League One match prediction and preview for Peterhead vs Forfar Athletic clash

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoor Stadium (4000 seats)

Peterhead are welcoming Forfar Athletic for another important game after their 3-0 result against Clyde.

Insights:
  • Peterhead haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (0-1-5)

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League One. That game, against Dumbarton, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Forfar Athletic.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Forfar Athletic's home stadium. The visitors last 22 games on grass have ended in 5 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses.

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Peterhead form and stats

4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Peterhead so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Peterhead bring valid hopes of a third.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Peterhead, as their goalkeeper Leonard Wilson has completely shut out the opponents for 192 minutes in the League One.

The Peterhead supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Clyde in League One and win 3-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Falkirk.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Peterhead here at Balmoor Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Peterhead have conceded 10 goals.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

There's been little loot from Forfar Athletic's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the League One. Forfar Athletic, who have the the worst goal difference (-19) in League One, only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. With the Forfar losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on G. Irvine, the Forfar manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Forfar lost away at Dumbarton (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Clyde.

The attacking power of Forfar when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. In the opposite end, Forfar Athletic have conceded 14 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Forfar Athletic - Peterhead 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Peterhead three wins, two draws and Forfar Athletic five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PeterheadS. Brown
S. Brown
4 goals
PeterheadB. Armour
B. Armour
4 goals
PeterheadH. Ritchie
H. Ritchie
4 goals

Peterhead missing players

Forfar Athletic missing players

Peterhead Forfar Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 19
8 5 2 Won W 1 2 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
9 4 1 Lost L 2 5 12
18 9 4 Scored S 1 6 12
21 10 2 Conceded C 4 15 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
63% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 68%
32% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 42%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 26%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
32% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 42%
37% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 21%
32% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.5 9.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6.9 6.7
3.7 3.6 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.1 2.5
26% 25% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 26%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in League One
  • Forfar Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-19) in League One
  • Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • 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 Partick Thistle 18 9 6 3 30 13 9 4 4 1 16 7 9 5 2 2 14 6 17 33
2 Falkirk 18 9 4 5 26 15 9 5 3 1 11 5 9 4 1 4 15 10 11 31
3 Cove Rangers 18 9 4 5 22 12 9 7 0 2 16 6 9 2 4 3 6 6 10 31
4 Airdrieonians 18 9 2 7 29 22 9 5 1 3 17 10 9 4 1 4 12 12 7 29
5 Montrose 18 7 6 5 27 26 9 4 3 2 16 10 9 3 3 3 11 16 1 27
6 East Fife 18 8 3 7 23 25 9 6 3 0 15 7 9 2 0 7 8 18 -2 27
7 Peterhead 18 7 2 9 15 21 9 4 1 4 6 10 9 3 1 5 9 11 -6 23
8 Clyde 18 6 2 10 22 32 9 3 1 5 11 16 9 3 1 5 11 16 -10 20
9 Dumbarton 18 5 4 9 9 18 9 3 1 5 4 9 9 2 3 4 5 9 -9 19
10 Forfar Athletic 18 2 5 11 12 31 9 0 2 7 6 17 9 2 3 4 6 14 -19 11

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.