Dunfermline Athletic expected to challenge Peterhead at their own home

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 19.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoor Stadium (4000 seats)

Scrambling Peterhead cross their fingers to pull off a surprise when they welcome high-flying Dunfermline Athletic in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 10th vs 1st and the home regulars will have not-so-high confidence.

Insights:
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (10) in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (9) in League One

The visiting Dunfermline Athletic played their last game only four days ago, a Challenge Cup match.

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Peterhead form and stats

Peterhead's results here at Balmoor Stadium in the League One have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Peterhead travelled for their previous game, a trip to Airdrieonians that ended 1-1.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Montrose (0-3).

Peterhead have scored {4 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. Peterhead are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 7 played).

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Dunfermline Athletic form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the League One.

The regulars enjoyed Dunfermline Athletic's previous game versus Celtic II, a Challenge Cup win (2-1) played at home.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Clyde in the League One.

Dunfermline are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. The Dunfermline Athletic defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({2 goals} in 7 games).

Head 2 Head

Dunfermline Athletic have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (3-3-0) when facing Peterhead.

The dueling parties have fought previously this season: Dunfermline Athletic - Peterhead 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

Dunfermline AthleticN. Todorov
N. Todorov
5 goals
Dunfermline AthleticC. Wighton
C. Wighton
4 goals
PeterheadM. Gillies
M. Gillies
3 goals

Peterhead missing players

Dunfermline Athletic missing players

Peterhead Dunfermline Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
1 1 0 Won W 2 5 9
4 1 0 Drew D 1 1 5
10 5 2 Lost L 0 1 1
10 4 0 Scored S 4 11 22
36 16 6 Conceded C 0 2 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 93%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 67%
53% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 33%
40% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 86% 60%
53% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 13%
 
3.3 3.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6 6.1
7.1 6.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 3.4 3.8
2.1 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.3 6.4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 10.3 10.9
2.7 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.4 4.1
25% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 35% 35%
 
11.9 10.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 4 5.4
6 4.7 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 1.7 2.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Peterhead's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dunfermline Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dunfermline Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Peterhead.
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (9) in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the most clean sheets (6) away in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the most clean sheets (9) in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the most matches under the total-line (10) in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the most points (16) away in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the the best goal difference (+13) in League One
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the the best goal difference (+9) away in League One
  • 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 failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Peterhead have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest clean sheets (0) 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 (16) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals (36) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-26) in League One
  • 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 Dunfermline Athletic 15 9 5 1 22 9 8 4 4 0 11 7 7 5 1 1 11 2 13 32
2 Falkirk 15 8 3 4 27 16 8 5 1 2 15 7 7 3 2 2 12 9 11 27
3 Montrose 15 8 3 4 25 15 8 5 2 1 16 6 7 3 1 3 9 9 10 27
4 Alloa Athletic 15 8 2 5 30 21 8 6 0 2 21 11 7 2 2 3 9 10 9 26
5 Edinburgh City 15 8 1 6 25 21 7 4 0 3 9 10 8 4 1 3 16 11 4 25
6 Airdrieonians 15 6 4 5 27 22 7 4 2 1 19 10 8 2 2 4 8 12 5 22
7 Queen of the South 15 5 4 6 24 26 7 2 2 3 10 12 8 3 2 3 14 14 -2 19
8 Kelty Hearts 15 5 2 8 14 24 8 4 2 2 8 7 7 1 0 6 6 17 -10 17
9 Clyde 15 2 2 11 18 32 7 1 1 5 9 14 8 1 1 6 9 18 -14 8
10 Peterhead 15 1 4 10 10 36 7 1 1 5 4 16 8 0 3 5 6 20 -26 7

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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.