Brand new|Fresh|New season, fresh|new potential|opportunities: Here's what you should|need to|must know before the Annan Athletic - Forfar Athletic game!
It's no vacation for neither Annan Athletic nor Forfar 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.
Annan Athletic form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Annan as they were promoted from League Two last season. Happy days that were secured through 18 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses from 36 games. The team scored 33 goals at home last season and conceded 29. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Annan Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Annan Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Forfar Athletic in the League One Play-Offs. That match is four days after this one.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
A job perfectly done for Forfar last season as they secured promotion from League Two. With a grand total of 16 wins, 12 draws and 8 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 6 were in away matches.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Forfar Athletic in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Forfar Athletic, three draws and two defeats.
After this away game Forfar return home for a League One Play-Offs game against Annan Athletic. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Annan Athletic-Forfar Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Annan Athletic one win, Forfar Athletic seven wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Wallace 13 goals | T. Goss 12 goals |  S. McCluskey 11 goals |
Annan Athletic missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Annan Athletic | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Annan Athletic | Last season | Forfar Athletic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 64 | 33 | Scored | S | 23 | 57 | ||
| 51 | 29 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 86% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 64% | 72% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 28% | 36% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 28% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 17% | ||
| 64% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 33% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 39% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 40% | ||
| 10.8 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 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 |
