This could be another interesting meeting at East End Park in the Championship. Dunfermline Athletic is in 10th place and receive Arbroath in 4th position. Read all about the fixture here!
Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic game!
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Championship game of the season here at East End Park. Last season these fans witnessed 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from Dunfermline Athletic's 14 home games.
In their previous game, the manager P. Grant led his Dunfermline Athletic to a defeat in the League Cup match away at Rangers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at East End Park. Dunfermline were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that game, the home loss against Partick Thistle with the scoreline 0-3.At East End Park, Dunfermline Athletic has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Arbroath form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Championship away game of the season. During their previous season 13 away games resulted in 2 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Arbroath's previous game versus Partick Thistle (placed 3rd), a Championship 3-1 win played at home.
A draw for Arbroath before that, at their own venue hosting St. Johnstone (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) (2-2).It's early days yet, but Arbroath has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: seven wins for Dunfermline, one draw and two wins for Arbroath. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  M. McKenna 3 goals |  K. O'Hara 1 goals | N. Todorov 1 goals |
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
Arbroath missing players
| Dunfermline Athletic | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 7.5 | 10 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6 | 11.3 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 33% |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Last season | Arbroath | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 24 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 34 | ||
| 81% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | ||
| 59% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 59% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 37% | ||
| 37% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 26% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 7% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 26% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 30% | ||
| 37% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 37% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Arbroath | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | Ayr United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 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 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |