Falkirk welcomes Forfar Athletic as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

It's game two of the League One season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Falkirk-Forfar Athletic!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Falkirk form and stats

A strong away win for Falkirk against Montrose the last match, as R. Leitch and C. Morrison were on target. Before that, Falkirk had a League Cup home game versus Clyde which ended with a victory 2-1.

Last season, Falkirk's league statistics were 14 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the League One. Over these 28 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 18. Playing at home last season Falkirk managed 10-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 5 conceded.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

Forfar's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Dumbarton that finished 0-0. The game before that, in the League Cup, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Hibernian.

Let's have a look at how Forfar Athletic performed last season in the League One: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 9/25 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Falkirk six wins, zero draws and Forfar Athletic zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Falkirk missing players

Forfar Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Falkirk Forfar Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 8
6 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 2
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Falkirk Last season Forfar Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
14 10   Won W   2 6
10 2   Drew D   3 6
4 2   Lost L   9 16
54 35   Scored S   9 26
18 5   Conceded C   25 47
86% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 89%
75% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 71%
50% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 46%
25% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
14% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 18%
39% 21%   BTTS BTTS   29% 46%
54% 71%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 21%
21% 14%   Failed to Score F T   64% 43%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
4 4   Red cards R C   0 0
 
333 169   Total Shots T S   98 236
140 77   Shots on Target S O   34 89
39% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 29%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Falkirk 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Airdrieonians 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Clyde 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Dumbarton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Forfar Athletic 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Partick Thistle 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 East Fife 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Montrose 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Peterhead 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
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 Raith Rovers 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Falkirk 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Airdrieonians 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Clyde 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Dumbarton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Forfar Athletic 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Partick Thistle 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 East Fife 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Montrose 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
10 Peterhead 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.