Aberdeen 1 - 0 Falkirk

The visitor's kicked off but Aberdeen carved out the first chance in the opening minute when Lovell almost latched on to a through ball before being crowded out. Falkirk then had a chance in the third minute but Moutinho took a fresh air shot as he tried to latch on to a Gregg cross. Aberdeen then won the first corner of the match but it was cleared easily before Severin headed a free kick over the bar in the 5th minute. The Dons second corner in the 10th minute was well claimed by the keeper as Diamond challenged.

Two minutes later Falkirk had a great chance to open the scoring when McBreen escaped from Diamond and went one-on-one on Langfield before the keeper blocked the effort. Aberdeen were still enjoying good possession but were creating few chances at this stage as Falkirk closed down quickly. The visitor's then produced another great chance in the 20th minute when Langfield was at full stretch to turn a McBreen effort round the post. Two minutes later Snoyl set up Nicholson but he screwed his effort wide of the target.

Four minutes later Clark stormed forward, spotted Ferguson off his line and chipped a decent effort just wide of the Falkirk goal. Andy Lawrie collected the first yellow card for unceremoniously dumping McNaughton in the 40th minute. McNaughton then collected a yellow for a late challenge on McBreen. In the closing minute of the half Langfield was again called into action as he saved from Lecsnel.

Falkirk were first to threaten in the second half after being awarded a controversial throw in. Anderson did well to clear but a minute later Moutinho was given too much space and fired inches over from distance. The visitor's continued to take the initiative and threatened with a corner kick in the 51st minute. Aberdeen then went close a minute later when a Severin throw in caused problems as Lovell controlled well and fed the ball across goal just eluding Nicholson. Snoyl looked to have broke free seconds later but was halted by a great sliding tackle.

Falkirk were awarded a corner in the 69th minute when Anderson had clearly kept the ball in play. The Dons were almost punished as Langfield came for the ball and completely missed it allowing McBreen to head wide of the target. Another corner followed two minutes later as Falkirk continued to pressurise Aberdeen. This time it required a Langfield save to keep the visitor's out. It was difficult to work out who was the home side at this stage as Falkirk were first to every ball. They went close again in the 75th minute when Moutinho got himself into a good position but failed to produce a finish.

Aberdeen were on the rack now and only another magnificent save by Langfield in the 78th minute prevented an equaliser. Aberdeen then instantly broke from the resulting corner but a controversial offside flag stopped the move. A deep free kick in the 86th minute was tipped over by Langfield and the resultant corner was flicked behind by Diamond as the Dons struggled to get out of their own half. MacFarlane then replaced Smith in the 87th minute. Clark relieved the pressure in the 89th minute when he won a corner that was headed well wide by Diamond.

A corner in the final minute was then punched clear by Langfield before the ball went out for a goal kick. The keeper then made a hash of the kick bringing the Falkirk forwards back on top of him. Seconds later Gow had a glimpse of goal before he was crowded out. After two minutes of injury time the final whistle eventually went much to the relief of the red army.