It's game two of the League One season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Falkirk-Peterhead!
Falkirk and Peterhead 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.
Peterhead play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Peterhead when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 2 draws and 11 defeats from 17 matches. They have scored 25 goals and conceded 37 times in these games.
Falkirk form and stats
Last season, Falkirk's league statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the League One. Over these 18 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Falkirk managed 5-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 5 conceded.
An away draw last time out for Falkirk, facing Cove Rangers in a game that ended 1-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Edinburgh City (0-3).The match schedule is unforgiving for Falkirk as they have a new game in only four days, a Challenge Cup match thankfully also at home. East Kilbride are visiting.
Peterhead form and stats
Let's have a look at how Peterhead performed last season in the League One: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 9/11 goals scored/conceded.
Peterhead won their last game, 2-0 versus Alloa Athletic played at home.
A 1-3 defeat away at Stirling Albion before that.Peterhead has another fixture away, a Challenge Cup game, against Dundee U21 in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Falkirk, one draw and two wins for Peterhead. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Payne 1 goals |
Falkirk missing players
Peterhead missing players
| Falkirk | Peterhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Falkirk | Last season | Peterhead | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 24 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 14% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 9% | ||
| 45% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 27% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dumbarton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Montrose | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | East Fife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Airdrieonians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Clyde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Partick Thistle | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 40 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 38 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Montrose | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 33 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 32 |