Peterhead v Airdrieonians preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoor Stadium (4000 seats)

Peterhead are trying to blank out the league table before this fixture versus Airdrieonians. Here's everything you need to know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (10) in League One
  • Airdrieonians have scored more than double the goals of Peterhead.

This football stadium has grass, which is not Airdrieonians's familiar surface at their own football field. When playing on grass Airdrieonians have performed like this: Played 18 matches with the output 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats with the goal difference 18-24 (scored/conceded).

Peterhead and Airdrieonians should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Peterhead form and stats

With 1 League One win, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Peterhead are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Brown was the last player to score a league goal for Peterhead and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Peterhead haven't scored in 417 minutes.

Peterhead drew their last game, also a home match. Montrose (placed 4th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Prior to that, an away loss at Edinburgh City.

It should be considered that a glance at the 11 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The lack of attacking qualities in Peterhead means that they have only scored {4 goals} in 9 league home games, less than half a goal per match.

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Airdrieonians form and stats

Playing away, Airdrieonians have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the League One this season.

Airdrieonians have a lot to to set right after their shock loss (3-5) to Edinburgh City in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters. Until that loss this side had gained at least one point from six league matches in a row. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Airdrieonians in their fight with Edinburgh City last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 3-5 loss.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Montrose at their stadium, the result 4-2.

Airdrieonians have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Airdrieonians have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Airdrieonians have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when facing Peterhead.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Airdrieonians - Peterhead 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

AirdrieoniansC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
8 goals
AirdrieoniansL. Jamieson
L. Jamieson
8 goals
AirdrieoniansC. Smith
C. Smith
7 goals

Peterhead missing players

Airdrieonians missing players

Peterhead Airdrieonians
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 10 19
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 8
5 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
13 6 2 Lost L 1 4 6
10 4 0 Scored S 2 13 36
45 18 4 Conceded C 2 15 30
95% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 80% 84%
53% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 47%
37% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 47%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 32%
37% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 47%
5% 11% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 37%
63% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 16%
 
3.2 3.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 6.3 6.2
7.2 6.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.2
2.2 2.4 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.6 1.2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
6 6.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 10.6 11.4
2.4 2.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.5 5.3
22% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 36%
 
11.4 9.4 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 10 9.3
5.8 4.6 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 3.8 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Airdrieonians have scored more than double the goals of Peterhead.
  • Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Peterhead have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Peterhead have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Peterhead have the fewest points (5) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (10) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals (45) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-35) in League One
  • Peterhead is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 18 11 6 1 27 11 9 4 5 0 12 8 9 7 1 1 15 3 16 39
2 Edinburgh City 20 12 2 6 42 29 10 6 1 3 19 15 10 6 1 3 23 14 13 38
3 Falkirk 18 9 5 4 36 22 10 6 2 2 21 10 8 3 3 2 15 12 14 32
4 Montrose 20 8 6 6 29 25 10 5 3 2 18 10 10 3 3 4 11 15 4 30
5 Alloa Athletic 19 8 5 6 35 27 9 6 1 2 21 11 10 2 4 4 14 16 8 29
6 Airdrieonians 19 8 5 6 36 30 9 5 2 2 23 15 10 3 3 4 13 15 6 29
7 Queen of the South 20 7 5 8 33 34 10 4 2 4 16 14 10 3 3 4 17 20 -1 26
8 Kelty Hearts 20 7 3 10 20 28 10 5 2 3 12 9 10 2 1 7 8 19 -8 24
9 Clyde 19 2 4 13 23 40 10 1 3 6 14 21 9 1 1 7 9 19 -17 10
10 Peterhead 19 1 5 13 10 45 9 1 2 6 4 18 10 0 3 7 6 27 -35 8

Read more about League One

The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.