Struggling Forfar Athletic will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Partick Thistle in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (1-2-3)
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It should be mentioned that Partick Thistle play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Partick Thistle on artifical turf are 7 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats from 16 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 20-10. You can compare this with overall results below.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Forfar Athletic have played three League One home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Forfar Athletic, their manager S. Malcolm and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A good away victory last time out for Forfar Athletic, who won 1-0 against Peterhead (placed 8th). Preceding that match was the home game against Airdrieonians that was lost 1-3.
The Forfar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Forfar have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Partick Thistle are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Partick have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Kieran Wright. It's been 272 minutes since they last conceded in League One.
There were no winners in Partick's previous match, a League One home game that ended 0-0 vs Dumbarton (placed 6th). Prior to that result Partick Thistle won their away game at Montrose. The scoreline was 1-0.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Partick Thistle's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Partick are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Forfar won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Partick Thistle has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fourTop Goalscorers
  B. Graham 5 goals |   C. Antoniazzi 2 goals | B. Barr 1 goals |
Forfar Athletic missing players
Partick Thistle missing players
| Forfar Athletic | Partick Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.7 | 12.3 |
| 2.8 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 26% |
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest points (1) at home in League One
- Forfar Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in League One
- Forfar Athletic have yet to win a game at home.
- Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (1-2-3)
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Montrose | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | East Fife | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Clyde | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 5 |