Home advantage could prove decisive in Airdrieonians - Falkirk battle

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Penny Cars Stadium (10171 seats)

The team playing at home, Airdrieonians, should be the favourites in this game, but Falkirk have revealed both skill and determination. Read more about the match!

Insights:
  • Airdrieonians have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in League One

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic fixture!

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Airdrieonians form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 League One games here at Penny Cars Stadium for Airdrieonians. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 3 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.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Airdrieonians, as their goalkeeper Max Paul has completely shut out the opponents for 296 minutes in the League One.

Airdrieonians's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus East Fife (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The 3-0 win against East Fife was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Dumbarton with a 1-0 scoreline.

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

A decent goal production from Airdrieonians in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. Airdrieonians have conceded 13 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Falkirk form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Falkirk playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Taylor-Sinclair, Keena, Morrison and Dowds (3) scored in Falkirk's previous match, the home game against Dumbarton that ended 6-2. As you can tell from the results above, Falkirk was very dominant against Dumbarton, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-2 (!) with Taylor-Sinclair, Keena, Morrison and Dowds (3) providing the goals. Dowds certainly enjoyed Falkirk's last game versus Dumbarton, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-2 victory.

A loss against Clyde was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Falkirk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Falkirk have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Falkirk have conceded 13 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other already this season, with the result Falkirk - Airdrieonians 0-3 logged in the official records. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Airdrieonians won five, Falkirk triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AirdrieoniansC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
6 goals
AirdrieoniansD. Easton
D. Easton
5 goals
FalkirkC. Morrison
C. Morrison
5 goals

Airdrieonians missing players

Falkirk missing players

Airdrieonians Falkirk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 11 2 Played P 2 8 19
12 8 2 Won W 0 3 7
2 0 0 Drew D 2 3 4
6 3 0 Lost L 0 2 8
33 21 3 Scored S 3 11 27
22 13 1 Conceded C 3 13 30
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 95%
75% 91% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 84%
70% 82% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 68%
25% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 21%
10% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
50% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 53%
35% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 16%
20% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 37%
 
6.5 7.2 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6.6 6.4
3.6 2.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 4.3
1.7 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.7 11.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 13.4 11.7
5.1 5.1 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.8 4.3
32% 38% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 29% 33%
 
9.3 8.5 5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8.8 7
4 3.7 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Airdrieonians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Airdrieonians have the fewest points from losing position (0) in League One
  • Airdrieonians have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in League One
  • Airdrieonians have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Cove Rangers 21 14 4 3 43 19 10 7 3 0 26 9 11 7 1 3 17 10 24 46
2 Montrose 21 10 9 2 36 17 11 4 5 2 16 12 10 6 4 0 20 5 19 39
3 Airdrieonians 20 12 2 6 33 22 11 8 0 3 21 13 9 4 2 3 12 9 11 38
4 Queen's Park 18 6 9 3 32 19 9 4 4 1 19 8 9 2 5 2 13 11 13 27
5 Falkirk 19 7 4 8 27 30 11 4 1 6 16 17 8 3 3 2 11 13 -3 25
6 Clyde 19 6 5 8 23 34 9 3 2 4 12 19 10 3 3 4 11 15 -11 23
7 Peterhead 20 6 4 10 28 32 10 4 3 3 15 9 10 2 1 7 13 23 -4 22
8 Alloa Athletic 20 5 6 9 27 34 9 3 2 4 14 15 11 2 4 5 13 19 -7 21
9 Dumbarton 20 5 3 12 27 44 10 1 3 6 13 20 10 4 0 6 14 24 -17 18
10 East Fife 20 3 4 13 21 46 9 3 2 4 11 12 11 0 2 9 10 34 -25 13

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.