League One: Falkirk anticipated to overcome Clyde

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

Clyde have journeyed here for an exciting game versus the hosts Falkirk. Prepare for the game with this thorough League One preview!

Insights:
  • Falkirk have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in League One
  • Clyde have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in League One

Both sides have had enough rest since their previous match. Let's look for an animated fixture!

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Falkirk form and stats

The hosts won their first League One game here at Falkirk Community Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Falkirk last season were 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from 11 games.

A good away victory last time out for Falkirk, who won 2-1 against Airdrieonians (placed 9th).

Previous to that game, a Challenge Cup home match hosting East Kilbride in a game that was won 3-0.

Falkirk are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew one and lost one.

Early season league goal statistics from Falkirk's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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Clyde form and stats

One match played away so far in the League One for Clyde and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from 11 games.

D. Goodwillie (2) scored in Clyde's previous match, the home game against Alloa Athletic that ended 2-1.

Prior to that match, the Clyde manager D. Lennon faced defeat when travelling to BSC Glasgow and losing 0-1.

You'll want to know how Clyde managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and three home wins.

2 goals so far away for Clyde, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the prior eight meetings): Falkirk won five games, zero matches ended in a draw and Clyde have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / two

Top Goalscorers

ClydeD. Goodwillie
D. Goodwillie
2 goals
FalkirkP. Dixon
P. Dixon
1 goals
FalkirkC. Morrison
C. Morrison
1 goals

Falkirk missing players

Clyde missing players

Falkirk Clyde
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 2 0 Scored S 2 2 4
3 1 0 Conceded C 2 2 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.7
6 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 3.3
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.3 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 7.3
4.3 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3
38% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 44%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Clyde have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in League One
  • Falkirk have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in League One
Falkirk Last season Clyde
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
9 5   Won W   3 8
5 4   Drew D   1 2
8 2   Lost L   7 12
29 14   Scored S   12 27
26 9   Conceded C   21 38
95% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
82% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
50% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 59%
18% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 32%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
45% 55%   BTTS BTTS   45% 45%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 18%
27% 18%   Failed to Score F T   45% 36%
 
5.5 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.5
4.4 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.8
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.4
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.5 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 7.7
4.1 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.1
32% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queen's Park 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 7
2 Montrose 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 7
3 Falkirk 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Cove Rangers 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 4
5 Dumbarton 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 4
6 Clyde 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 4
7 Peterhead 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
8 Alloa Athletic 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -1 3
9 Airdrieonians 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 -4 1
10 East Fife 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 8 -5 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 Partick Thistle 22 11 7 4 40 18 11 6 4 1 22 7 11 5 3 3 18 11 22 40
2 Airdrieonians 22 12 2 8 35 24 11 7 1 3 21 11 11 5 1 5 14 13 11 38
3 Cove Rangers 22 10 6 6 28 18 11 7 1 3 18 10 11 3 5 3 10 8 10 36
4 Montrose 22 9 6 7 33 33 11 5 3 3 19 14 11 4 3 4 14 19 0 33
5 Falkirk 22 9 5 8 29 26 11 5 4 2 14 9 11 4 1 6 15 17 3 32

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.