Struggling Arbroath will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dunfermline Athletic in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (10) in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Arbroath.
It's no vacation for neither Arbroath nor Dunfermline Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Arbroath form and stats
With 1 Championship win, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Arbroath, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Championship, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Arbroath have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Arbroath, who played 1-1 against Inverness CT. That match was also played at this venue (Gayfield Park). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Greenock Morton.
Arbroath have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Arbroath are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gayfield Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
1 win, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Dunfermline Athletic playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
D. McManus, A. Comrie and F. Murray (2) scored in Dunfermline's previous match, the home game against Raith Rovers that ended 4-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hearts wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Dunfermline find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Dunfermline have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dunfermline Athletic - Arbroath 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Arbroath won one game, one match ended with a draw and Dunfermline Athletic has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  D. McManus 7 goals | K. O'Hara 4 goals |  E. Murray 3 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Arbroath | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 64% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 57% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 64% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.6 | 8.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 36% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 34% | 39% |
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (10) in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Arbroath.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 33 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Dundee | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 11 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -19 | 8 |