Football tips: East Fife vs Peterhead - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bayview Stadium (2000 seats)

Peterhead have come here for an exciting game against the hosts East Fife. Get smart on the game with this thorough League One preview!

Insights:
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (11) in League One

East Fife and Peterhead 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.

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East Fife form and stats

East Fife have less points than they have played home games in the League One so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Fife to get some points in this home game.

Fife's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Montrose (placed 1st).

Heartbreak before that as East Fife lost 2-5 at Cove Rangers's place.

Early season league goal statistics from East Fife's 2 home games: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Peterhead form and stats

It's not happening yet for Peterhead on their League One travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Recent form does not give Peterhead much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. East Fife will be a tough nut to crack.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Airdrieonians with 2-3 on the scoreboard.

A 0-1 defeat away at Montrose before that.

1 goal so far away for Peterhead, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Fife victories, two draws and five Peterhead wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PeterheadR. McLean
R. McLean
2 goals
FifeL. Watt
L. Watt
1 goals
East FifeK. Smith
K. Smith
1 goals

East Fife missing players

Peterhead missing players

East Fife Peterhead
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
4 1 0 Scored S 0 1 5
11 3 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 5
3 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 10.5 6.8
1.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 5.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 9.5
3.8 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.5
27% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 28%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (11) in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-7) in League One
  • East Fife is in the worst form (0-1-3)
East Fife Last season Peterhead
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
10 7   Won W   4 9
3 3   Drew D   1 2
9 1   Lost L   6 11
30 18   Scored S   14 24
33 11   Conceded C   15 27
95% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
91% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 68%
68% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 41%
27% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 14%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 9%
64% 64%   BTTS BTTS   55% 41%
18% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 32%
23% 9%   Failed to Score F T   18% 27%
 
5 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.1
4.9 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.7
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   4 6
 
9.9 11   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 8.7
3.4 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4
40% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Montrose 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 10
2 Falkirk 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 10
3 Queen's Park 4 2 2 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 5 8
4 Cove Rangers 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 1 1 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 7
5 Alloa Athletic 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -1 4
6 Dumbarton 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 4
7 Airdrieonians 4 1 1 2 6 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 -3 4
8 Clyde 4 1 1 2 4 9 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 4
9 Peterhead 4 1 0 3 5 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 3
10 East Fife 4 0 1 3 4 11 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 8 -7 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 East Fife 22 10 3 9 30 33 11 7 3 1 18 11 11 3 0 8 12 22 -3 33
2 Peterhead 22 9 2 11 24 27 11 5 1 5 10 12 11 4 1 6 14 15 -3 29
3 Clyde 22 8 2 12 27 38 11 5 1 5 15 17 11 3 1 7 12 21 -11 26
4 Dumbarton 22 7 4 11 14 24 11 5 1 5 8 11 11 2 3 6 6 13 -10 25
5 Forfar Athletic 22 4 5 13 18 37 11 1 2 8 10 21 11 3 3 5 8 16 -19 17

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.