Evenly matched teams: Stenhousemuir vs Forfar Athletic match preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ochilview Park (5267 seats)

The visiting Forfar Athletic side should be favourites in this visit to Stenhousemuir, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 33 league games this season.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

5-3-8 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Stenhousemuir, who have the fewest points (18) at home in League One, so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Stenhousemuir, who won 1-0 against Airdrieonians. In the match before that, Stenhousemuir hosted Raith Rovers and drew the game 1-1.

The Stenhousemuir fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 17 in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stenhousemuir defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Forfar Athletic playing as the away team this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Forfar Athletic have lost on their last two travels.

Forfar Athletic delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Dumbarton in their previous match; a League One game. Prior to that match, the Forfar Athletic manager J. Weir faced defeat when travelling to Stranraer and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 49 similar matches played by Forfar Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 12 wins for Forfar Athletic, 12 draws and 25 defeats.

Forfar Athletic have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, 16 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Forfar Athletic have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Forfar Athletic - Stenhousemuir 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Stenhousemuir won 2, Forfar Athletic won 7 and 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

M. McGuigan
15 goals
J. Baird
14 goals
D. Hilson
11 goals

Stenhousemuir missing players

Forfar Athletic missing players

Stenhousemuir Forfar Athletic
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
33 17 Scored 18 47
56 25 Conceded 27 45
100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94%
82% 75% Over 1.5 81% 85%
45% 50% Over 2.5 56% 61%
21% 25% Over 3.5 38% 30%
12% 12% Over 4.5 6% 9%
58% 62% Both teams to score 50% 52%
18% 19% Clean Sheet 19% 30%
24% 19% Failed To Score 31% 24%
 
5 4.9 Corners For (avg) 4.2 4.1
6.1 6.5 Corners Against (avg) 5.8 5.2
1.7 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.3
7 5 Red Cards (total) 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Stenhousemuir hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stenhousemuir is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 33 20 8 5 60 32 16 11 2 3 30 18 17 9 6 2 30 14 28 68
2 Raith Rovers 33 15 10 8 69 44 17 10 4 3 38 18 16 5 6 5 31 26 25 55
3 Forfar Athletic 33 16 6 11 47 45 17 11 3 3 29 18 16 5 3 8 18 27 2 54
4 Montrose 33 14 5 14 46 47 16 8 3 5 26 25 17 6 2 9 20 22 -1 47
5 East Fife 33 13 6 14 46 49 17 6 3 8 23 28 16 7 3 6 23 21 -3 45
6 Airdrieonians 33 12 6 15 43 41 17 5 4 8 19 19 16 7 2 7 24 22 2 42
7 Dumbarton 33 10 9 14 54 58 16 6 5 5 28 25 17 4 4 9 26 33 -4 39
8 Stranraer 33 10 9 14 40 51 16 5 4 7 20 24 17 5 5 7 20 27 -11 39
9 Brechin City 33 9 8 16 39 54 17 5 5 7 20 27 16 4 3 9 19 27 -15 35
10 Stenhousemuir 33 10 5 18 33 56 16 5 3 8 17 25 17 5 2 10 16 31 -23 35

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