Tennants Scottish Cup forth round Preview

By Chris Mac
February 3 2006

The biggest game we have played in ten years takes place tomorrow and if your not up for the challenge don't bother turning up. We have to be heard tomorrow and be the teams twelfth man if required.

Scottish Cup 4th Round
Preview For Saturday, 4th February 2006

Airdrie

V

Alan Kernaghan

Sandy Stewart


Last Result
1 - 1
(2 -3)Pens
2 - 0
4 - 0
3 - 2

Dundee

The first division teams in this competition have an opportunity to put there mark on the Scottish cup, ok we still have some big teams in there but we all have an equal opportunity on the day. The first step knock Dundee out tomorrow.

Alan McManus returns from his five match sabbatical to lead the defence in the fourth round of the Scottish cup, Stephen McKeown also returns after his one match ban received for two yellow cards in our match against Clyde two weeks ago. 

The worrying thing about this match is the bookies have us a favourites to win it, with the results shown above you can understand why but I prefer going in to these games as the underdog.

Sandy Stewart on tonights L107 spoke about Martin Hardie going to St Johnstone and how it would be a conflict of interest playing a player who had already signed for another club in the same division.

He doesn't think that we have any devine right to beat Dundee tomorrow even though we have beaten them three times, he has told the players this and and expects them to turn up tomorrow and give 100% effort. We go in to tomorrows match with seventeen players and every one is fit.



Match Preview by Chris Mac

Referee: John Underhill

Airdrie Possible Line Up

Robertson
McKenna, McManus, McGowan, Lovering,
McDougall,  McKeown, Holmes, McLaren
 McPhee. Prunty,


Opponents News

Alan Kernaghan has no new injury concerns but he comes to Airdrie without Defender Lee Wilkie and goalkeeper Kelvin Jack both are said to be on the road to recovery.

Dundee have gone six games unbeaten since our dramatic recovery in the boxing day match, they have won three drawn three.

But as we all know form goes out of the window when it comes to a one off cup match.



Airdrie V Head To Heads

 

    Airdrie United wins   draws   Dundee wins
League 3 0 0
Other 0 1 0
Total 3 1 0

Past Results

    Airdrie (old) wins   draws   Dundee wins
League 40 38 70
FA Cup 0 3 7
League Cup 2 2 9
Other 1 0 0
Total 43 43 86

 

Games: 14 Yellow Cards: 47 Red Cards: 2

Ref Review John Underhill

This Season Games: 24 Yellow Cards: 45 Red Cards: 5
Last Season Games: 27 Yellow Cards: 53 Red Cards: 5

Another referee who has done us no favours this season, Underhill controlled both our games against St Mirren and managed to send of two Airdrie players.

David Dunn in the first and Stephen Docherty for a sheer act of stupidity in the second.


Prediction

We have got to win this to keep the fun in this season adn I'm going to predict a 2-1 win.

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