East Fife vs Airdrieonians: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bayview Stadium (2000 seats)

Both East Fife and Airdrieonians are aching for points in this fixture, in spite of the away team having a 12 point advantage so far.

Insights:
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (31) in League One
  • Airdrieonians is in the best form (4-0-2) in League One

Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an energetic match!

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East Fife form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, East Fife have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games. When East Fife hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Queen's Park and Cove Rangers), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Two home wins in a row for Fife bring valid hopes of a third.

An away draw last time out for Fife, facing Queen's Park in a game that ended 1-1. K. Millar was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Queen's Park after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Ahead of that match, Fife won a home game hosting Dumbarton (2-1).

The Fife fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Airdrieonians form and stats

Playing away, Airdrieonians have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the League One this season.

C. Smith, K. McInroy and D. Easton scored in Airdrieonians's previous match, the home game against Peterhead that ended 3-1.

Prior to that match, the Airdrieonians manager I. Murray faced defeat when travelling to Alloa Athletic and losing 1-2.

The travelling fans enjoy Airdrieonians's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Airdrieonians in these games.

Head 2 Head

Airdrieonians - Fife 3-0 was the story when this pair of sides formerly played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (East Fife wins - draws - Airdrieonians wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AirdrieoniansC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
4 goals
AirdrieoniansR. McCabe
R. McCabe
4 goals
FifeK. Connell
K. Connell
3 goals

East Fife missing players

Airdrieonians missing players

East Fife Airdrieonians
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 13
3 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
2 1 1 Drew D 1 2 2
8 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
16 10 5 Scored S 5 9 23
31 8 3 Conceded C 4 7 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 85%
69% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 85%
38% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 31%
31% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 15%
62% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 62%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 23%
31% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 23%
 
4.2 4.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.5 6.2
5.5 6.7 9.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.5 4.2
1.5 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.7 8.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.7 11.1
3.3 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.9
37% 50% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 33% 36%
 
12.3 12.3 15 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.8 9.1
4.8 3.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Airdrieonians have the fewest points from losing position (0) in League One
  • Airdrieonians have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Airdrieonians is in the best form (4-0-2) in League One
  • All of East Fife's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (31) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-15) in League One
  • East Fife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 7 2 4 23 17 7 5 0 2 14 10 6 2 2 2 9 7 6 23
2 Queen's Park 13 5 7 1 24 15 7 3 3 1 13 8 6 2 4 0 11 7 9 22
3 Cove Rangers 13 6 4 3 24 17 6 3 3 0 14 7 7 3 1 3 10 10 7 22
4 Montrose 13 5 6 2 22 11 7 2 3 2 10 9 6 3 3 0 12 2 11 21
5 Falkirk 13 5 4 4 17 16 7 3 1 3 9 9 6 2 3 1 8 7 1 19
6 Alloa Athletic 13 5 3 5 21 21 6 3 1 2 11 10 7 2 2 3 10 11 0 18
7 Dumbarton 13 4 3 6 20 25 6 1 3 2 10 10 7 3 0 4 10 15 -5 15
8 Peterhead 13 4 2 7 20 20 7 3 2 2 12 6 6 1 0 5 8 14 0 14
9 Clyde 13 3 3 7 15 29 6 2 1 3 7 15 7 1 2 4 8 14 -14 12
10 East Fife 13 3 2 8 16 31 6 3 1 2 10 8 7 0 1 6 6 23 -15 11

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.