Balmoor Stadium: Peterhead vs Forfar Athletic League One preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoor Stadium (4855 seats)

The Peterhead manager J. McInally attacks this game with the team placed 8th so far. In the visitors dressing room Forfar Athletic and their manager J. Weir are in 3rd place before this match.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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 32 matches resulting in 8 wins, 6 draws and 18 defeats with the goal stats 36-61 (scored/conceded).

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Peterhead form and stats

Two home games so far for Peterhead, who are yet to win here at Balmoor Stadium, having collected only 1 point so far.

Peterhead's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Dumbarton. Before that, Peterhead drew at home versus Formartine United.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Peterhead at home. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Forfar Athletic have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats so far this season.

The manager J. Weir was unhappy after their last game, a League Cup match played at their home ground Balmoor Stadium. Forfar Athletic suffered a 1-2 loss to Livingston. Prior to that match, the Forfar Athletic manager J. Weir faced defeat when travelling to Montrose and losing 1-2.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Forfar Athletic has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Peterhead 4 wins, 1 draw and Forfar Athletic 5 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Lyle
1 goals
C. Tapping
1 goals
A. Jackson
1 goals

Peterhead missing players

Forfar Athletic missing players

Peterhead Forfar Athletic
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
3 2 1 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 1 2
2 1 1 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored 0 2 3
4 3 0 Conceded 0 0 0
67% 50% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 50%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 50% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
33% 50% 100% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 5 5 Corners For (avg) 0 10 8
7.3 4.5 4 Corners Against (avg) 0 8 5.5
1.3 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 0.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Peterhead Last season Forfar Athletic
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
36 18 0 Played 0 18 36
24 12 0 Won 0 7 19
7 4 0 Drew 0 3 6
5 2 0 Lost 0 8 11
65 27 0 Scored 0 24 54
29 12 0 Conceded 0 29 47
94% 94% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 94%
78% 67% 0% Over 1.5 0% 83% 83%
50% 44% 0% Over 2.5 0% 61% 61%
22% 6% 0% Over 3.5 0% 39% 31%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 0% 11% 11%
47% 56% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 50%
42% 39% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 22% 33%
17% 11% 0% Failed To Score 0% 28% 22%
 
5.5 5.4 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4.5 4.3
3.8 3.9 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6 5.4
1.8 1.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.7 1.3
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 3
Key stats last season:
  • Forfar Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Peterhead have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Peterhead
All League One League Cup Playoffs 3/4 Club Friendlies League Two Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
23-07-19 LC Raith Rovers 3 - 1 Peterhead
03-08-19 LO Peterhead 0 - 0 Falkirk
10-08-19 LO East Fife 1 - 1 Peterhead
13-08-19 CC Peterhead 0 - 0 Formartine United
17-08-19 LO Peterhead 2 - 3 Dumbarton
24-08-19 LO Peterhead 14:00 Forfar Athletic
31-08-19 LO Stranraer 14:00 Peterhead
14-09-19 LO Raith Rovers 14:00 Peterhead
21-09-19 LO Peterhead 14:00 Clyde
28-09-19 LO Montrose 14:00 Peterhead
Forfar Athletic
All League One Playoffs 2/3 League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 LC Forfar Athletic 2 - 1 St. Johnstone
03-08-19 LO Airdrieonians 0 - 2 Forfar Athletic
10-08-19 LO Forfar Athletic 1 - 0 Stranraer
13-08-19 CC Montrose 2 - 1 Forfar Athletic
17-08-19 LC Forfar Athletic 1 - 2 Livingston
24-08-19 LO Peterhead 14:00 Forfar Athletic
31-08-19 LO Forfar Athletic 14:00 Clyde
07-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 14:00 East Fife
14-09-19 LO Falkirk 14:00 Forfar Athletic
21-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 14:00 Montrose

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Falkirk 3 2 1 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 7
2 Raith Rovers 3 2 0 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 6
3 Forfar Athletic 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
4 Airdrieonians 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
5 Stranraer 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
6 Dumbarton 3 1 0 2 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 8 -6 3
7 East Fife 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
8 Peterhead 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
9 Montrose 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
10 Clyde 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 8 -5 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Peterhead 36 24 7 5 65 29 18 12 4 2 27 12 18 12 3 3 38 17 36 79
2 Clyde 36 23 5 8 63 35 18 12 3 3 35 18 18 11 2 5 28 17 28 74
3 Edinburgh City 36 20 7 9 58 31 18 11 3 4 31 12 18 9 4 5 27 19 27 67
4 Annan Athletic 36 20 6 10 70 39 18 10 4 4 42 21 18 10 2 6 28 18 31 66
5 Stirling Albion 36 13 8 15 44 45 18 8 2 8 19 18 18 5 6 7 25 27 -1 47
6 Cowdenbeath 36 12 7 17 46 46 18 8 3 7 28 24 18 4 4 10 18 22 0 43
7 Queen's Park 36 11 10 15 44 47 18 7 6 5 24 21 18 4 4 10 20 26 -3 43
8 Elgin City 36 13 4 19 52 67 18 7 2 9 27 35 18 6 2 10 25 32 -15 43
9 Albion Rovers 36 7 6 23 32 71 18 3 3 12 14 40 18 4 3 11 18 31 -39 27
10 Berwick Rangers 36 5 4 27 27 91 18 3 2 13 13 40 18 2 2 14 14 51 -64 19
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Arbroath 36 20 10 6 63 38 18 11 4 3 33 21 18 9 6 3 30 17 25 70
2 Forfar Athletic 36 19 6 11 54 47 18 12 3 3 30 18 18 7 3 8 24 29 7 63
3 Raith Rovers 36 16 12 8 75 49 18 11 4 3 41 20 18 5 8 5 34 29 26 60
4 Montrose 36 15 6 15 49 50 18 9 4 5 29 27 18 6 2 10 20 23 -1 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 6 16 51 44 18 6 4 8 22 19 18 8 2 8 29 25 7 48
6 Dumbarton 36 12 10 14 60 60 18 8 5 5 33 26 18 4 5 9 27 34 0 46
7 East Fife 36 13 7 16 49 56 18 6 3 9 25 31 18 7 4 7 24 25 -7 46
8 Stranraer 36 11 9 16 45 57 18 6 4 8 24 28 18 5 5 8 21 29 -12 42
9 Stenhousemuir 36 10 7 19 35 61 18 5 4 9 18 29 18 5 3 10 17 32 -26 37
10 Brechin City 36 9 9 18 42 61 18 5 6 7 21 28 18 4 3 11 21 33 -19 36

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