Airdrieonians will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Forfar Athletic.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Airdrieonians form and stats
4-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Airdrieonians so far this season.The fans are hoping that Airdrieonians will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League One game against Raith Rovers (placed 3rd). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Montrose in a game that was won 1-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Airdrieonians perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Airdrieonians as a small favourite), we find four games. Airdrieonians has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The Airdrieonians fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.The supporters enjoyed Forfar Athletic's previous game versus Raith Rovers (placed 2nd), a League One 2-1 win played at home. A 2-2 draw at Brechin City's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Forfar Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Forfar Athletic, 6 draws and 10 defeats.
Forfar Athletic find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 14 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Forfar Athletic have conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Forfar Athletic - Airdrieonians 2-0, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Airdrieonians, 1 draw and 4 wins for Forfar Athletic.Top Goalscorers
  J. Baird 14 goals |  D. Hilson 10 goals |   D. Duffy 9 goals |
Airdrieonians missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Airdrieonians | Forfar Athletic | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | Played | 15 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 97% |
| 68% | 57% | Over 1.5 | 93% | 90% |
| 46% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 62% |
| 25% | 29% | Over 3.5 | 27% | 34% |
| 11% | 14% | Over 4.5 | 13% | 10% |
| 50% | 43% | Both teams to score | 53% | 52% |
| 18% | 21% | Clean Sheet | 40% | 31% |
| 32% | 36% | Failed To Score | 13% | 21% |
| 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 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 63 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 50 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 | East Fife | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 44 |
| 5 | Montrose | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -9 | 35 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 34 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -9 | 32 |
| 9 | Brechin City | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 28 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -23 | 28 |
