The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Airdrieonians leading Forfar Athletic by 15 points. Match preview to follow:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Airdrieonians form and stats
Airdrieonians have played 10 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The points were shared in Airdrieonians's previous game, also at home. Visiting Falkirk (placed 3rd) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Clyde.
A decent goal production from Airdrieonians in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. Airdrieonians's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Forfar Athletic so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Forfar Athletic failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Montrose (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stranraer at their stadium, the result 4-2.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Forfar Athletic when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Forfar Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Airdrieonians and Forfar Athletic have met before this season: Forfar Athletic - Airdrieonians 1-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Airdrieonians victories, 0 draws and 5 Forfar Athletic wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Carrick 11 goals |  C. Gallagher 9 goals |  C. Smith 4 goals |
Airdrieonians missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Airdrieonians | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 30 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 31 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 84% |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 68% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 53% |
| 42% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 42% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 21% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 211 | 109 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 71 | 171 |
| 84 | 46 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 25 | 68 |
| 36% | 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 29% |
- Airdrieonians has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
- Airdrieonians have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Airdrieonians have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Forfar Athletic have scored away.
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Forfar Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 32 |
| 4 | East Fife | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Montrose | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 22 |
| 8 | Clyde | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 21 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -23 | 11 |