Balmoor Stadium: Peterhead vs Falkirk League One pre-match guide

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoor Stadium (4000 seats)

Peterhead have some points to catch up on from their 7th place, and the job starts versus Falkirk. Read more!

Insights:
  • Peterhead have the most scored goals (19) in League One
  • Falkirk is in the worst form (1-1-4)

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!

It should be mentioned that Falkirk play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Falkirk on grass are 7 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats from 25 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 30-31. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Peterhead form and stats

3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Peterhead have to build on here at Balmoor Stadium in the League One.

Peterhead are returning here after visiting Alloa Athletic in a League One game and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. A goal frenzy last time out for Peterhead, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Alloa Athletic. Fun stuff to watch!

Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Dumbarton.

Goals decide football matches and Peterhead are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Falkirk form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Airdrieonians with 0-3 on the scoreboard.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs East Fife.

The visiting Falkirk have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Falkirk have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Falkirk - Peterhead 2-1 was the end result in these participants' last h2h game, played this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Peterhead victories, one draw and five Falkirk wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PeterheadS. Brown
S. Brown
4 goals
PeterheadR. McLean
R. McLean
4 goals
FalkirkC. Morrison
C. Morrison
3 goals

Peterhead missing players

Falkirk missing players

Peterhead Falkirk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 4 10
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
6 2 0 Lost L 1 1 4
19 12 5 Scored S 0 5 13
17 6 0 Conceded C 2 6 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
70% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 70%
50% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 10%
50% 60% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 60%
20% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 30%
 
5.8 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.5 5.9
5 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 3.9
2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.5 11.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.5 11.6
4.7 6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.5 4.1
40% 40% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 32%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Falkirk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Falkirk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Falkirk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Falkirk is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Peterhead have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Falkirk have scored away.
  • Peterhead have the most scored goals (12) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the most scored goals (19) 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 Queen's Park 10 5 5 0 17 7 5 3 2 0 9 3 5 2 3 0 8 4 10 20
2 Cove Rangers 10 5 2 3 18 14 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 3 0 3 10 10 4 17
3 Airdrieonians 10 5 2 3 16 12 5 3 0 2 8 7 5 2 2 1 8 5 4 17
4 Montrose 10 4 4 2 18 10 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 3 2 0 12 2 8 16
5 Falkirk 10 4 2 4 13 14 6 3 0 3 8 8 4 1 2 1 5 6 -1 14
6 Dumbarton 10 4 2 4 16 19 5 1 2 2 9 9 5 3 0 2 7 10 -3 14
7 Peterhead 10 4 0 6 19 17 5 3 0 2 12 6 5 1 0 4 7 11 2 12
8 Alloa Athletic 10 3 2 5 14 16 5 2 1 2 9 9 5 1 1 3 5 7 -2 11
9 Clyde 10 3 2 5 13 22 5 2 1 2 6 12 5 1 1 3 7 10 -9 11
10 East Fife 10 2 1 7 12 25 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 0 0 5 4 18 -13 7

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.