Championship: Arbroath - Inverness CT preview and statistics

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Wed 03.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5900 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Arbroath holding 9th place and Inverness CT lying 8th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (9) in Championship
  • Inverness CT has the most points from losing position (7) in Championship

Arbroath have less rest than Inverness CT in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Greenock Morton.

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Arbroath form and stats

With 1 Championship win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Arbroath, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Championship, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

A strong away win for Arbroath against Greenock Morton the last match, as J. Hamilton were on target. In the match before that, Arbroath hosted Dundee and drew the game 1-1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dunfermline Athletic are coming to town in three days.

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 (4 from 6 games). From these home matches, Arbroath have conceded only 5 goals.

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Inverness CT form and stats

Playing away, Inverness CT have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.

Inverness are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Greenock Morton (placed 6th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Dunfermline Athletic.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Dundee.

Inverness has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. Inverness have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Inverness CT - Arbroath 3-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Arbroath two wins, one draw and Inverness CT four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Inverness CTN. Todorov
N. Todorov
3 goals
ArbroathJ. Craigen
J. Craigen
2 goals
ArbroathK. Doolan
K. Doolan
2 goals

Arbroath missing players

Inverness CT missing players

Arbroath Inverness CT
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 5 10
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 3
9 4 1 Scored S 4 8 17
18 5 2 Conceded C 2 9 14
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
54% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 70%
23% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 80%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 20%
46% 50% 50% 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
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1 1.7
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.2 7.7 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9.8 7.5
1.8 2.3 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4 3.6
38% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 40% 47%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Inverness CT's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Championship
  • Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (9) in Championship
  • Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Championship
  • Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Championship
  • Inverness CT has the most points from losing position (7) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Inverness CT have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Inverness CT 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 Hearts 14 11 0 3 40 17 8 7 0 1 28 11 6 4 0 2 12 6 23 33
2 Raith Rovers 12 6 3 3 27 18 6 3 1 2 13 9 6 3 2 1 14 9 9 21
3 Dunfermline Athletic 13 5 6 2 20 14 6 4 1 1 10 6 7 1 5 1 10 8 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 Queen of the South 13 4 2 7 19 30 7 3 1 3 12 16 6 1 1 4 7 14 -11 14
8 Inverness CT 10 3 4 3 17 14 5 2 3 0 9 5 5 1 1 3 8 9 3 13
9 Arbroath 13 2 4 7 9 18 6 1 3 2 4 5 7 1 1 5 5 13 -9 10
10 Alloa Athletic 13 2 2 9 13 32 7 1 2 4 10 19 6 1 0 5 3 13 -19 8

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The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.