East Fife will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Airdrieonians.
East Fife and Airdrieonians should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This pitch has grass, which is not Airdrieonians's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Airdrieonians have performed like this: Played 29 matches resulting in 11 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats with the goal stats 42-40 (scored/conceded).
East Fife form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, East Fife have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games.
The fans are hoping that East Fife will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League One game against Montrose (placed 4th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Raith Rovers (3-5).
This is expected to be a close game, with East Fife perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with East Fife as a small favourite), we find ten games. East Fife has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
East Fife have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bayview Stadium with 16 goals in 10 league matches. East Fife have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Airdrieonians form and stats
Airdrieonians have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 6-0-3 from 9 games. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Airdrieonians have lost on their last two travels.
Airdrieonians are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the League One against Forfar Athletic (placed 9th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Falkirk.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Airdrieonians playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Airdrieonians wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Airdrieonians's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Airdrieonians have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Airdrieonians - East Fife 4-0. East Fife-Airdrieonians H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: East Fife 5 wins, Airdrieonians 3 wins, 2 draws. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Carrick 11 goals |  C. Gallagher 9 goals |   S. Agnew 7 goals |
East Fife missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| East Fife | Airdrieonians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 31 |
| 25 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 23 |
| 85% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 70% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 70% |
| 45% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 55% |
| 35% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 30% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 10% |
| 60% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 55% |
| 25% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 30% |
| 30% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 11 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 239 | 133 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 102 | 221 |
| 93 | 41 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 38 | 89 |
| 33% | 39% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | 35% |
- Airdrieonians has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
- Airdrieonians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- East Fife has the most matches under the total-line (11)
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 38 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 4 | Montrose | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | East Fife | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -6 | 22 |
| 8 | Clyde | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 12 |