East Fife will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Falkirk.
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!
This pitch has grass, which is not Falkirk's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Falkirk have performed like this: Played 39 matches resulting in 13 wins, 9 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 40-47 (scored/conceded).
East Fife form and stats
East Fife have collected 13 points from their League One home games so far after 3-4-1.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 205 minutes without scoring a league goal. L. Watt was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that East Fife will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the League One game against Airdrieonians (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Clyde that ended 0-0.
East Fife were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A decent goal production from East Fife in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. On the other hand, East Fife have conceded 8 goals.
Falkirk form and stats
As the visiting team in League One matches, Falkirk, who have the most clean sheets (9) in League One, have produced an overall stat of 2-4-1 so far.
Falkirk are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the League One against Stranraer (placed 10th). Prior to that result Falkirk won their away game at Linlithgow Rose in the Scottish Cup. The scoreline was 4-1.
Falkirk find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Falkirk as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Falkirk - East Fife 0-0 played earlier this season. Last five meetings between the teams: East Fife won 0, Falkirk won 4 and 1 draw. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
D. McManus
7 goals
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C. Sammon
6 goals
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S. Agnew
4 goals
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East Fife missing players
Falkirk missing players
| East Fife | Falkirk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | 13 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 27 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 73% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 53% |
| 40% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 20% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 67% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 29% | 27% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.3 | 6.9 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 194 | 112 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 90 | 191 |
| 76 | 35 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 34 | 81 |
| 32% | 37% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 33% |
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Falkirk has the most clean sheets (4) away
- Falkirk has the most clean sheets (9)
- Falkirk has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
- Falkirk has the the best goal difference (+19)
- Falkirk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 |