Date:22 Jan 2011
Kick-off:15:00
Venue:Dens Park Stadium
Attendance:4,763

Forsyth (7)

Goal!

Live Commentary

The game is over, as the referee blows his whistle.

91mins Leighton Mcintosh is brought on as a substitute for Tom Brighton.

89mins Corner taken by Jack Compton from the right by-line, Robert Douglas makes a save.

88mins Corner taken right-footed by Jack Compton from the left by-line, Craig McKeown manages to make a clearance.

87mins Free kick awarded for a foul by Gary Harkins on Burton O'Brien. Brian McLean takes the free kick.

77mins (Falkirk) makes a substitution, with Kallum Higginbotham coming on for Mark Millar.

82mins The referee blows for offside against Marc Twaddle. Craig McKeown restarts play with the free kick.

81mins Foul by Matthew Lockwood on Jack Compton, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Jack Compton.

81mins Leigh Griffiths has an effort at goal from outside the box which goes wide right of the goal.

80mins Brian McLean receives a caution. Brian McLean challenges Gary Irvine unfairly and gives away a free kick. Stephen O'Donnell restarts play with the free kick.

79mins Jack Compton delivers the ball, save made by Robert Douglas.

78mins Foul by Matthew Lockwood on Jack Compton, free kick awarded. Kallum Higginbotham takes the free kick.

77mins (Falkirk) makes a substitution, with Kallum Higginbotham coming on for Burton O'Brien.

76mins Mehdi Khalis goes into the referee's book.

74mins Unfair challenge on Gary Harkins by Mark Millar results in a free kick. Gary Harkins takes the free kick.

68mins Unfair challenge on Mark Millar by Rhys Weston results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Marc Twaddle.

67mins Carl Finnigan is shown a red card. Carl Finnigan is adjudged to have handled the ball. Direct free kick taken by Craig McKeown.

66mins Jack Compton takes a inswinging corner.

65mins Mark Stewart produces a drilled right-footed shot from 12 yards. Robert Douglas makes a save.

65mins Shot by Tom Brighton. Robert Olejnik makes a save.

65mins Stephen O'Donnell decides to take a short corner.

64mins Inswinging corner taken by Craig Forsyth, Robert Olejnik makes a save.

63mins Craig McKeown gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Mark Stewart. The free kick is swung in left-footed by Jack Compton, clearance by Craig Forsyth.

62mins Inswinging corner taken by Stephen O'Donnell, save made by Robert Olejnik.

61mins The assistant referee signals for offside against Mark Stewart. Craig McKeown takes the indirect free kick.

60mins Effort from outside the penalty area by Jack Compton goes wide left of the target.

59mins Effort on goal by Leigh Griffiths from long range goes harmlessly over the bar.

53mins Shot by Gary Harkins from outside the box goes over the net.

51mins Foul by Nicholas Riley on Ryan Flynn, free kick awarded. Jack Compton takes the direct free kick.

49mins Mark Millar receives a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.

48mins Mark Stewart gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Leigh Griffiths. Leigh Griffiths takes the free kick.

47mins The offside flag is raised against Mark Stewart. Craig McKeown restarts play with the free kick.

45mins Jack Compton replaces Stewart Murdoch.

45mins Kieran Duffie joins the action as a substitute, replacing Chris Mitchell.

The referee gets the second half underway.

The whistle is blown to end the first half.

46mins Craig Forsyth produces a cross, Robert Olejnik makes a save.

44mins The offside flag is raised against Ryan Flynn. Free kick taken by Craig McKeown.

43mins Floated corner taken by Chris Mitchell.

42mins Mark Stewart sends in a cross, clearance by Gary Irvine.

41mins Shot by Leigh Griffiths.

40mins The ball is delivered by Leigh Griffiths, Headed effort on goal by Craig Forsyth from inside the penalty box misses to the right of the target.

39mins Free kick awarded for a foul by Matthew Lockwood on Mark Millar. Marc Twaddle takes the free kick.

34mins Ryan Flynn fouled by Matthew Lockwood, the ref awards a free kick. Chris Mitchell delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from left wing, save by Robert Douglas.

33mins Carl Finnigan goes into the book. Carl Finnigan challenges Nicholas Riley unfairly and gives away a free kick. Craig Forsyth takes the free kick.

32mins Inswinging corner taken by Craig Forsyth, Chris Mitchell manages to make a clearance.

32mins Corner taken by Stephen O'Donnell from the left by-line, clearance made by Brian McLean.

31mins The ball is swung over by Leigh Griffiths, save by Robert Olejnik.

29mins Corner from the left by-line taken by Chris Mitchell, Rhys Weston makes a clearance.

28mins Nicholas Riley goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour. Free kick awarded for a foul by Nicholas Riley on Marc Twaddle. Chris Mitchell takes the free kick.

27mins Mark Stewart is caught offside. Craig McKeown takes the free kick.

26mins Tom Brighton concedes a free kick for a foul on Chris Mitchell. Burton O'Brien restarts play with the free kick.

26mins Ryan Flynn sends in a cross, Robert Douglas makes a comfortable save.

25mins Unfair challenge on Stewart Murdoch by Nicholas Riley results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Marc Twaddle.

23mins Booking for Burton O'Brien for dissent.

21mins Mehdi Khalis gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Stephen O'Donnell. Rhys Weston takes the direct free kick.

20mins The ball is sent over by Craig Forsyth, Mehdi Khalis manages to make a clearance.

19mins Burton O'Brien concedes a free kick for a foul on Stephen O'Donnell. Craig McKeown takes the free kick.

18mins The assistant referee flags for offside against Carl Finnigan. Craig McKeown takes the free kick.

17mins The ball is swung over by Marc Twaddle, clearance made by Craig McKeown.

17mins Mark Millar takes a shot. Save by Robert Douglas.

16mins Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Craig Forsyth from the right by-line, Robert Olejnik makes a comfortable save.

15mins Leigh Griffiths takes a shot. Save by Robert Olejnik.

15mins The ball is delivered by Craig Forsyth, clearance by Marc Twaddle.

7mins Craig Forsyth grabs a headed goal from close in. Dundee 1-0 Falkirk.Gary Irvine provided the assist for the goal.

7mins Foul by Chris Mitchell on Craig Forsyth, free kick awarded. Matthew Lockwood takes the free kick.

5mins Leigh Griffiths gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Marc Twaddle. Robert Olejnik takes the free kick.

5mins Corner from the left by-line taken by Stephen O'Donnell, save by Robert Olejnik.

4mins Craig Forsyth takes the inswinging corner, clearance by Carl Finnigan.

4mins Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Stephen O'Donnell by Mark Millar. Shot comes in from Gary Harkins from the free kick, Robert Olejnik makes a save.

3mins Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Craig Forsyth, save made by Robert Olejnik.

3mins Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Stephen O'Donnell, Craig McKeown takes a shot. Clearance made by Marc Twaddle.

3mins A cross is delivered by Craig Forsyth, clearance by Mehdi Khalis.

2mins Unfair challenge on Gary Irvine by Carl Finnigan results in a free kick. Gary Irvine takes the direct free kick.

1mins The ball is swung over by Craig Forsyth.

The match has kicked off.

Match Preview

Griffiths back from ban Dundee welcome back sought after striker Leigh Griffiths from suspension to their squad for the visit of Falkirk. Griffiths is back and looks set to take the place of Sean Higgins, who drops out as the result of a ban. Following the application of their 25-point penalty last weekend a win for the Dark Blues could see them move to within a point of second-bottom Stirling Albion. Dens Park boss Barry Smith is looking for his men to keep battling away in the manner he has grown accustomed to. Smith said: "The players have battled for everything since I took over in October and they showed that again last week against Dunfermline when we had only the 10 men. We will need that against Falkirk as well." Falkirk striker Mark Stewart returns to the squad. Stewart is back in but the game has came too soon for fellow front man Tam McManus, who is battling his way back following knee surgery. The Bairns lost heavily to Queen of the South last week and crashed out of the Scottish Cup to Partick Thistle in midweek. Manager Steven Pressley said: "It has not been the best of weeks and of course it was really disappointing to go out of the Cup but the boys have shown in training how determined they are to put things right. "The goals we lost to Queen of the South were poor but we performed a lot better against Partick and if we build on that we will do fine at Dens Park."

Formation:442Manager: Jocky Scott

Dundee

Formation: 442Manager: Steven Pressley

Falkirk

Robert Douglas
Gary Irvine
Craig McKeown
Rhys Weston
Matthew Lockwood
Nicholas Riley
Stephen O'Donnell
Gary Harkins
Craig Forsyth
Leigh Griffiths
Tom Brighton
SUBS
John Gibson
Kyle Benedictis
Johnny Stewart
Connor Rennie
Leighton Mcintosh

Home

Away

Robert Olejnik
Chris Mitchell
Brian McLean
Mehdi Khalis
Marc Twaddle
Mark Stewart
Burton O'Brien
Mark Millar
Stewart Murdoch
Carl Finnigan
Ryan Flynn
SUBS
Jamie Barclay
Kieran Duffie
Thomas Scobbie
Kallum Higginbotham
Jack Compton

Match Report

Forsyth strike proves decisive An early Craig Forsyth goal proved enough for Dundee to claim a 1-0 win over 10-man Falkirk in an ill-disciplined match. The midfielder headed the only goal from close range in the eighth minute after connecting with Gary Irvine`s cross. It came after the home side, who are currently bottom of Scottish Division One, peppered Falkirk`s goal in the opening minutes. Marc Twaddle cleared Craig McKeown`s header before Falkirk `keeper Robert Olejnik saved Forsyth`s shot in the fourth minute. Forsyth then came close again five minutes before the break but failed to double the score as his header was wide. There were seven yellow cards in the game, six for the visitors, with Falkirk`s Carl Finnegan seeing red in the 68th minute for his second bookable offence after he handled the ball. The win sees Dundee close the gap with Stirling at the bottom of the table to one point.

Form Guide

WWWWWD Dundee VS Falkirk DLWDWL

Last Meetings

Falkirk 3 - 3 Dundee 30/10/2010 Dundee 2 - 0 Falkirk 28/08/2010 Falkirk 1 - 0 Dundee 25/04/1998 Dundee 0 - 1 Falkirk 27/12/1997 Falkirk 1 - 1 Dundee 25/10/1997 Dundee 3 - 0 Falkirk 02/08/1997

Top Scorers

Dundee L Griffiths 8 G Harkins 3 N Riley 3 S O'Donnell 2 S Higgins 2 C McKeown 1 C Forsyth 1 Falkirk M Stewart 6 C Finnigan 4 R Flynn 4 T McManus 2 M Twaddle 2 J Compton 2 K Higginbotham 2 B McLean 1 M Millar 1

Goals

Dundee Total goals 40 Goals per game 26 2 (For) Period 0-10 mins 2 (For) 2 (Against) Period 11-20 mins 3 (For) 1 (Against) Period 21-30 mins 2 (For) 1 (Against) Period 31-40 mins 4 (For) 3 (Against) Period 41-50 mins 4 (For) 1 (Against) Period 51-60 mins 3 (For) 1 (Against) Period 61-70 mins 1 (For) 4 (Against) Period 71-80 mins 5 (For) 1 (Against) Period 81-90 mins Falkirk Total goals 46 Goals per game 32 4 (For) 2 (Against) Period 0-10 mins 4 (For) 2 (Against) Period 11-20 mins 1 (For) 3 (Against) Period 21-30 mins 3 (For) 2 (Against) Period 31-40 mins 1 (For) 4 (Against) Period 41-50 mins 4 (For) Period 51-60 mins 2 (For) 1 (Against) Period 61-70 mins 8 (For) 2 (Against) Period 71-80 mins 5 (For) 3 (Against) Period 81-90 mins