Broadwood Stadium: Clyde vs Forfar Athletic League One preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Broadwood Stadium (8029 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Clyde holding 7th place and Forfar Athletic lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Clyde form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Clyde are 2-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). Clyde are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Broadwood Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

The Clyde fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at Broadwood Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Dumbarton (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the away draw at East Fife that finished 0-0.

A decent goal production from Clyde in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Clyde's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

Forfar Athletic have only collected 4 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-1-5 (7 played).

The supporters enjoyed Forfar Athletic's previous game versus Peterhead (placed 8th), a League One 2-1 win played at home. A 0-0 draw at Raith Rovers's stadium before that.

Goals are few and far between in Forfar Athletic's away league games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. Forfar Athletic have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Forfar Athletic - Clyde 0-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 0 - 2 - 4 (Clyde wins - draws - Forfar Athletic wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ClydeD. Goodwillie
D. Goodwillie
11 goals
ClydeC. Johnston
C. Johnston
2 goals
ClydeD. Smith
D. Smith
2 goals

Clyde missing players

Forfar Athletic missing players

Clyde Forfar Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 7 15
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 4
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 3 1 Lost L 1 5 9
19 12 7 Scored S 0 3 11
23 10 3 Conceded C 1 11 22
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 87%
73% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 67%
53% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 47%
27% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 13%
13% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
60% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 33%
27% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 33%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 71% 47%
 
5 4.6 8 Corners For (avg) C F 2 3.3 3.3
4.5 4.1 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 6 5.3
1.5 1.7 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
122 67 26 Total Shots T S 9 54 135
54 31 14 Shots on Target S O 3 17 49
35% 39% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 22%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Clyde have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Clyde have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Forfar Athletic have scored away.
  • Clyde haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (11)
  • Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (3) away
  • Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
  • Forfar Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (9)
  • Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  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 15 9 2 4 26 17 8 3 2 3 13 10 7 6 0 1 13 7 9 29
2 Raith Rovers 15 8 4 3 29 18 7 4 3 0 18 6 8 4 1 3 11 12 11 28
3 Falkirk 15 7 5 3 27 8 8 5 1 2 19 4 7 2 4 1 8 4 19 26
4 East Fife 15 6 7 2 24 18 8 3 4 1 13 8 7 3 3 1 11 10 6 25
5 Dumbarton 15 6 3 6 21 26 8 3 1 4 11 11 7 3 2 2 10 15 -5 21
6 Montrose 15 6 2 7 20 21 7 3 0 4 11 11 8 3 2 3 9 10 -1 20
7 Clyde 15 4 5 6 19 23 7 2 2 3 12 10 8 2 3 3 7 13 -4 17
8 Peterhead 15 4 4 7 16 24 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 2 1 5 9 18 -8 16
9 Forfar Athletic 15 4 2 9 11 22 8 3 1 4 8 11 7 1 1 5 3 11 -11 14
10 Stranraer 15 2 4 9 16 32 7 2 2 3 9 11 8 0 2 6 7 21 -16 10

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.