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Hearts face a trip to Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 24 of the 51 previous games, with the hosts winning just 16.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Scottish League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Dec | Hearts | 3 - 0 | Dunfermline A. | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 10 Nov | Dunfermline A. | 1 - 3 | Hearts | SLC |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 19 Sep | Dunfermline A. | 1 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 May | Hearts | 2 - 1 | Dunfermline A. | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 28 Feb | Dunfermline A. | 0 - 0 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Dec | Dunfermline A. | 2 - 1 | Hearts | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 31 Aug | Hearts | 1 - 0 | Dunfermline A. | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Dunfermline Athletic have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
Hearts have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Jambo's's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
Dunfermline A. see themselves just below half way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, showing a record of 25 points from their 27 games played so far, Hearts's 41 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Dunfermline A. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Hearts | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Hearts are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Dunfermline A.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Dunfermline A. | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Hearts | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |