Dunfermline Fc Hold Arbroath 0-0 in First-Leg Draw

Dunfermline fc and Arbroath finished 0-0 at East End Park in the first leg of their Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final. The result leaves the tie level after a flat night and keeps both clubs in the promotion race heading into next week.

East End Park Holds the Balance

The match stayed scoreless throughout, despite Dunfermline making 11 changes from Friday’s final regular-season Championship meeting between the sides. A win would have secured a home second leg for Dunfermline, but they could not find the goal that would have shifted the tie in their favour.

Oxborough started in goal for Dunfermline behind Chilokoa-Mullen, Abdulai, Ngwenya and Todd, with Gilmour, Amade, Fraser, Morrison, Kane and A. Tod also in the lineup. Arbroath began with McAdams, Stewart, Watson, O'Brien, Wilkie, Cochrane, Flynn, Macintyre, Marshall, Dow and Reilly.

Partick Thistle Waits

The draw pushes the quarter-final into next week with the winner set to face Partick Thistle. The side that comes through that tie will then meet whoever finishes 11th in the Premiership, so neither team has yet taken control of the route forward.

Amy Canavan reported from East End Park, where the game was described as a drab 0-0 draw. For Dunfermline, the scoreline keeps the tie alive; for Arbroath, it preserves their chance to turn a first-leg away result into a place in the next round.