Forfar Athletic vs East Fife match preview: Even contest expected at Station Park

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Competition: Scotland League One
Date: Sat 07.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (4602 seats)

It's early days in the League One and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

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.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not East Fife's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf East Fife have performed like this: Played 18 matches resulting in 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 22-20 (scored/conceded).

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

Forfar Athletic have collected 4 points from their League One home games so far after 1-1-1.

The Forfar Athletic crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to East Fife here at Station Park in a League One match. In the match before that, Forfar Athletic hosted Clyde and drew the game 0-0.

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 Forfar Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 3 Lost 1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Forfar Athletic here at Station Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Forfar Athletic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Station Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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East Fife form and stats

Four points from two away games for East Fife, meaning one draw and one victory in the League One so far.

East Fife play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Forfar Athletic (placed 6th). Before that, East Fife secured a home win against Raith Rovers with the score 4-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by East Fife in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for East Fife, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

It's early days yet, but East Fife has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Forfar Athletic - East Fife 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Forfar Athletic victories, 1 draw and 4 East Fife wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Agnew
3 goals
A. Dowds
3 goals / 1 assists
R. Wallace
2 goals

Forfar Athletic missing players

East Fife missing players

Forfar Athletic East Fife
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
5 3 0 Played 0 2 5
2 1 0 Won 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored 0 3 12
3 2 0 Conceded 0 2 6
80% 67% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 33% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
20% 33% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 40%
20% 33% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
60% 67% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
40% 33% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4.6 3.7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5.5 6.6
6.6 6.3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 4.8
1.4 1.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of East Fife's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • East Fife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • East Fife have not yet lost a game.
  • East Fife have scored in all their matches so far.
  • East Fife have scored more than double the goals of Forfar Athletic.
  • East Fife haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forfar Athletic have won significantly less corners at home than away.
Forfar Athletic Last season East Fife
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
36 18   Played   18 36
19 12   Won   7 13
6 3   Drew   4 7
11 3   Lost   7 16
54 30   Scored   24 49
47 18   Conceded   25 56
94% 89%   Over 0.5   89% 94%
83% 83%   Over 1.5   78% 86%
61% 61%   Over 2.5   50% 53%
31% 22%   Over 3.5   28% 28%
11% 11%   Over 4.5   11% 14%
50% 50%   BTTS   33% 47%
33% 44%   Clean Sheets   39% 25%
22% 17%   Failed To Score   39% 33%
 
4.3 4.2   Corners For (avg)   5.1 5.7
5.4 4.7   Corners Against (avg)   4.7 4.6
1.3 1   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.6 1.3
3 1   Red Cards   2 5

Forfar Athletic
All League One Playoffs 2/3 League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
13-08-19 CC Montrose 2 - 1 Forfar Athletic
17-08-19 LC Forfar Athletic 1 - 2 Livingston
24-08-19 LO Peterhead 1 - 0 Forfar Athletic
31-08-19 LO Forfar Athletic 0 - 0 Clyde
07-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 1 - 2 East Fife
14-09-19 LO Falkirk 14:00 Forfar Athletic
21-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 14:00 Montrose
28-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 14:00 Raith Rovers
05-10-19 LO Dumbarton 14:00 Forfar Athletic
19-10-19 LO East Fife 14:00 Forfar Athletic
East Fife
All League One League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
13-08-19 CC East Fife 0 - 2 Stirling Albion
18-08-19 LC East Fife 0 - 3 Rangers
24-08-19 LO East Fife 4 - 1 Airdrieonians
31-08-19 LO East Fife 4 - 2 Raith Rovers
07-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 1 - 2 East Fife
14-09-19 LO Montrose 14:00 East Fife
21-09-19 LO East Fife 14:00 Dumbarton
28-09-19 LO Falkirk 14:00 East Fife
05-10-19 LO East Fife 14:00 Stranraer
19-10-19 LO East Fife 14:00 Forfar Athletic

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 East Fife 5 3 2 0 12 6 3 2 1 0 9 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 11
2 Raith Rovers 5 3 0 2 13 9 2 2 0 0 8 2 3 1 0 2 5 7 4 9
3 Dumbarton 5 3 0 2 8 11 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 5 9 -3 9
4 Falkirk 5 2 2 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 8 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 6 8
5 Peterhead 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 8
6 Forfar Athletic 5 2 1 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 7
7 Airdrieonians 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 7
8 Clyde 5 1 2 2 5 9 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 3 8 -4 5
9 Stranraer 5 1 1 3 7 10 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 4
10 Montrose 5 0 1 4 4 10 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 3 7 -6 1

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