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Dundee play host to Falkirk at Dens Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 51 wins out of 75 previous matches.
The last time the two teams met at Dundee was back in April 2003, over five years ago, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4-1 thriller, in an Scottish F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Wed 09 Apr | Dundee | 4-1 | Falkirk | SFAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | Falkirk | 1 - 1 | Dundee | SFAC |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 16 Jan | Falkirk | 0 - 1 | Dundee | SFAC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 25 Apr | Falkirk | 1 - 0 | Dundee | SCD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 27 Dec | Dundee | 0 - 1 | Falkirk | SCD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 25 Oct | Falkirk | 1 - 1 | Dundee | SCD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 02 Aug | Dundee | 3 - 0 | Falkirk | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Dundee are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the The Dee, with 1 goals against.
The Bairns have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Bairns's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 3 goals for and 1 against.
Dundee see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division One, showing a record of 4 points from their 3 games played so far, Falkirk are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 6 points from 3 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Dundee | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Dundee are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Falkirk will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Dundee | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Falkirk | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |