This could be an interesting match as Airdrieonians have their presumed home advantage while Arbroath are ahead 27 points in the League One table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Arbroath's home stadium. The visitors last 16 games on artificial turf have ended in 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses.
Airdrieonians form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Airdrieonians have to build on here at Penny Cars Stadium.The fans are hoping that Airdrieonians will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League One game against Montrose. Before that game, the home loss against Stenhousemuir with the scoreline 0-1.
Airdrieonians has scored 19 goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Airdrieonians's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arbroath form and stats
9 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Arbroath, who have the most points (33) away in League One, playing as the away team this season.Arbroath's last game was the home draw against Raith Rovers (2-2). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Brechin City.
The travelling fans enjoy Arbroath's attacking play in away games, having scored 30 goals in 17 away matches. It's not easy to score on Arbroath as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Arbroath - Airdrieonians 3-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Airdrieonians victories, 2 draws and 5 Arbroath wins.Top Goalscorers
  B. Linn 21 goals |  R. Wallace 11 goals |   D. Duffy 10 goals |
Airdrieonians missing players
Arbroath missing players
| Airdrieonians | Arbroath | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | Played | 17 | 34 |
| 44 | 19 | Scored | 30 | 62 |
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | 14 | 34 |
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | 94% | 97% |
| 65% | 47% | Over 1.5 | 76% | 79% |
| 47% | 29% | Over 2.5 | 41% | 47% |
| 24% | 24% | Over 3.5 | 24% | 35% |
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | 18% | 15% |
| 47% | 35% | Both teams to score | 59% | 59% |
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheet | 35% | 29% |
| 32% | 41% | Failed To Score | 12% | 15% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 28 | 69 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 57 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 71 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 25 | 56 |
| 4 | Montrose | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | East Fife | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 45 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 42 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 58 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 33 | -1 | 42 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -8 | 42 |
| 9 | Brechin City | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30 | -18 | 35 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -26 | 35 |
