Falkirk vs East Fife pre-match info: Away team will have a hard task at Falkirk Community Stadium

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

Falkirk have harvested 6 of their 11 in total here at their home arena. How will they do against East Fife?

Insights:
  • Falkirk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (7) in League One

Falkirk and East Fife 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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Falkirk form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Falkirk have to build on here at Falkirk Community Stadium in the League One. Falkirk are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Falkirk Community Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

Falkirk travelled for their previous game, a trip to Montrose that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Montrose as Falkirk were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until M. Ruth popped out and made it level in the 90th minute.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Dumbarton (1-2).

A decent goal production from Falkirk in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Falkirk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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East Fife form and stats

East Fife are still without points from their League One away games. 4 games, 4 defeats. A depressing four defeats in a row for Fife in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Alloa Athletic.

D. Denholm was the last player to score for the away team. East Fife haven't scored a league goal in the last 273 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Fife in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Clyde, 0-2.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Airdrieonians's place.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Fife defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: six - two - one (Falkirk wins - draws - East Fife wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FalkirkC. Morrison
C. Morrison
3 goals
FalkirkP. Dixon
P. Dixon
2 goals
FalkirkC. Telfer
C. Telfer
2 goals

Falkirk missing players

East Fife missing players

Falkirk East Fife
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 4 8
3 2 2 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
11 6 5 Scored S 1 3 7
10 4 1 Conceded C 3 16 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 62%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
62% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 38%
12% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
5.9 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4
3.6 2.8 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.8 4.1
1.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.4 12.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.2 8.9
4.4 4.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.5 3.2
31% 35% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 21% 27%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of East Fife's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • East Fife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • East Fife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • East Fife have lost all their away matches so far.
  • East Fife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (7) in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (16) away in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (21) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-14) in League One
  • East Fife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Falkirk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Falkirk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Falkirk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 8 4 4 0 13 6 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 1 3 0 5 4 7 16
2 Dumbarton 8 4 2 2 16 11 4 1 2 1 9 6 4 3 0 1 7 5 5 14
3 Cove Rangers 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 14
4 Montrose 8 3 3 2 12 9 5 1 2 2 6 8 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 12
5 Alloa Athletic 8 3 2 3 11 9 3 2 1 0 6 2 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 11
6 Falkirk 8 3 2 3 11 10 4 2 0 2 6 4 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 11
7 Airdrieonians 8 3 2 3 11 11 4 2 0 2 6 6 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 11
8 Clyde 8 3 2 3 12 15 4 2 1 1 6 7 4 1 1 2 6 8 -3 11
9 Peterhead 8 2 0 6 10 15 4 2 0 2 7 6 4 0 0 4 3 9 -5 6
10 East Fife 8 1 1 6 7 21 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 0 0 4 3 16 -14 4

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.