A key match in League One as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 1st position and the visitors placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League One.
East Fife play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for East Fife when playing on artificial turf are 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 18 matches. They have scored 23 goals and conceded 17 times in these games.
Airdrieonians form and stats
Airdrieonians have played 7 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Airdrieonians has won four games in a row. The Montrose match was the last time out without a victory.
Airdrieonians are returning here after visiting Albion Rovers in a Scottish Cup game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Stranraer with a 2-0 scoreline.
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 Airdrieonians have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6 Drawn 4 Lost 3.
Airdrieonians are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Airdrieonians have conceded 10 in these home matches.
East Fife form and stats
East Fife have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games.
There were no winners in East Fife's previous match, a League One home game that ended 0-0 vs Clyde (placed 7th). The game before that, in the Scottish Cup, was lost at home, a 3-4 defeat against BSC Glasgow.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by East Fife in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for East Fife, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
East Fife has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. 6 goals have been conceded by East Fife in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: East Fife - Airdrieonians 4-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 2 - 5 (Airdrieonians wins - draws - East Fife wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Gallagher 7 goals |  D. Carrick 6 goals |  C. Smith 4 goals |
Airdrieonians missing players
East Fife missing players
| Airdrieonians | East Fife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 24 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 71% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 21% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 149 | 76 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 74 | 186 |
| 57 | 30 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 38 | 73 |
| 39% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 33% |
- Airdrieonians has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
- Airdrieonians have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- East Fife has the most points from losing position (9)
- East Fife have not yet lost a game away.
- East Fife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Airdrieonians | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | East Fife | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 5 | Montrose | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 7 | Clyde | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 11 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 10 |