An important duel in the bottom section of the League One, with both East Fife and Forfar Athletic experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 8th and the visitors in 10th place.
- East Fife have not yet lost a game at home.
- Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (1-1-4)
East Fife and Forfar Athletic 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.
East Fife form and stats
East Fife have collected seven points from their first three League One games here at Bayview Stadium, a promising start. Fife has recorded two wins in a row here at Bayview Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Airdrieonians in a game that was won 2-0.
Goals decide football matches and Fife are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. On the other hand, East Fife have conceded 3 goals.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Things could have gone better for Forfar Athletic in their League One away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Peterhead with the score of 1-0.
The attacking power of Forfar when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. As opposed to that, Forfar Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Fife-Forfar Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: East Fife five wins, Forfar Athletic four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Antoniazzi 2 goals |  D. Denholm 1 goals | K. Smith 1 goals |
East Fife missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| East Fife | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.9 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
| 2.1 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 53% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 26% |
- All of East Fife's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- East Fife have not yet lost a game at home.
- East Fife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Falkirk | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Montrose | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | East Fife | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Clyde | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 5 |