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Dunfermline Athletic v Falkirk : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 27th Dec, 19:45 BST, East End Park, Dunfermline

Dunfermline Athletic are in Championship action on Friday evening, as James McPake aims to beat John McGlynn and his Falkirk side at the East End Park. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head stats across every market, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this Championship clash.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Dunfermline
30%
--
Draw
29%
--
Falkirk
42%
--
Falkirk 1-0
13%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Draw 0-0
11%
--
Dunfermline 1-0
11%
--
Falkirk 2-0
8%
--
Falkirk 2-1
8%
--
Dunfermline 2-1
7%
--
Dunfermline 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Falkirk 3-0
3%
--
Falkirk 3-1
3%
--
Dunfermline 3-1
2%
--
Dunfermline 3-0
2%
--
Falkirk 3-2
2%
--
Dunfermline 3-2
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
38%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
62%
--
Home 1st Goal
43%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
8%
--
BTTS - Yes
44%
--
BTTS - No
56%
--
BTTS - Home Win
11%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
--
Home/draw
58%
--
Away/draw
70%
--
Home/away
71%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
65%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
35%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
18%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
82%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
89%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
11%
--
Home DNB
50%
--
Away DNB
62%
--
Dunfermline win to nil
18%
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Falkirk win to nil
26%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Dunfermline have played 16 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Dunfermline have conceded 14 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Dunfermline have played 9 games at home, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 11 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Falkirk lay in 1st place on 38 points in the Championship league table having played 16 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 31 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Falkirk have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Falkirk have played 8 away games, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Dunfermline
Falkirk
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Falkirk A162238 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
Dec 27
Mar 8
-
-
-
-
2
Livingston15930 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
Mar 22
Feb 15
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
Feb 1
Mar 29
3
Ayr United16828 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
Jan 11
Mar 29
w
 
2-0F
Dec 14
Feb 15
Apr 12
4
Partick15926 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
Apr 19
Jan 4
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
Feb 25
Apr 26
5
Queen's Park16225 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
Feb 22
Apr 12
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
Jan 11
Mar 15
6
Dunfermline H16-415 
-
-
-
-
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
Mar 8
Dec 27
7
Hamilton15-715 
w
 
3-2F
l
 
1-0A
Apr 5
Feb 25
Dec 21
w
 
1-3F
May 2
Mar 1
8
Raith Rovers15-815 
w
 
2-0F
Dec 14
Feb 1
Mar 15
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
Apr 19
Jan 25
9
Greenock 15-815 
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 21
Mar 1
May 2
w
 
