Airdrieonians supporters put their faith in manager I. Murray to deliver victory against East Fife

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Penny Cars Stadium (10171 seats)

In total; six matches are finished and Airdrieonians are 4 points in front of East Fife. What will happen?

Insights:
  • Airdrieonians have the fewest points (3) at home in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (7) in League One

These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they played only four days ago in the League One. This match was also played here at Penny Cars Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, East Fife have had more rest.

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Airdrieonians form and stats

Airdrieonians have played three League One home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Airdrieonians's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Alloa Athletic (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that, Airdrieonians played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Queen's Park.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Airdrieonians handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, zero draws and two defeats.

Airdrieonians are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Airdrieonians are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).

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East Fife form and stats

It's not happening yet for East Fife on their League One travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Fife's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Two away games in a row for Fife, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-5 versus Dumbarton in the League One. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Dumbarton was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Peterhead at their stadium, the result 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Fife have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were zero victories, one draw and seven defeats.

The visiting Fife have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. East Fife can't defend away. 13 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two sides are: five wins for Airdrieonians, two draws and three wins for East Fife. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

AirdrieoniansR. McCabe
R. McCabe
3 goals
AirdrieoniansG. McGill
G. McGill
3 goals
East FifeK. Smith
K. Smith
2 goals

Airdrieonians missing players

East Fife missing players

Airdrieonians East Fife
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 2 0 Lost L 1 3 4
8 3 2 Scored S 2 3 7
10 6 1 Conceded C 5 13 16
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 67% 33%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 50%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
5 6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.3 3.3
4.3 2.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1.7 4.2
1.5 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 8.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.3 8.2
3.8 2.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3
35% 38% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 39%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Airdrieonians have the fewest points (3) at home in League One
  • Airdrieonians have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in League One
  • Airdrieonians have the most conceded goals (6) at home in League One
  • Airdrieonians have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in League One
  • Airdrieonians have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • All of Airdrieonians's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of East Fife's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • East Fife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • East Fife have lost all their away matches so far.
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (7) in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (13) away in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (16) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-9) in League One
  • East Fife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • East Fife is in the worst form (1-1-4)

  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 6 3 3 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 3 2 6 12
2 Montrose 6 3 2 1 10 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 2 1 0 6 1 5 11
3 Dumbarton 6 3 1 2 13 9 3 1 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 5 4 4 10
4 Falkirk 6 3 1 2 8 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 10
5 Cove Rangers 6 2 2 2 11 9 3 1 2 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 8
6 Airdrieonians 6 2 2 2 8 10 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 1 2 0 5 4 -2 8
7 Alloa Athletic 6 2 1 3 8 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 0 0 3 2 6 0 7
8 Clyde 6 2 1 3 8 13 3 2 0 1 4 5 3 0 1 2 4 8 -5 7
9 Peterhead 6 2 0 4 8 11 3 2 0 1 7 5 3 0 0 3 1 6 -3 6
10 East Fife 6 1 1 4 7 16 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 3 3 13 -9 4

Read more about League One

The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.