Only a win will satisfy the Partick Thistle supporters in this The Energy Check Stadium clash with Forfar Athletic, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.
- Partick Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Partick and Forfar Athletic.
Partick's stadium, The Energy Check Stadium, has a grass surface. Forfar Athletic have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Forfar Athletic when playing on grass; 6 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses from 23 matches. They have scored 24 goals in these games and conceded 38.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Partick Thistle have collected 9 points from their League One home games so far after 2-3-1.
Happy days for Partick in their previous game, a League One match away at Airdrieonians (placed 7th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Before that, Partick Thistle had a Scottish Cup home game versus Cowdenbeath which ended with a victory 3-0.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The manager I. McCall will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dundee United in only four days.
Partick Thistle are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. From these home matches, Partick have conceded only 5 goals.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Playing away, Forfar Athletic have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the League One this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Falkirk with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Dumbarton.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Forfar Athletic's match history for similar games we find two matches. The home team won two of these as expected, two of them by at least two goals. Forfar managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Edinburgh City in just four days.
Goals are few and far between in Forfar's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. As opposed to that, Forfar have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Forfar Athletic - Partick 0-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: seven - one - zero (Partick Thistle wins - draws - Forfar Athletic wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Graham 6 goals |  J. Cardle 2 goals |  C. Antoniazzi 2 goals |
Partick Thistle missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Partick Thistle | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 83% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 17% | 25% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 42% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.2 | 12 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 26% | 30% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 24% |
- Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Partick Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Partick Thistle have scored more than double the goals of Forfar Athletic.
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Montrose | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Peterhead | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 6 | East Fife | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Airdrieonians | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Dumbarton | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 9 | Clyde | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 10 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -11 | 9 |