Evenly matched teams: East Fife vs Alloa Athletic match preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bayview Stadium (2000 seats)

Here's every piece of data you must be aware of, and some more, before the East Fife - Alloa Athletic fixture!

Insights:
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (17) in League One
  • All of Alloa Athletic's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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East Fife form and stats

3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for East Fife, who have the fewest scored goals (17) in League One, so far this season.

No payout for East Fife in their previous match, an away game at Banks O Dee FC that ended in defeat 1-2.

A League One defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Clyde.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how East Fife have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost three.

Fife has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Fife's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Alloa Athletic form and stats

2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alloa Athletic in their League One matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Alloa Athletic's previous game versus Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, a Scottish Cup 5-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, Alloa was the only team on the pitch versus Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.

A 1-2 loss hosting Dumbarton before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Alloa playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Alloa Athletic win, one draw and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Alloa have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. Alloa's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported meeting between these contenders is the Alloa Athletic - East Fife 3-1 played previously this season. East Fife-Alloa Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fife three wins, Alloa Athletic five wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Alloa AthleticS. Boyd
S. Boyd
6 goals
Alloa AthleticE. Henderson
E. Henderson
6 goals
FifeK. Connell
K. Connell
4 goals

East Fife missing players

Alloa Athletic missing players

East Fife Alloa Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 3 7 15
3 3 0 Won W 0 2 5
2 1 1 Drew D 1 2 4
10 3 0 Lost L 2 3 6
17 10 1 Scored S 2 10 24
35 9 1 Conceded C 5 11 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 60%
40% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 33%
27% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
60% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 80%
7% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 13%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 7%
 
3.9 3.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.6 2.5
5.4 6.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.4 7.1
1.5 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
9 9.1 5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 8.6 8.5
3.4 3.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 4.1
33% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 39%
 
12.5 13.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 11.1
5.1 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4 5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Alloa Athletic's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • East Fife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • East Fife have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (17) in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (35) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-18) 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 Cove Rangers 15 8 4 3 29 17 7 4 3 0 17 7 8 4 1 3 12 10 12 28
2 Airdrieonians 15 8 2 5 24 19 8 5 0 3 14 12 7 3 2 2 10 7 5 26
3 Montrose 15 6 7 2 25 13 7 2 3 2 10 9 8 4 4 0 15 4 12 25
4 Queen's Park 15 5 8 2 25 17 8 3 4 1 13 8 7 2 4 1 12 9 8 23
5 Falkirk 15 6 4 5 20 17 8 3 1 4 9 10 7 3 3 1 11 7 3 22
6 Alloa Athletic 15 5 4 6 24 25 8 3 2 3 14 14 7 2 2 3 10 11 -1 19
7 Dumbarton 15 5 3 7 22 29 7 1 3 3 10 13 8 4 0 4 12 16 -7 18
8 Peterhead 15 5 2 8 22 24 8 4 2 2 14 7 7 1 0 6 8 17 -2 17
9 Clyde 15 4 4 7 18 30 7 3 1 3 10 16 8 1 3 4 8 14 -12 16
10 East Fife 15 3 2 10 17 35 7 3 1 3 10 9 8 0 1 7 7 26 -18 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.