Only a win will satisfy the Falkirk supporters in this Falkirk Stadium clash with Forfar Athletic, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Falkirk form and stats
Falkirk, who have the most clean sheets (11) in League One, have performed here at Falkirk Stadium this season with 6 wins from 10 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
The home team returns to Falkirk Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Arbroath on their last time out; the Scottish Cup game ended 0-0. Before that match, a League One win away at Peterhead.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Falkirk home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Falkirk are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Falkirk have only let in 5 goals at home.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Forfar Athletic so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Forfar Athletic's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Raith Rovers (placed 1st). Prior to that match, the Forfar Athletic manager S. Malcolm faced defeat when travelling to Airdrieonians and losing 0-1.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Forfar Athletic played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 1 time.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Forfar Athletic as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. Forfar Athletic have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Forfar Athletic - Falkirk 0-2, played this season. Last five meetings between the teams: Falkirk won 5, Forfar Athletic won 0 and 0 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 14 goals |  C. Sammon 6 goals |   R. Forbes 5 goals |
Falkirk missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Falkirk | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 38 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 33 |
| 81% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 86% |
| 71% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 67% |
| 52% | 70% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 48% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 43% |
| 52% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 29% |
| 29% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 70% | 43% |
| 6.7 | 7.5 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 249 | 118 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 80 | 185 |
| 104 | 55 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 29 | 73 |
| 37% | 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 29% |
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals (13)
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Falkirk has the most clean sheets (11)
- Falkirk has the most scored goals (23) at home
- Falkirk has the most scored goals in the first half (21)
- Falkirk has the the best goal difference (+18) at home
- Falkirk has the the best goal difference (+25)
- 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.
- Falkirk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Forfar Athletic have scored away.
- Falkirk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (21)
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Forfar Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | East Fife | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Montrose | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Clyde | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 12 |