6-0F
w
 
2-3A
Apr 5
Feb 22
10
Airdrieonians15-235 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 26
Jan 25
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
Mar 22
Jan 3
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Win / draw / win form
Dunfermline 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dunfermline3 - 2Hamilton
Dunfermline1 - 0Airdrieonians
Dunfermline0 - 1Partick
Dunfermline3 - 0Livingston
Dunfermline0 - 0Greenock
Dunfermline1 - 2Queen's Park
Dunfermline2 - 0Raith Rovers
Dunfermline1 - 1Ayr United
Dunfermline0 - 2Falkirk
Dunfermline1 - 1Inverness
Dunfermline0 - 0Queen's Park
Dunfermline1 - 1Partick
Dunfermline3 - 1Dundee Utd
Dunfermline0 - 2Airdrieonians
Dunfermline2 - 0Ayr United
Dunfermline1 - 1Arbroath
Dunfermline0 - 3Queen's Park
Dunfermline0 - 5Greenock
Dunfermline1 - 2Raith Rovers
Dunfermline1 - 2Partick
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDunfermline3 - 2Hamilton
ADunfermline0 - 1Ayr United
HDunfermline1 - 0Airdrieonians
ADunfermline1 - 2Queen's Park
HDunfermline0 - 1Partick
HDunfermline3 - 0Livingston
ADunfermline1 - 2Falkirk
HDunfermline0 - 0Greenock
ADunfermline1 - 1Airdrieonians
HDunfermline1 - 2Queen's Park
ADunfermline0 - 1Partick
HDunfermline2 - 0Raith Rovers
HDunfermline1 - 1Ayr United
ADunfermline0 - 1Hamilton
HDunfermline0 - 2Falkirk
ADunfermline0 - 2Livingston
ADunfermline3 - 3Ayr United
HDunfermline1 - 1Inverness
HDunfermline0 - 0Queen's Park
ADunfermline1 - 2Airdrieonians
Falkirk 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Queen's Park0 - 1Falkirk
Livingston1 - 0Falkirk
Hamilton1 - 3Falkirk
Partick1 - 1Falkirk
Raith Rovers1 - 0Falkirk
Airdrieonians0 - 2Falkirk
Greenock 2 - 3Falkirk
Dunfermline0 - 2Falkirk
Dundee Utd2 - 0Falkirk
Dunfermline0 - 1Falkirk
Queen'South1 - 1Falkirk
Inverness0 - 0Falkirk
Ross County2 - 1Falkirk
Greenock 1 - 1Falkirk
Alloa Athletic1 - 2Falkirk
Partick1 - 1Falkirk
Ayr United0 - 1Falkirk
Dundee Utd2 - 1Falkirk
Inverness2 - 3Falkirk
Dunfermline0 - 1Falkirk
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HFalkirk3 - 0Raith Rovers
AFalkirk1 - 0Queen's Park
AFalkirk0 - 1Livingston
HFalkirk2 - 0Airdrieonians
HFalkirk6 - 0Greenock
HFalkirk2 - 1Dunfermline
AFalkirk3 - 1Hamilton
AFalkirk1 - 1Partick
HFalkirk0 - 0Livingston
HFalkirk2 - 0Ayr United
AFalkirk0 - 1Raith Rovers
AFalkirk2 - 0Airdrieonians
AFalkirk3 - 2Greenock
HFalkirk2 - 1Partick
AFalkirk2 - 0Dunfermline
HFalkirk2 - 1Queen's Park
HFalkirk3 - 2Ross County
AFalkirk0 - 2Dundee Utd
HFalkirk0 - 2Greenock
AFalkirk1 - 0Dunfermline
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Dunfermline since 2016
Dunfermline
Falkirk
Goals: Scored
7
8
Games: Scored
4 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
3 / 7
DUN
2
D
1
FKK
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Dunfermline
0 - 2Falkirk
0 - 1Falkirk
0 - 1Falkirk
Dunfermline2 - 0
Dunfermline3 - 1
1 - 2Falkirk
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Falkirk since 2016
Falkirk
Dunfermline
Goals: Scored
10
11
Games: Scored
6 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
1 / 7
DUN
3
D
1
FKK
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Falkirk
Falkirk2 - 1
2 - 4Dunfermline
0 - 2Dunfermline
1 - 2Dunfermline
Draw1 - 1Draw
Falkirk2 - 0
Falkirk2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Falkirk's defensive record is very strong, John McGlynn's men having conceded 1 or less in 12 consecutive Championship outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.0 for Dunfermline Athletic makes sense in this context.

Dunfermline 6th Falkirk 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Dunfermline scoring 1 goal or less
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Falkirk will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-19
Dunfermline have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted
=0
Falkirk’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
0.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Dunfermline
PG (predicted goals)
Falkirk
1
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
DUN
FKK
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
DUN
FKK
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Dunfermline v Falkirk Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Dunfermline Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16345
A ComrieJ. CooperD WotherspoonE Otoo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Comrie DEF16
3
-
E Otoo DEF162
5
-
D Wotherspoon MID1514
2
-
K Ritchie-Hosler MID151
3
-
C Hamilton MID14
1
-
K Ngwenya DEF131
2
-
L McCann FWD1321
1
-
J. Cooper MID1231
1
-
J Chalmers MID12
-
C Wighton FWD12
1
-
C Kane FWD123
1
-
M Todd MID112
1
-
O Oluwayemi GLK10
1
-
K Benedictus DEF101
-
S Young DEF10
1
-
T Sutherland FWD9
-
T. Fogarty DEF7
2
-
D Mehmet GLK6
-
S Fisher DEF5
1
-
M O'Halloran FWD2
-
R Breen DEF1
-
A. Tod MID1
-
Falkirk Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16546
N. HogarthC MillerC MillerD Tait
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N. Hogarth GLK16
1
-
K. Adams DEF1633
2
-
L Henderson DEF161
3
-
F. Yeats MID16
1
-
E Ross MID1641
1
-
C Miller MID1654
-
B Spencer MID1651
5
-
D Tait MID1522
6
-
G Oliver FWD1511
-
A. Agyeman FWD153
2
-
M McKenna MID14
-
A Nesbitt MID1212
1
-
R MacIver FWD111
2
-
L Mccann DEF10
-
S Mackie DEF92
4
-
R Shanley FWD8
1
-
C Morrison FWD81
-
C Donaldson DEF51
-