Match preview League One: Peterhead - Clyde at Balmoor Stadium

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Tue 30.March
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoor Stadium (4000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Peterhead are in the 5th position while the guesting Clyde worry at 9th.

Insights:
  • Peterhead haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals (24) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Peterhead nor Clyde as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Peterhead's stadium, Balmoor Stadium, has a grass surface. Clyde 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 Clyde when playing on grass; 15 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses from 32 matches. They have scored 41 goals in these games and conceded 36.

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Peterhead form and stats

Peterhead have collected 10 points from their League One home games so far after 3-1-2.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Peterhead, as their goalkeeper Joshua Rae has completely shut out the opponents for 268 minutes in the League One.

It's back home for Peterhead, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dumbarton away with the result 1-0. B. Armour found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a Scottish Cup defeat to Stenhousemuir (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Peterhead perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Peterhead as a small favourite), we find six games. Peterhead has won one of these, drawn one and lost four.

Peterhead have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Peterhead have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Clyde form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Clyde, who have the most conceded goals (24) in League One, have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

Clyde has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Montrose for a League One game that ended a draw (2-2). Preceding that game was the away Scottish Cup victory against Keith with the score of 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Clyde in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Clyde, one draw and two defeats.

Clyde has another fixture away, a League One game, against East Fife in just two days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Clyde have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Clyde are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 5 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Clyde - Peterhead 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Peterhead, two draws and one win for Clyde. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

ClydeD. Goodwillie
D. Goodwillie
6 goals
PeterheadB. Armour
B. Armour
4 goals
PeterheadS. Brown
S. Brown
3 goals

Peterhead missing players

Clyde missing players

Peterhead Clyde
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 1 4 10
6 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
6 2 1 Lost L 0 2 6
12 5 2 Scored S 2 5 12
13 5 1 Conceded C 2 10 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
54% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
23% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 70%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 60%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
31% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
38% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
31% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 9.2 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 6.2 7.1
3.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3.2
29% 24% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 38%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Clyde have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Clyde have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Clyde have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
  • Clyde have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in League One
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals (24) in League One
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in League One
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in League One
  • Clyde have the the worst goal difference (-12) in League One
  • Clyde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Peterhead haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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

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.