The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Arbroath are in the 5th position while the guests worry at 9th.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Alloa Athletic have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-13-16 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.
Arbroath form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Arbroath, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Championship, have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. Two home wins in a row for Arbroath bring valid hopes of a third.
Arbroath's last game was hosting Alloa Athletic (placed 9th) and winning 2-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Dunfermline Athletic.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Arbroath here at Gayfield Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). From these home matches, Arbroath have conceded only 4 goals.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alloa Athletic in their Championship matches away.
Two away games in a row for Alloa Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Arbroath in the Championship. A 0-3 loss hosting Dundee before that.
Alloa Athletic find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Alloa Athletic have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Alloa Athletic - Arbroath 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 3 - 6 (Arbroath wins - draws - Alloa Athletic wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Linn 3 goals |  L. Donnelly 3 goals |   A. Trouten 3 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Alloa Athletic missing players
| Arbroath | Alloa Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 33% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 42% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 4.4 | 4 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 |
| 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
- Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee United | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Dundee | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -11 | 13 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -6 | 8 |