Dunfermline Athletic take a slender lead into Friday's Scottish Premiership quarter-final second leg at Arbroath after Chris Kane's solitary strike.

Kane finished well from Andy Tod's pass early on and Arbroath could not recover on the night.

Tod had a couple of efforts saved by Aidan McAdams and Arbroath's Findlay Marshall forced a late block from home goalkeeper Aston Oxborough.

Championship runners-up Partick Thistle await the winner in next week's semi-final.

Arbroath and Dunfermline Athletic meet for the third match running at Gayfield on Friday evening.

And, guess what, you can watch the match live on BBC Scotland, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

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Here it is...

Dunfermline Athletic manager Neil Lennon tells BBC Sportscene: "It's a good win, it's a hard-fought win against a good team.

"We had really good chances and maybe could've won the game by more. I can't complain. To keep a clean sheet was good.

"More of the same. There's not much between the teams. They play a certain way and they're very effective at it."

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Dunfermline Athletic scorer Chris Kane tells BBC Sportscene: "I'm just glad Andy Tod was behind me. He's done brilliant. Laid it off perfectly.

"We need to be better. Second half wasn't good enough. We need to tidy up all over. We need to stand up to the fight."

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Arbroath co-manager Colin Hamilton tells BBC Sportscene: "It's all there to play for, we're not going to look too down on it. Really happy with that second-half performance.

"We're looking forward to Friday now, bring it on. The fans will back us. It's a cup final for us. We need to go there, make sure we turn up. Hopefully, we can get the result we need. We know how tough a task it's going to be"

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Arbroath player Findlay Marshall tells BBC Sportscene: "Disappointing. We had a lot of chances, second half especially. I feel like I should score.

"Going into Gayfield 1-0 down, we know we've got a good chance. We feel really confident. We know how well we play there and we've played well against them there before."

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Scottish Championship play-off semi-final first legs

Alloa Athletic 1-0 Airdrieonians

Queen of the South 1-1 Stenhousemuir

Scottish League 1 play-off semi-final first legs

Clyde 2-0 Spartans

Forfar Athletic 1-3 Hamilton Academical

Second legs take place on Saturday

Dunfermline Athletic player Andrew Tod tells BBC Sportscene: "First half, we were really, really good. Probably should've been more than one up.

"It wasn't the prettiest game in the second half but we dug it out and that's half the job done."

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Let's check in on the scores from this evening's other SPFL play-offs...

Ultimately a frustrating night for Arbroath but they are still very much in this tie and have home advantage on Friday.

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Alasdair Lamont
BBC Scotland commentator

It's really only half-time.

Dunfermline take a one-goal lead into Friday's deciding leg at Arbroath.

Still a long way to go in this Scottish Premiership play-off quarter-final, with Partick Thistle awaiting the winner.

Chris Kane scored the only goal at East End Park, a fine first-half strike.

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Almost two of four added minutes played.

Arbroath are in with Findlay Marshall through but the ball won't quite come down for him. He tries to lift a shot beyond Aston Oxborough but the Dunfermline goalkeeper does really well to block.

Tashan Oakley-Boothe replaces Chris Kane in Dunfermline's latest change.

Dunfermline Athletic threaten with Andy Tod getting into position in the inside right channel and smacking in a shot. Good save from Aidan McAdams.

A bit of activity in the Dunfermline Athletic box as Gavin Reilly tries to get a shot away but there are too many bodies for the Arbroath attacker to contend with.

Arbroath have eight minutes to find a leveller on the night.

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John Tod and Josh Cooper replace Callumn Morrison and Alfons Amade for Dunfermline Athletic.