Dunfermline and Arbroath go head-to-head in the first leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final, with the match live on BBC platforms.
Dunfermline Athletic and Arbroath go head-to-head in the first leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final, just four days after slugging out a 0-0 draw in their final match of the regular season.
Expect a much more highly charged two-legged affair between the two this week, with both matches shown live on BBC Scotland, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
After Friday's match, Dunfermline manager Neil Lennon talked about wanting to shelve talk of the Scottish Cup final with Celtic for now and have a mentality shift to really focus on these next two matches.
Arbroath assured themselves of third place with a point at East End Park and the slight advantage of being at home for the second leg. Without question, the Red Lichties have been one of the success stories of the season.
Under the co-management of David Gold and Colin Hamilton they have exceeded all expectations by finishing third, after the part-time side were promoted from League 1.
There have been echoes of the same heights they reached under Dick Campbell four years ago when they pushed Kilmarnock almost all the way for the Championship title.
A fairytale chance is there again to make the leap to the top flight.
Dunfermline and Arbroath have played each other four times this season, with the first game a thumping 5-0 win for the Pars away from home. Arbroath then won the next two, before the Friday night 0-0 draw.
This week, 180 minutes or maybe even 210 minutes stands between one of these teams and semi-final against Partick Thistle.
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