This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Forfar Athletic holding 9th place and Stranraer lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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!
Stranraer play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Stranraer when playing on artifical turf are 3 wins, 5 draws and 12 defeats from 20 matches. They have scored 19 goals and conceded 41 times in these games.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Forfar Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (20) at home in League One, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 12 games.
Forfar Athletic's last game was hosting Clyde (placed 8th) and winning 2-1. Heartbreak before that as Forfar Athletic lost 0-6 at Falkirk's place.
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 four, drawn two and lost three.
Forfar Athletic has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Forfar Athletic have conceded 20 from these games.
Stranraer form and stats
There's been little loot from Stranraer's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 12 away games in the League One. Stranraer, who have the most conceded goals (47) in League One, only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Stranraer have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Forfar Athletic game. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Stranraer, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Clyde game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Stranraer's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Raith Rovers that finished 1-1. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Falkirk.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Stranraer in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Stranraer, zero draws and one defeat.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Stranraer have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Stranraer - Forfar Athletic 2-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Forfar Athletic four wins, two draws and Stranraer four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hilton 5 goals |   J. Kirkpatrick 3 goals |  C. Elliott 3 goals |
Forfar Athletic missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Forfar Athletic | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 23 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 40 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 12 | 28 | 47 |
| 87% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 70% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 87% |
| 52% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 26% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 42% | 35% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 17% | 17% |
| 43% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 61% |
| 26% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 43% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 198 | 116 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 115 | 202 |
| 77 | 48 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 39 | 74 |
| 30% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 32% |
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (23)
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Forfar Athletic has the most conceded goals (20) at home
- Forfar Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
- Forfar Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stranraer has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- Stranraer has the fewest points (5) away
- Stranraer has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
- Stranraer has the most conceded goals (28) away
- Stranraer has the most conceded goals (47)
- Stranraer has the most conceded goals in the second half (30)
- Stranraer has the the worst goal difference (-17) away
- Stranraer has the the worst goal difference (-23)
- Stranraer have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Stranraer have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stranraer have yet to win a 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 | Raith Rovers | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 46 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 42 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | East Fife | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Montrose | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 26 | -10 | 29 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -8 | 25 |
| 8 | Clyde | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 22 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 15 |