An important duel in the bottom section of the League One, with both Peterhead and Forfar Athletic experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 7th and the visitors in 9th place.
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.
This pitch has grass, which is not Forfar Athletic's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Forfar Athletic have performed like this: Played 29 matches resulting in 7 wins, 7 draws and 15 defeats with the goal stats 32-49 (scored/conceded).
Peterhead form and stats
5-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Peterhead so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager J. McInally led his Peterhead to a defeat in the League One match away at Montrose. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Balmoor Stadium. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Dumbarton.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Peterhead matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
Peterhead has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 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 11 from 12 matches.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
There's been little loot from Forfar Athletic's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the League One. Forfar Athletic only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Forfar Athletic are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The supporters enjoyed Forfar Athletic's previous game versus Clyde (placed 8th), a League One 2-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Falkirk wasn't a success with a 0-6 loss.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Forfar Athletic playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Forfar Athletic have conceded 20 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Forfar Athletic - Peterhead 2-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Peterhead won five, Forfar Athletic won four and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Brown 8 goals |  D. Lyle 5 goals |   J. Kirkpatrick 3 goals |
Peterhead missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Peterhead | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 37 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 82% | 87% |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | 70% |
| 61% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 52% |
| 26% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 26% |
| 13% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 18% | 22% |
| 57% | 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 18% | 43% |
| 30% | 58% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 26% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 73% | 43% |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 5.4 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 242 | 133 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 82 | 198 |
| 86 | 49 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 29 | 77 |
| 34% | 31% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 24% | 30% |
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (7) away
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Forfar Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
- Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Peterhead has the most matches over the total-line (14)
- Peterhead have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Forfar Athletic have scored away.
| 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 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 45 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 42 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | East Fife | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Montrose | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 26 | -10 | 28 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -8 | 25 |
| 8 | Clyde | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 22 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 14 |