Dunfermline vs Forfar Athletic preview - Millen missing for Pars

Posted Friday, April 24, 2015 by PA

Dunfermline's hopes for promotion have ended and they face third-placed Forfar without the suspended Ross Millen.

The Pars are also missing the injured Ryan Wallace (hip) and Jim Paterson (ankle).

Manager John Potter said: "We have not beaten Forfar this season and it would be great to finally do that. We are not going for promotion anymore but there are contracts available for next season.

"This will be a very competitive game as Forfar have plenty to play for and we have to be ready for that. Our biggest failing this season has been not scoring goals when we are on top and it would be nice to finally change that."

Forfar will be without former Dunfermline defender Iain Campbell as he has returned to Cowdenbeath at the end of his loan spell.

Mark Baxter and Derek Young are both rated as major doubts due to injury, with manager Dick Campbell looking for an improvement from his title-chasing squad.

Campbell said: "Dunfermline would be delighted to end our interest in the title but we cannot let them do that. We need to raise our game after a very disappointing display at Peterhead last weekend when we got the defeat we deserved.

"I did not see that bad performance coming and hopefully we can get back to the high standards expected."