Forfar Athletic are welcoming Peterhead for another important game after their 0-0 result against 2nd-placed Raith Rovers.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League One. That game was an away game at Raith Rovers, so at least Forfar Athletic are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Peterhead play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Peterhead when playing on artificial turf are 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from 13 matches. They have scored 29 goals and conceded 29 times in these games.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Forfar Athletic's struggle is real here at Station Park with only 7 points collected from 7 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. With Forfar Athletic having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager S. Malcolm.
Forfar Athletic haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 326 minutes ago. D. Hilson scored that one.
The home team returns to Station Park after sharing the points with Raith Rovers (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the League One game ended 0-0. A Scottish Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Dumbarton.
This is expected to be a close game, with Forfar Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Forfar Athletic as a small favourite), we find nine games. Forfar Athletic has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Forfar Athletic aren't scoring a lot here at Station Park in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. On the other hand, Forfar Athletic have conceded 10 goals.
Peterhead form and stats
Peterhead have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Peterhead, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Raith Rovers (placed 2nd). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Montrose.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Peterhead in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Peterhead, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Peterhead find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Peterhead have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Peterhead - Forfar Athletic 1-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Forfar Athletic victories, 1 draw and 5 Peterhead wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
S. Brown
3 goals
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D. Hilson
2 goals
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J. Leitch
2 goals
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Forfar Athletic missing players
Peterhead missing players
| Forfar Athletic | Peterhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 22 |
| 86% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 64% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 36% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 50% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.7 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | 67 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 71 | 145 |
| 43 | 26 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 24 | 50 |
| 21% | 23% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 30% |
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest points (7) at home
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (9)
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Forfar Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (9)
- Forfar Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-4) at home
- Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Peterhead has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
- Peterhead have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Peterhead have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Peterhead have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Peterhead 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 | Airdrieonians | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | East Fife | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 5 | Montrose | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 7 | Clyde | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 11 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 10 |