Peterhead vs East Fife: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoor Stadium (4000 seats)

Peterhead - East Fife: League One dungeon sides desperate for points and glory. Read all the interesting data and facts before the game!

Insights:
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (18) in League One

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Peterhead form and stats

Peterhead have played 8 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Peterhead hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Clyde, Peterhead and Dumbarton), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

An away draw last time out for Peterhead, facing Clyde in a game that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Peterhead in the Clyde match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Civil Service Strollers.

A decent goal production from Peterhead in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Peterhead are not conceding a lot of goals here at Balmoor Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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East Fife form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for East Fife so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-7 (win-draw-lose).

East Fife delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Alloa Athletic (placed 6th) in their previous match; a League One game. The draw against Alloa Athletic came from a losing position. The Fife manager S. Frail brought on J. Semple as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Prior to that match, the East Fife manager S. Frail faced defeat when travelling to Banks O Dee FC and losing 1-2.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fife as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. The Fife defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 26 goals in their away games. When East Fife is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against East Fife, Clyde and Dumbarton.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: East Fife - Peterhead 3-0. Peterhead-East Fife H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Peterhead four wins, East Fife five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PeterheadR. McLean
R. McLean
6 goals
PeterheadS. Brown
S. Brown
5 goals
East FifeK. Connell
K. Connell
4 goals

Peterhead missing players

East Fife missing players

Peterhead East Fife
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
5 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
8 2 0 Lost L 2 7 10
24 14 8 Scored S 1 7 18
26 7 2 Conceded C 8 26 36
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 62%
44% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 62% 38%
31% 38% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 38% 25%
50% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 62%
25% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
38% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 31%
 
5.6 5.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 4.2
6.2 5.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.1 5.2
1.9 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.4 9.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.9 9.3
4.1 5 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.2 3.5
37% 35% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 32%
 
10.8 9.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 11.6 12.4
4.2 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 6.1 4.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of East Fife's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • East Fife have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • East Fife have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • East Fife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • East Fife have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest points (1) away in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (18) in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals (7) away in League One
  • East Fife have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (26) away in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals (36) in League One
  • East Fife have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-18) in League One
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in League One
  • East Fife have yet to win a game away.
  • East Fife 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 Cove Rangers 16 9 4 3 31 17 8 5 3 0 19 7 8 4 1 3 12 10 14 31
2 Queen's Park 16 6 8 2 31 17 9 4 4 1 19 8 7 2 4 1 12 9 14 26
3 Airdrieonians 15 8 2 5 24 19 8 5 0 3 14 12 7 3 2 2 10 7 5 26
4 Montrose 15 6 7 2 25 13 7 2 3 2 10 9 8 4 4 0 15 4 12 25
5 Falkirk 16 6 4 6 20 23 8 3 1 4 9 10 8 3 3 2 11 13 -3 22
6 Alloa Athletic 16 5 5 6 25 26 8 3 2 3 14 14 8 2 3 3 11 12 -1 20
7 Peterhead 16 5 3 8 24 26 8 4 2 2 14 7 8 1 1 6 10 19 -2 18
8 Dumbarton 16 5 3 8 22 31 7 1 3 3 10 13 9 4 0 5 12 18 -9 18
9 Clyde 16 4 5 7 20 32 8 3 2 3 12 18 8 1 3 4 8 14 -12 17
10 East Fife 16 3 3 10 18 36 8 3 2 3 11 10 8 0 1 7 7 26 -18 12

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.