Arbroath hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 34 points and a 7th position in the Championship table. Visiting Dunfermline Athletic holds 6th place with 34 pts.
Dunfermline Athletic could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only four sleeps ago.
Arbroath form and stats
6-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Arbroath so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Arbroath after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Arbroath goalkeeper Derek Gaston is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.
Arbroath's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Queen of the South (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Dundee United.
There will be little rest for Arbroath after this match as they are travelling to Greenock Morton for a Championship game in only three days.
Arbroath has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Arbroath have conceded only 10 goals.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dunfermline Athletic so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Dunfermline Athletic are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Championship against Dundee United (placed 1st). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Inverness CT.
A new game in only three days for Dunfermline Athletic, the Championship home match versus Queen of the South. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dunfermline Athletic have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. In the opposite end, Dunfermline Athletic have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Dunfermline Athletic - Arbroath 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Arbroath-Dunfermline Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arbroath two wins, Dunfermline Athletic eight wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 K. Nisbet 18 goals |  B. Linn 6 goals | L. Donnelly 5 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Arbroath | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 23 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 39 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 34 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 84% |
| 33% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 45% | 44% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 32% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 20% |
| 38% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 55% | 52% |
| 33% | 42% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 24% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 211 | 122 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 93 | 258 |
| 77 | 50 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 39 | 100 |
| 29% | 28% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 39% |
- Arbroath has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (23)
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Arbroath has the most matches under the total-line (16)
- Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arbroath is in the best form (4-0-2)
- Dunfermline Athletic has the fewest points (11) away
- Dunfermline Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dunfermline 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 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 57 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 39 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 38 |
| 4 | Dundee | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -1 | 36 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 48 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -6 | 35 |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 34 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 26 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -15 | 23 |