League One: Falkirk host Edinburgh City in what should be an engrossing football fixture. Tipsway gives you a thorough preview!
- Falkirk have the most points from losing position (15) in League One
- Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (32) away in League One
Edinburgh City are still fighting for top positions and their benefits. 8-4-10 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Edinburgh City when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 22 matches are 38-39 (scored/conceded).
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Falkirk form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Falkirk at their home stadium (Falkirk Community Stadium) is 10 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
The Falkirk followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Falkirk Community Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Edinburgh City (placed 5th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in five league games. The defeat against Edinburgh City was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Murray).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Airdrieonians that ended 2-2.Falkirk can score goals in their home matches. After 18 league matches they have found the net 38 times. Falkirk have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Edinburgh City form and stats
8 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Edinburgh City playing as the away team in the League One this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Edinburgh, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Falkirk (placed 2nd) last time out. Hooray; their first three points in the league after six games not winning. Late drama in the previous game, when Murray scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Falkirk.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Clyde wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Edinburgh City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 32 times in 18 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Edinburgh City have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the result Falkirk - Edinburgh City 1-2 logged in the official records. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Falkirk victories, zero draws and two Edinburgh City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Robertson 13 goals |   C. Morrison 12 goals |  D. Handling 12 goals |
Falkirk missing players
Edinburgh City missing players
| Falkirk | Edinburgh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 34 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 63 | 38 | 12 | Scored | S | 11 | 32 | 57 |
| 37 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 25 | 49 |
| 91% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 94% | 97% |
| 82% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 85% |
| 59% | 61% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 59% |
| 41% | 50% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 28% | 29% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 28% | 18% |
| 56% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 56% | 47% |
| 29% | 39% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 26% |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | 29% |
| 6.5 | 7.2 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.4 | 10.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 40% | 45% | 63% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 69% | 51% | 44% |
| 7 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.8 | 11.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
- Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (32) away in League One
- Falkirk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Falkirk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Falkirk have the most points from losing position (15) in League One
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 33 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 58 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 39 | 74 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 61 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 76 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 30 | 56 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 54 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 8 | 50 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 54 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 33 | -4 | 48 |
| 7 | Montrose | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -1 | 45 |
| 8 | Kelty Hearts | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 30 | -13 | 36 |
| 9 | Clyde | 33 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 64 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 33 | -33 | 20 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 33 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 78 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 49 | -62 | 15 |
