Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forfar Athletic & Stranraer face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Forfar Athletic's stadium, Station Park, has a artifical turf surface. Stranraer have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Stranraer when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 13 matches. They have scored 21 goals in these games and conceded 24.
It's no vacation for neither Forfar nor Stranraer 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.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Forfar Athletic have collected 35 points from their League Two home games so far after 10-5-3.
Forfar Athletic's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 0-3 vs Hamilton Academical (in League Cup).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Forfar Athletic matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Forfar as they are travelling to their away game against Dundee in the League Cup. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Forfar Athletic in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 18 league matches. Forfar Athletic have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stranraer form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, Stranraer have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the League Two this season.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a League Cup home defeat versus Dundee with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Stranraer playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 2 home wins.
The travelling fans enjoy Stranraer's attacking play in away games, having scored 32 goals in 18 league matches away. Stranraer's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 28 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Forfar-Stranraer H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Forfar Athletic six wins, Stranraer two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Forfar Athletic missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Forfar Athletic | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Scored | S | 28 | 40 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Conceded | C | 27 | 47 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 28% | ||
| 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 35% | ||
| 9.4 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Dundee | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Hamilton Academical | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 40 | 81 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 60 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 64 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 59 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 49 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -6 | 52 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 49 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -21 | 39 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -18 | 37 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 28 | -21 | 29 |
