dyer

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Allan Johnston

119

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Johnston vs Brechin City

11 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2017

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Referee

Greg Aitken

7 victories	10 draws	3 losses	Dunfermline20 matches	General total	Brechin City11 matches	2 victories	2 draws	7 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Dunfermline2 matches	Season total	Brechin City2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 22, 2023					Latest figure on March 30, 2019

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Comments

Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before has reached 55% of losses .

Brechin City keeps its 20 consecutive matches without a win in Championship running (since 15/04/2006). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/05/2004-17/12/2005 time period (21 matches).

The last time Dunfermline has ended with the score 2-1 , It was on the 10/12/2016 (vs )

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

	1	St. Mirren	38 pts	18 rd
	2	Dundee United	36 pts	17 rd
+2	3	Dunfermline Athletic	26 pts	18 rd
+2	4	Greenock Morton	26 pts	17 rd
-2	5	Queen of the South	26 pts	17 rd

General ranking

-2	6	Livingston	26 pts	16 rd
	7	Inverness	20 pts	17 rd
	8	Dumbarton	19 pts	17 rd
	9	Falkirk	11 pts	16 rd
	10	Brechin City	3 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VDunfermline Athletic 3-0 St. Mirren16/09/2017

LDunfermline Athletic 1-3 Dundee United30/09/2017

VDunfermline Athletic 3-1 Livingston21/10/2017

DDunfermline Athletic 1-1 Greenock Morton21/11/2017

DDunfermline Athletic 2-2 Dumbarton25/11/2017

LDunfermline Athletic 2-5 Queen of the South09/12/2017

Overall

VQueen's Park Glasgow 1-4 Dunfermline Athletic18/11/2017

DDunfermline Athletic 1-1 Greenock Morton21/11/2017

DDunfermline Athletic 2-2 Dumbarton25/11/2017

LDundee United 2-1 Dunfermline Athletic02/12/2017

LDunfermline Athletic 2-5 Queen of the South09/12/2017

LSt. Mirren 1-0 Dunfermline Athletic16/12/2017

Current form

Away

LDumbarton 2-1 Brechin City16/09/2017

LSt. Mirren 2-1 Brechin City30/09/2017

LLivingston 3-2 Brechin City28/10/2017

VBuckie Thistle 2-3 Brechin City18/11/2017

LInverness 4-0 Brechin City28/11/2017

LGreenock Morton 4-1 Brechin City02/12/2017

Overall

LBrechin City 0-1 Dumbarton04/11/2017

VBuckie Thistle 2-3 Brechin City18/11/2017

DBrechin City 1-1 Dundee United25/11/2017

LInverness 4-0 Brechin City28/11/2017

LGreenock Morton 4-1 Brechin City02/12/2017

LBrechin City 1-2 St. Mirren09/12/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	15	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	12	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	17	23

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	General ranking (Competition total)	10
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
6	Victories (Competition total)	0
4	Victories (Home / Away)	0
5	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
6	Losses (Competition total)	13
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.69
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.86
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.25
1.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.86

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-4 (2 times)

Bookings

43	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Joe Cardle	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Kalvin Orsi
Joe Cardle	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Jordan Sinclair
Kallum Higginbotham	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Kalvin Orsi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Kalvin Orsi
Kallum Higginbotham	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Liam Watt
Kallum Higginbotham	6 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Ally Love
Nicky Clark	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Isaac Layne

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

19 v

3 d

4 l

83 gf

24 ga

Away

30 matches

19 v

5 d

6 l

75 gf

33 ga

Total

56 matches

38 v

8 d

10 l

158 gf

57 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

6 v

5 d

19 l

33 gf

75 ga

Away

26 matches

4 v

3 d

19 l

24 gf

83 ga

Total

56 matches

10 v

8 d

38 l

57 gf

158 ga

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 1	December 14, 1929
Home	10 - 1	December 14, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 18, 2015
Away	2 - 0	April 18, 1987

Latest head to head

September 23, 2017 - Championship 2017/2018

Brechin City

0 - 3

Dunfermline

September 03, 2016 - Challenge Cup 2016/2017

Brechin City

1 - 5

Dunfermline

March 26, 2016 - League One 2015/2016

Dunfermline

3 - 1

Brechin City logo Brechin City

February 20, 2016 - League One 2015/2016

Brechin City

1 - 2

Dunfermline

December 05, 2015 - League One 2015/2016

Dunfermline

3 - 1

Brechin City logo Brechin City

Best historical scorers against Brechin City

Fayssal El Bakhtaoui	5 goals	2015 - 2016
Ryan Wallace	4 goals	2013 - 2015
Josh Falkingham	4 goals	2015 - 2016
Lee Ashcroft	3 goals	2016 - 2017
Lawrence Shankland	2 goals	2014 - 2014
Declan McManus	1 goal	2017 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Dunfermline

Allan Trouten	3 goals	2015 - 2015
Andy Jackson	3 goals	2013 - 2015
Robert Thomson	3 goals	2014 - 2016
Paul McLean	2 goals	2013 - 2015
Derek Carcary	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Darren Petrie	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Brechin City

Andrew Geggan	12 matches	2013 - 2016
Josh Falkingham	11 matches	2013 - 2016
Michael Moffat	8 matches	2014 - 2016
Lewis Martin	8 matches	2014 - 2016
Ryan Scully	8 matches	2013 - 2015
Ryan Wallace	8 matches	2013 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Dunfermline

Graeme Smith	14 matches	2013 - 2017
Paul McLean	13 matches	2013 - 2017
Craig Molloy	11 matches	2013 - 2016
Andy Jackson	11 matches	2013 - 2016
Robert Thomson	9 matches	2014 - 2016
Gary Fusco	7 matches	2014 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/2013. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Allan Smith

59 matches

3 matches

2012 - 2015

Lewis Spence

45 matches

20 matches

2013 - 2017

Kyle McAusland

14 matches

11 matches

2014 - 2015

Andy Ryan

11 matches

4 matches

2013 - 2017

Ryan Ferguson

10 matches

55 matches

2013 - 2015

Chris McGroarty

9 matches

2 matches

2001 - 2009

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/07/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Robert Thomson

9 matches

92 matches

2013 - 2016

Finn Graham

5 matches

63 matches

2014 - 2017

Ryan Ferguson

10 matches

55 matches

2013 - 2015

Lewis Spence

45 matches

20 matches

2013 - 2017

Kyle McAusland

14 matches

11 matches

2014 - 2015

Andy Ryan

11 matches

4 matches

2013 - 2017

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/07/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 23, 2017

Dumbarton

0 0

Falkirk

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	St. Mirren	38	18	12	2	4	35	22	+13
2	Dundee United	36	17	11	3	3	25	14	+11
+23	Dunfermline Athletic	26	18	7	5	6	34	24	+10
+24	Greenock Morton	26	17	7	5	5	25	18	+7
-25	Queen of the South	26	17	7	5	5	30	24	+6
-26	Livingston	26	16	7	5	4	24	21	+3
7	Inverness	20	17	5	5	7	18	19	-1
8	Dumbarton	19	17	4	7	6	14	21	-7
9	Falkirk	11	16	1	8	7	9	25	-16
10	Brechin City	3	17	0	3	14	12	38	-26

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Dunfermline 2-1 Brechin City - December 23, 2017 / Championship 2017/2018

Dunfermline

2 - 1

Brechin City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Johnston vs Brechin City

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Brechin City

Best historical scorers against Dunfermline

Players with most games played vs Brechin City

Players with most games played vs Dunfermline

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking