Dunfermline 2-0 Livingston

Craig Brewster scored the goals that sent Dunfermline into the fourth round of the Scottish Cup for a meeting with Hibs.

But it was two blunders by Livingston keeper David McEwan that really did the damage, allowing Brewster's first effort to slip past him and fluffing a kick-out straight into the striker's path to allow him to chip the ball into the net.

That was tough on Livi who had matched the home side well and McEwan had dealt well with everything that had been thrown at him prior to the first goal.

Both sides started confidently enough and it was the home side who manufactured the first effort on goal, Craig Brewster latching onto a loose ball but diverting the ball wide.

Brewster was involved again in 18 minutes when Dunfermline came close to an opening goal.

Rolando Zarate and Barry Nicholson challenge

Jason Dair played a low ball into the veteran striker and he held off a defender to lay the ball back into Dair's path.

His curling shot beat David McEwan in the Livi goal but finished narrowly wide of his left-hand post.

Six minutes later, the visitors conjured a chance of their own, Rolando Zarate finding some space before squeezing in a shot with the outside of his right boot that Derek Stillie did well to turn wide.

Stillie was alert enough again on the half-hour mark to parry a powerful free kick by Zarate as Livi continued to hold their own.

Brewster was then unlucky to see a cute flick fly just wide of McEwan's goal as half-time approached.

A well-worked free kick allowed Sean Kilgannon to get in an effort on goal, but he failed to get a hold of the shot and McEwan gathered comfortably.

Barry Nicholson was first to test McEwan in the second half, but his low drive did not possess sufficient power to trouble the keeper.

Brewster comes close with a curling shot

Scott Wilson then had a header saved before Dair curled a shot, this time with his right foot, just wide.

McEwan denied Brewster and Gary Dempsey in quick succession, but the Livi keeper spoiled all his good work by letting a reasonably straight-forward Brewster shot slip by him and into the net to give the Pars the lead midway through the second half.

Livi sub David Bingham almost brought his side back into the tie when he beat Stillie to a Quino cross, but the ball was cleared in the nick of time.

Dempsey was unfortunate to see an acrobatic effort fly over the bar as Dunfermline sought to kill the game off with 10 minutes left.

They finally did that when Brewster chipped McEwan from 45 yards after the hapless keeper had fluffed his kick-out.

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Dunfermline: Stillie, Bullen, Skerla, Scott Wilson, Dair, Hampshire, Nicholson, Dempsey, Kilgannon (MacPherson 79), Crawford, Brewster.

Subs Not Used: Ruitenbeek, Karnebeek, McGroarty, McGarty.

Livingston: McEwan, Brinquin, Rubio (McMenamin 71), Andrews, Bahoken, Quino, Toure-Maman (Bingham 62), O'Brien, Wilson (Camacho 77), Zarate, Lovell.

Subs Not Used: Creer, Snowdon.

Booked: Bahoken, Bingham.

Att: 3,158

Ref: A Freeland