Evenly matched teams: Airdrieonians vs Falkirk match preview

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Competition: Scotland Championship Play-Offs
Competition: Tue 09.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Excelsior Stadium (10171 seats)

It's the premier game of the new season for Airdrieonians and Falkirk. The leaf is empty, the potential unlimited.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Airdrieonians form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Airdrieonians as they were promoted from League One last season. Happy days that were secured through 17 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses from 36 games. The team scored 50 goals at home last season and conceded 27. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

This is expected to be a close game, with Airdrieonians perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Airdrieonians as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Airdrieonians has won 10 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Airdrieonians as they are travelling to their away game against Falkirk in the Championship Play-Offs. That match is four days after this one.

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Falkirk form and stats

A job perfectly done for Falkirk last season as they secured promotion from League One. With a grand total of 19 wins, 10 draws and 7 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 9 were in away matches.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Falkirk playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 Falkirk win, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Falkirk are hosting Airdrieonians in the Championship Play-Offs only four days away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Airdrieonians wins - draws - Falkirk wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. Gallagher likes to face Falkirk and have scored 7 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

AirdrieoniansC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
22 goals
AirdrieoniansG. McGill
G. McGill
16 goals
FalkirkC. Morrison
C. Morrison
12 goals

Airdrieonians missing players

Falkirk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Airdrieonians Falkirk
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Airdrieonians Last season Falkirk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
17 10   Won W   9 19
9 3   Drew D   5 10
10 5   Lost L   4 7
82 50   Scored S   32 70
51 27   Conceded C   22 39
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
86% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 83%
58% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 61%
53% 67%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 44%
33% 39%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 14%
56% 44%   BTTS BTTS   61% 58%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 28%
8% 6%   Failed to Score F T   28% 22%
 
6.2 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 6.3
4.2 4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.8
1.1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.8
5 4   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.1 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 10.4
5.6 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.8
41% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 41%
 
9.1 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   8.8 6.8
3.8 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 2.7

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 36 23 12 1 63 21 18 10 8 0 30 10 18 13 4 1 33 11 42 81
2 Falkirk 36 19 10 7 70 39 18 10 5 3 38 17 18 9 5 4 32 22 31 67
3 Airdrieonians 36 17 9 10 82 51 18 10 3 5 50 27 18 7 6 5 32 24 31 60
4 Alloa Athletic 36 17 6 13 56 47 18 10 2 6 31 23 18 7 4 7 25 24 9 57
5 Queen of the South 36 16 6 14 59 59 18 9 2 7 30 25 18 7 4 7 29 34 0 54
6 Edinburgh City 36 15 6 15 60 55 18 7 3 8 28 30 18 8 3 7 32 25 5 51
7 Montrose 36 13 9 14 50 55 18 8 5 5 31 26 18 5 4 9 19 29 -5 48
8 Kelty Hearts 36 10 10 16 39 54 18 7 4 7 21 18 18 3 6 9 18 36 -15 40
9 Clyde 36 5 9 22 35 68 18 4 6 8 23 32 18 1 3 14 12 36 -33 24
10 Peterhead 36 3 7 26 19 84 18 3 4 11 10 33 18 0 3 15 9 51 -65 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kufstein 5 3 1 1 15 10 3 1 1 1 8 7 2 2 0 0 7 3 5 10
2 Hohenems 5 3 1 1 10 6 3 3 0 0 8 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 4 10
3 Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz 5 3 1 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 10
4 Bischofshofen 5 2 2 1 12 12 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 8 10 0 8
5 Pinzgau Saalfelden 5 0 2 3 6 9 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 0 1 2 2 4 -3 2
6 SVG Reichenau 5 0 1 4 5 14 2 0 0 2 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 8 -9 1

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