On paper it looks like advantage Falkirk in this game against Peterhead, but the guests will battle to the finish. Here's our complete match guide!
- Falkirk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Peterhead is in the worst form (0-2-4)
This football stadium uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Peterhead's home ground. The previous 21 games by the visitors on artifical turf have produced 4 wins, 2 draws and 15 losses.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Falkirk and Peterhead.
Falkirk form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Falkirk have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 12 games.
No payout for Falkirk in their previous match, an away game at Cove Rangers that ended in defeat 0-2.
Before that match, a win away at Alloa Athletic.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Falkirk matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, three draws and zero defeats (from five games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus East Fife in only four days. This game is also played here at Falkirk Community Stadium.
The Falkirk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Falkirk defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Peterhead form and stats
Peterhead have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-2-7 (11 played).
Brown was the last player to score for the away team. Peterhead haven't scored a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
Peterhead failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Airdrieonians (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Peterhead playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, zero draws and four home wins.
A new game in only four days for Peterhead, the League One home match versus Dumbarton. Busy days.
Peterhead are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). The Peterhead manager McInally has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head meeting ended Peterhead - Falkirk 0-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: five - two - two (Falkirk wins - draws - Peterhead wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. McLean 8 goals |  S. Brown 6 goals |
Falkirk missing players
Peterhead missing players
| Falkirk | Peterhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 36 | 17 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 38 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 35 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 88% |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 67% |
| 64% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 50% |
| 20% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 45% | 33% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 25% |
| 52% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 46% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 21% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 46% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 10.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 36% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 41% | 32% |
| 7.7 | 6 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.7 | 9.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
- Falkirk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Falkirk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Peterhead have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Peterhead is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 27 | 55 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Montrose | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 41 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 44 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 25 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 32 |
| 6 | Clyde | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -12 | 31 |
| 7 | Alloa Athletic | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -11 | 28 |
| 8 | Dumbarton | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -15 | 26 |
| 9 | Peterhead | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 24 |
| 10 | East Fife | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 37 | -27 | 19 |
