Evenly matched teams: East Fife vs Peterhead match preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bayview Stadium (2000 seats)

East Fife are welcoming Peterhead for another important game following their 0-2 result versus 5th-placed Falkirk.

Insights:
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (21) in League One
  • Peterhead have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

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East Fife form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what East Fife, who have the fewest scored goals (21) in League One, have to build on here at Bayview Stadium in the League One. When East Fife hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like East Fife, Alloa Athletic and Dumbarton), they have won 1 of 2 matches! All in all it has been a very rough period for East Fife who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Dumbarton, 91 days ago.

East Fife haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 360 minutes ago. Millar scored that one.

The Fife regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Bayview Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Falkirk (placed 5th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Dumbarton.

East Fife are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Fife have conceded 14 goals.

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Peterhead form and stats

Peterhead have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-1-7 (10 played). When Peterhead is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Alloa Athletic, Peterhead and Dumbarton is teams we like to compare East Fife with.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Clyde in the League One.

Peterhead have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. For Peterhead, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. When Peterhead is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Alloa Athletic, Peterhead and Dumbarton.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the teams met previously this campaign; Peterhead - East Fife 1-1. Fife-Peterhead H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: East Fife five wins, Peterhead three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PeterheadR. McLean
R. McLean
8 goals
PeterheadS. Brown
S. Brown
6 goals
East FifeK. Connell
K. Connell
5 goals

East Fife missing players

Peterhead missing players

East Fife Peterhead
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
3 3 1 Won W 2 2 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 5
15 5 0 Lost L 0 7 10
21 11 3 Scored S 7 13 29
50 14 2 Conceded C 4 23 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
95% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 76%
55% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 57%
32% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 38%
23% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 30% 29%
55% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 52%
5% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 19%
41% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 38%
 
4.2 4.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 12 7 6.2
5.5 6.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 6.4 5.8
1.5 1.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 1.9
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 9.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.2 10
3.5 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.1 4
27% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 70% 42% 35%
 
12.3 12.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 5 10.8 10.3
5 3.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.3 4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • 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 (11) at home in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (21) in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (50) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-29) in League One
  • East Fife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • East Fife is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Peterhead have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Peterhead have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Peterhead haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 22 15 4 3 44 19 11 8 3 0 27 9 11 7 1 3 17 10 25 49
2 Airdrieonians 22 13 3 6 38 26 12 9 0 3 24 15 10 4 3 3 14 11 12 42
3 Montrose 22 10 9 3 36 18 11 4 5 2 16 12 11 6 4 1 20 6 18 39
4 Queen's Park 20 6 11 3 34 21 9 4 4 1 19 8 11 2 7 2 15 13 13 29
5 Falkirk 21 8 4 9 31 33 11 4 1 6 16 17 10 4 3 3 15 16 -2 28
6 Clyde 22 6 8 8 27 38 11 3 4 4 15 22 11 3 4 4 12 16 -11 26
7 Peterhead 21 6 5 10 29 33 11 4 4 3 16 10 10 2 1 7 13 23 -4 23
8 Alloa Athletic 21 5 7 9 28 35 10 3 3 4 15 16 11 2 4 5 13 19 -7 22
9 Dumbarton 21 6 3 12 29 44 11 2 3 6 15 20 10 4 0 6 14 24 -15 21
10 East Fife 22 3 4 15 21 50 10 3 2 5 11 14 12 0 2 10 10 36 -29 13

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.