East Fife will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Forfar Athletic.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Forfar Athletic have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-8-16 (win-draw-loss) from 33 matches.
East Fife form and stats
East Fife have collected 21 points from their home games so far after 6-3-8. With East Fife having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager D. Young.East Fife drew their last game, 1-1 away at Stenhousemuir. Heartbreak before that as East Fife lost 0-3 at Dumbarton's place.
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 seven matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 1 Lost 2.
East Fife has scored 23 goals at home this season, in 17 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the East Fife defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Forfar Athletic playing as the away team this season.The supporters enjoyed Forfar Athletic's previous game versus Montrose, a League One 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stenhousemuir at their stadium, the result 3-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Forfar Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 2 Forfar Athletic wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Forfar Athletic are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 17 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Forfar Athletic have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Forfar Athletic - East Fife 3-0. East Fife-Forfar Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: East Fife 5 wins, Forfar Athletic 4 wins, 1 draw.Top Goalscorers
 
J. Baird
15 goals
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D. Hilson
12 goals
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K. Smith
8 goals
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East Fife missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| East Fife | Forfar Athletic | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs
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Statistic | Away vs
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Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Lost | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 47 | 23 | 4 | Scored | 3 | 21 | 51 |
| 53 | 28 | 7 | Conceded | 5 | 27 | 45 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 86% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 83% |
| 51% | 53% | 75% | Over 2.5 | 25% | 59% | 60% |
| 26% | 24% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 25% | 35% | 29% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 46% | 59% | 75% | BTTS | 25% | 47% | 49% |
| 26% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 25% | 24% | 34% |
| 34% | 29% | 25% | Failed To Score | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | 4 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red Cards | 1 | 2 | 3 |
- East Fife hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- East Fife is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| 09-03-19 |
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East Fife | 3 - 1 | Stranraer |
| 12-03-19 |
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East Fife | 1 - 1 | Stenhousemuir |
| 16-03-19 |
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Arbroath | 2 - 1 | East Fife |
| 23-03-19 |
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East Fife | 0 - 2 | Brechin City |
| 30-03-19 |
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East Fife | 1 - 2 | Raith Rovers |
| 06-04-19 |
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Airdrieonians | 0 - 0 | East Fife |
| 13-04-19 |
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East Fife | 0 - 2 | Montrose |
| 20-04-19 |
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Dumbarton | 3 - 0 | East Fife |
| 27-04-19 |
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Stenhousemuir | 1 - 1 | East Fife |
| 04-05-19 |
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East Fife | 14:00 | Forfar Athletic |
| 02-03-19 |
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Forfar Athletic | 3 - 0 | East Fife |
| 09-03-19 |
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Brechin City | 2 - 2 | Forfar Athletic |
| 16-03-19 |
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Forfar Athletic | 2 - 1 | Raith Rovers |
| 23-03-19 |
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Airdrieonians | 1 - 0 | Forfar Athletic |
| 30-03-19 |
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Forfar Athletic | 2 - 1 | Arbroath |
| 06-04-19 |
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Stranraer | 2 - 1 | Forfar Athletic |
| 13-04-19 |
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Forfar Athletic | 0 - 0 | Dumbarton |
| 20-04-19 |
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Stenhousemuir | 0 - 3 | Forfar Athletic |
| 27-04-19 |
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Forfar Athletic | 1 - 0 | Montrose |
| 04-05-19 |
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East Fife | 14:00 | Forfar Athletic |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 35 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 25 | 69 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 35 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 60 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 74 | 48 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 26 | 59 |
| 4 | Montrose | 35 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 48 | 49 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 23 | -1 | 50 |
| 5 | East Fife | 35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 25 | -6 | 46 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 47 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 45 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | -9 | 42 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 35 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 60 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -26 | 36 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 60 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 33 | -19 | 35 |
