Falkirk and Partick Thistle are both riding high in the League One with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Falkirk is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Partick Thistle has the most matches under the total-line (7) in League One
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Partick Thistle's home stadium. The visitors last 16 games on artifical turf have ended in 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses.
Falkirk form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Falkirk, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in League One, at their home stadium (Falkirk Community Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The Falkirk crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Airdrieonians here at Falkirk Community Stadium in a League One match. In the game before, an away victory match versus Clyde with a 3-0 scoreline.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Falkirk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost zero.
The Falkirk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Falkirk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Falkirk Community Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Playing away, Partick Thistle, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in League One, have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the League One this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Partick, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Home advantage was not enough for Partick Thistle in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Peterhead, 0-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Forfar Athletic with the score of 2-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Partick Thistle in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Partick, two draws and four defeats.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Partick defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Partick Thistle - Falkirk 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Falkirk wins - draws - Partick Thistle wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Graham 5 goals |   R. Leitch 2 goals |  C. Telfer 2 goals |
Falkirk missing players
Partick Thistle missing players
| Falkirk | Partick Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 56% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 12.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | 5.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 18% | 24% |
- Falkirk has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League One
- Falkirk has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in League One
- Falkirk has the the best goal difference (+11) in League One
- Falkirk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Falkirk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Falkirk is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Partick Thistle has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in League One
- Partick Thistle has the most matches under the total-line (7) in League One
- Partick Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Falkirk | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Montrose | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Cove Rangers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Peterhead | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | East Fife | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Clyde | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 5 |