The visiting East Fife side should be favourites in this visit to Peterhead, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Peterhead form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Peterhead have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.
In their previous game, the manager J. McInally led his Peterhead to a defeat in the League One match away at Airdrieonians. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Balmoor Stadium. Before that, Peterhead had a home game versus Stranraer which ended with a victory 3-0.
Peterhead has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 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 6 from 8 matches.
East Fife form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of East Fife playing as the away team in the League One this season.
East Fife have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Brett Long. It's been 187 minutes since they last conceded in League One.
It's the second away game in a row for East Fife, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Stranraer (placed 10th) in the League One last time out. A draw for East Fife before that, at their own venue hosting Falkirk (0-0).
East Fife has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, East Fife have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result East Fife - Peterhead 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Peterhead, 2 draws and 5 wins for East Fife. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
 
S. Brown
5 goals
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S. Agnew
5 goals
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R. Wallace
4 goals
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Peterhead missing players
East Fife missing players
| Peterhead | East Fife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 26 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 76% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 71% |
| 59% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 53% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 59% |
| 29% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 188 | 93 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 88 | 208 |
| 65 | 35 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 44 | 80 |
| 31% | 29% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | 32% |
- East Fife has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- East Fife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | East Fife | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 28 |
| 5 | Montrose | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 8 | Clyde | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 18 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -21 | 10 |